On 4/13/05, Angela <beesley(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I added "it is possible this feature will be
implemented in future, so
such redirects can be used now for future compatibility" to
[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] last February. I still believe it's
true, despite Bugzilla.
Well, it's not looking hopeful, really. Though I still think a custom
"redirected from" message would be a helpful approach. But only
if/when we have a stable way of linking to sections *at all* - the
current ability to break all such links by editting the heading makes
it unsuitable for links designed to last as long untouched as the
average redirect does.
Also, in reference to Timwi's comment on bug 218 about not wanting an
extra from= param to exist, I think it worth mentionning that
interwiki redirects really need this rather badly, so that you can get
back and edit the redirect. I can see the point about not wanting too
many things to end up uncacheable though, so I'm not sure it's a good
idea to use it for "ordinary" redirects. And as I've said before, I'm
unsure that dumping a user in the middle of an article is always the
best idea anyway.
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]