> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Andrew Gray <andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk> > wrote: >> I don't think we've discussed the "outline of X" articles much on this >> list, which surprises me, but people might nonetheless be interested >> in: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28proposals%29#RfC:_Elimination_of_outline_articles >> >> "I would like to propose the removal of all outline articles. All >> articles currently named "Outline of ..." would be renamed "List of >> ... topics". If there is already a list of that name, the two would be >> merged." > > Not commenting on the main proposal, but the following surprises me: > > "No redirects would be left behind. In addition, any currently > existing "Outline of ..." redirects would be eliminated." > > That seems to me to misunderstand what redirects are for and how > merging operates. Possibly that option was thrown in to ensure that > the content would be deleted and not retrievable from the page > history. Without that bit, it is merely a merge and/or renaming > proposal. With the elimination of redirects, it becomes a deletion > proposal. > > Carcharoth
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