If this were done it would become impossible to go to
the redirecting page,
wouldn't it? Currently there is a "&redirect=no" link in the
"redirected from"
message.
You can still see the redirection pages in 'what links here'.
Being a well managed encyclopedia is more important
than giving the impression
of being one :-) The redirection messages serve as a reminder to go back and
fix the link.
Except non contributors wouldn't know how to fix :)
That would be useful, but might be problematic for
something like [[List of
computing topics]]! Besides where would you show the first few lines? Maybe
it could be put in a tooltip.
Or a checkbox like 'this is a minor edit'? You could check it or not by default
in preferences, and toggle it any time when editing.
Arvind
Nicolas 'Ryo'