On 11/6/07, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw(a)home.nl>
wrote:
I think this feature can be useful when
mass-moving internally-used
stuff (subpages, templates, etc.).
Why don't you just leave the redirects? Is it going to hurt anything?
Maybe someone remembers the old page name and types it in manually,
links or not, and is puzzled when it shows up nothing (and doesn't
think to check the move log, since after all, moves leave redirects,
right?).
I don't see why this is useful functionality.
Think in a bot autoreverting moves where the target page name contains
"on wheels" (and a bot with admins powers to delete the redirect pages
is a heresy on some wikis).
You obviously not want the redirect when randomvandal redirects your
userpage to User:Evil_admin
(as examples, see