Forum:Redirects are annoying

As the title says, redirects are annoying. Especially the ones for "1st Division", "2nd Division" and the like, when they should be formatted as "First Division|1st Division", "Second Division|2nd Division" and similar things. Links for character names, such as "Shunsui Kyoraku", which redirects to "Shunsui Kyōraku", or "Yachiru", which redirects to "Yachiru Kusajishi", can have similar problems. There are examples of both the correct links and the ones that redirect scattered all over this wiki, and the lack of consistency between them really bugs me.

Am I alone in this?

Until next time...

Anon e Mouse Jr. Anon e Mouse Jr. 09:45, January 25, 2010 (UTC)

What exactly is so annoying about them? You get the same results either way just as fast. Besides, sometimes they're crucial. Imagine having to write Final Chapter·Zanpakutō Unknown Tales whenever you wanted to link something to Episode 255. If you wanted to reach Tōshirō Hitsugaya or Kūkaku Shiba by a search you would have to make a way for your keyboard to type characters like ō and ū. Not to mention redirects like Shun Shun Rikka that get you straight to where you want in a page of a different name. So, yeah, I'd say you're alone in this.

In any case, I have yet to encounter a "problematic" redirect, but even if I did, I wouldn't make a post about it in the Wiki improvement forum (What did you expect us to do, delete all the redirects?), I'd simply fix it and then move on with my life. Weedefinition  (Talk)  14:50, January 28, 2010 (UTC)

I find the use of redirects to just be lazy. If you're going to do a link, then take the time to do it RIGHT. For links with characters like ō and ū, it's called "Copy and paste the names with the proper characters". And for your examples, I'd use "Final Chapter·Zanpakutō Unknown Tales|Episode 255" and "Orihime Inoue#Powers|Shun Shun Rikka".

As for fixing it, the last time I tried going through several pages and changing certain links from the redirects to their normal forms ("1st Division" to "First Division|1st Division" and the like), one of the admins promptly reverted them, claiming they were "pointless edits". That's why I made this thread. (And for the record, I asked said admin where to go to discuss such things, and they pointed me to this forum.)

Until next time...

Anon e Mouse Jr. Anon e Mouse Jr. 15:15, January 28, 2010 (UTC)

I think you are being overly pedantic and your edits were pointless. There is absolutely nothing wrong doing 1st Division or Yachiru. However, doing "Shunsui Kyoraku" is a mistake. As the proper spelling of his name as used in this wiki is "Shunsui Kyōraku". Those things should be corrected as people come across them. However, I do not think we need to burden the editors with having to do "Yachiru Kusajishi|Yachiru" or "First Division|1st Division" when the majority of the people wouldn't even notice the difference when they click on the link. I think you are pretty much alone in this and this entire topic is a waste of time and space. Tinni  (Talk)  15:51, January 28, 2010 (UTC)