Wikipedia talk:Featured redirects

Prologue
Comments on this proposal are welcome. —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 05:10, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * There's some interesting and perhaps relevant commentary at Wikipedia talk:Malicious redirects that could be important for the criteria here. :) { { Nihiltres | talk | log } } 05:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Useful - I've added it to the see also section. —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 05:30, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I had to think about it for a minute to realize just what was being proposed. Good job. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 14:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Need examples
Do you actually have some redirects that you feel should be featured? The criteria sound fine, but I cannot see the point of this exercise without some examples. – Kaihsu (talk) 13:49, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe the following can be considered for FR status:-


 * Needleman-wunsch algorithm
 * Α,α-dichlorobenzenea
 * Poisson d'avril


 * Any other suggestions would be welcome —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 14:08, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I've always been partial to Alien sideboob, though I am a biased commentator. – xeno  ( talk ) 14:11, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - needs a categorisation template. —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 14:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed, please reconsider! – xeno  ( talk ) 14:20, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Accepted. As self-proclaimed Featured Redirect Director and Yes-man (Freddy), I hereby proclaim this to be the first featured redirect. —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 14:33, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Freaking sweet !!!! – xeno  ( talk ) 14:37, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

April fools?
It may just me me and my cynical nature, but this seems to be a ridiculous proposal (no offence meant to anyone, I just see no point in this) and I notice that it was created today (1 April). Is this, as I suspect, simply an April Fools' Day joke, or is it a serious proposal (in which case I oppose its implementation)? Den dodge T\C 14:44, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Of course it's a serious proposal! That it is submitted on April 1 is merely a coincidence.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:32, April 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * You may need to recalibrate your sense of humour slightly. Yes, it's an April Fool, and you just spoiled the joke. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 15:33, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * its a joke? sad face! can I keep my barnstar??? – xeno  ( talk ) 15:44, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I have been had! – Kaihsu (talk) 19:07, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I realized it was a joke just from seeing some of the proposals, made me laugh out loud, I love it. :P -- OlEnglish (Talk) 19:42, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok - yes it was an April Fool (apologies if you were taken in). But I hope it serves some serious purpose as well by collating some of the guidelines for redirects. I have to admit that I often omit to add a categorisation template, and if this page prompts myself and other users to consider redirects more carefully, it will have served a more useful purpose. Happy not April Fool's Day! —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 05:01, 2 April 2009 (UTC)