This happened with me once. I redirected a page (for entirely legitimate reasons), and to my surprise and horror found that the 'Talk' page accompanying it had more or less vanished, and could not longer be easily accessed. Maybe it was still available somewhere, but it was not easy to find, nor was it linked to the main entry of the page.
My intention in this case was not to hide the Talk page (since it had some valuable discussion, and multiple points of view on it). It just struck me that if there was some controversial content, the best way anyone wanting to block or censor it (the Talk page) would be to redirect a page! My question: (i) are the earlier talk pages easily find-able after a page has been redirected elsewhere? (ii) is there some way they can be made prominent, so that the earlier discussion is also available for the record? Thanks and regards, Frederick. On 22 December 2016 at 21:15, Ben Salvidrim <[email protected]> wrote: > If you tell us what page you’re talking about Frederick, we might be able > to help you locate the talk page you can’t find. ☺ > > > ======================================== > ~ Ben / Salvidrim<https://salvidrim.net/>! > · English Wikipedia Administrator & SPI Clerk > · Wikimedia Canada<https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> > member > · UTRS Ambassador<https://utrs.wmflabs.org/team.php#tamb> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ynhockey > Sent: 22 déc. 2016 10:25 > To: Wikipedia mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page.... > > > > The person who moves the page can specify whether the talk page moves with > it, so either it moves with the actual page, or stays behind with the old > title. In any case it isn't deleted. > > > > —Yan (User:Ynhockey). > > > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या > *فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > Is this a bug or is it a feature? > > > > > > Just wanted to know what happens to the 'talk' section of a Wikipedia > > > entry once (or if) a page gets shifted. > > > > > > I noticed that the earlier discussions (that might have come up via > > > the > > > Talk) just disappears. > > > > > > Now, this isn't very helpful. Because all the earlier talk seems to be > > > untraceable, and there is a complete vacuum about what was said earlier. > > > > > > If anyone wishes, this system can be abused (for instance, to cover > > > earlier discussions... by simply changing the title of the page). > > > > > > Am I missing something here? > > > > > > FN > > > > > > -- > > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > > _/ > > > _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick > > > http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn > > > Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at > > > https://archive.org/details/goa1556 > > > _/ > > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikipedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikipedia-l mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
