Wikipedia talk:BADGER

Why cross-namespace redirect?
I thought someone had written an essay about "badgering" in RfA/AfD/whatnot discussions. It seems I was wrong, but this shortcut was my first try. I'm just curious why this cross-namespace redirect exists at all? &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 19:40, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Better target
This shortcut originally pointed to a user page, and following an RfD discussion in 2015, was retargeted to WP:Harassment. However, several people in the discussion noted that the Harassment policy does not use the word "badger" and makes no mention of badgering in the sense of repeatedly asking editors to justify or rephrase their arguments on talk pages. In the meantime, I noticed the WP:BLUDGEON essay which gives recommendations against badgering, especially in its section entitled "No one is obligated to satisfy you". In addition, the Harassment page has WP:BLUDGEON. I feel this essay is a more appropriate explanation to make this shortcut meaningful, and I have redirected accordingly. — JFG talk 04:16, 12 February 2017 (UTC)