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Commons talk:Only use category redirects where necessary

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::If you, I, or anyone else is actually going to work on this - for instance to try and action the hard redirect in [[#A solution]] - then {{tl|proposed}} would be an appropriate tag.

::If you, I, or anyone else is actually going to work on this - for instance to try and action the hard redirect in [[#A solution]] - then {{tl|proposed}} would be an appropriate tag.

::I agree category redirects have their problems, but there is no consensus for this as a guideline, and in its present form there never will be. Noone can seriously say a page that starts "Things are changing. Parts of this may no longer be relevant." is the ideal form of that page.--[[User:Nilfanion|Nilfanion]] ([[User talk:Nilfanion|talk]]) 09:48, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

::I agree category redirects have their problems, but there is no consensus for this as a guideline, and in its present form there never will be. Noone can seriously say a page that starts "Things are changing. Parts of this may no longer be relevant." is the ideal form of that page.--[[User:Nilfanion|Nilfanion]] ([[User talk:Nilfanion|talk]]) 09:48, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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What's missing from the page is practical advice on when, exactly, category redirects are OK, when they are not, and where the grey areas are. I'd suggest following basic structure:

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#Why we can't use hard redirects

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#Why soft redirects are useful

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#Why soft redirects aren't perfect

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#Appropriate usage

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#Inappropriate usage

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Because cat redirects are not perfect, the list of appropriate tasks is going to be shorter than that for normal redirects on a Wikipedia. For instance, there's no need for redirects from plausible mis-spellings. I'd be tempted to add a section on when to delete redirects too (never if useful).--[[User:Nilfanion|Nilfanion]] ([[User talk:Nilfanion|talk]]) 10:10, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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