User:Cremastra/redirects

My views on deleting redirects, in no particular order:


 * Deletion is preferable to a bad retarget.


 * A demonstrably useful redirect should be kept.


 * “No mention at target” isn't necessarily a good deletion rationale.


 * Vague redirects which could refer to multiple targets should be deleted, or disambiguated if there are more than two reasonable targets.


 * Interwiki redirects, if they are functioning, should be kept, because they have the potential to serve the reader.


 * Misspellings should be kept; it is harmless to save typo-making readers a few clicks.


 * A target that does not tell the reader much more than the title of the redirect does is not a good target. Similarly:


 * Just because a page mentions the title of a redirect doesn’t mean it’s a good target.


 * Misleading redirects should be deleted.


 * The unlikely-search-term-ness of redirects exists on a spectrum, not as a binary good/bad. Very unlikely search terms should be deleted through WP:RPURPOSE, likely search terms should be kept, and borderline cases should be kept too, as potentially helpful.


 * Don’t worry about performance, but maybe worry about cluttering search results.


 * Give the reader what they want, not what you want.