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Eliminating redirects is not helpful
I notice a lot of your edits are summarized as "eliminate redirect". Per WP:NOTBROKEN, doing this is discouraged; it has no affect on the text for the reader, and, as the number of articles is expanded, some redirects are developed into their own more-specific article, and when this happens edits like this will have to be hunted down and reverted. Thus, the only effect of these edits is wasting editors' time. --A&#8239;D&#8239;Monroe&#8239;III(talk) 03:41, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

You might have convinced me if not for the disingenuous use of the words "thus" and "only." I guess your comment would be valid if it had been "the only effect of these edits for ME..." Some others have taken a different view, since your assertion of "no affect on the text for the reader" doesn't apply to everybody. It's okay, those of us who detest bookmarked redirects aren't bothered by the presence of others who love them. Aboctok (talk) 18:49, 19 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Discussing your view on this with me here won't make any difference. It's not my opinion, but part of the established definition of what a redirect is on Wikipedia.  Read WP:NOTBROKEN.  If you disagree with what that states, then discuss it there, at Redirect.  Ignoring what it states and persisting in editing contrary to this is considered disruptive, and may well result in editing sanctions.  --A&#8239;D&#8239;Monroe&#8239;III(talk)  01:33, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

You're too generous—me responding to a message from you doesn't make a discussion. And it "won't make any difference" to what?? My supposed mission to change prevailing views on redirects? LOL. You can give WP:NOTBROKEN a rest; it isn't as strident as you make it out to be, and your pompous reference to it is simply the way you'd like it to read. Which makes you disingenuous twice over: you are in fact pushing your opinion. Which is fine, or it would be if you were honest about it. Editing sanctions?? What planet are you on? That would possibly be meaningful if I had ever gained some benefit from editing a Wikipedia page! Aboctok (talk) 18:20, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

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