https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42880
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Bug ID: 42880
Summary: Redirects mask incorrect spellings (misspellings) in
articles
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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On a site such as the English Wikipedia, editors often create redirects for
misspelled versions of page titles so that readers can have an easier time
accessing the content they're after. For example, if a reader enters "Barrack
Obama" or "Dave Chapelle" or "Steve Carrell" into the search bar, they'll be
redirected automatically to "Barack Obama" or "Dave Chappelle" or "Steve
Carell" (respectively) automatically. This is a good thing.
However, these redirects can be problematic when editors insert this text into
a page in the form of a link and don't get any feedback that the text they've
entered is a misspelling (that it's likely wrong and not the text they intended
to insert). In fact, the user gets the opposite feedback: they get feedback (a
blue link) indicating that they've inserted an appropriate, working link.
These misspelled redirects can be tagged with templates such as "{{R from
misspelling}}" which generally automatically categorize them.
I'm not sure what the appropriate behavior here is. I believe that continuing
to allow users to insert links to misspelled words or phrases unknowingly is a
bug and should be addressed somehow.
There are a few options here, but I'm curious to read what others think about
this. The goal here is to reduce the number of misspelled links that are added
to a page by giving the user warning or notice that they've tried to insert a
misspelled link (e.g., [[Hilary Clinton]] or [[Stephen Spielberg]]).
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