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After deleting about 70 articles in the past hour, it astounded me on two unique facts. First off, we have a lot of shit to clean up and i'm glad that everyone is doing their part to help out. Secondly, the methods in which a good number of you single out these unneeded redirects, categories and duplicate images needs to change. Whereas I could probably delete the 50 or so redirects in just a couple of minutes, it took me thirty minutes from beginning to end. This is partly due to the sloppy way in which people tag pages, images, and categories for deletion. I'm not going to single out names, but I will however lay down some new rules for everyone to enjoy. | After deleting about 70 articles in the past hour, it astounded me on two unique facts. First off, we have a lot of shit to clean up and i'm glad that everyone is doing their part to help out. Secondly, the methods in which a good number of you single out these unneeded redirects, categories and duplicate images needs to change. Whereas I could probably delete the 50 or so redirects in just a couple of minutes, it took me thirty minutes from beginning to end. This is partly due to the sloppy way in which people tag pages, images, and categories for deletion. I'm not going to single out names, but I will however lay down some new rules for everyone to enjoy. | ||
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:As long as the edit is of a professional nature (removing unnecessary redirect, replacing duplicate image, removing fan fiction, etc.), then you'll be just fine. No permission is needed to edit userpages if the reason is to enhance Halopedia. However, if one is uncomfortable with doing so, then they can always contact the Administration or the userpage owner in question. {{User:CommanderTony/Sig|July 1st, 2011}} | :As long as the edit is of a professional nature (removing unnecessary redirect, replacing duplicate image, removing fan fiction, etc.), then you'll be just fine. No permission is needed to edit userpages if the reason is to enhance Halopedia. However, if one is uncomfortable with doing so, then they can always contact the Administration or the userpage owner in question. {{User:CommanderTony/Sig|July 1st, 2011}} | ||
::Initially ''no one'' could edit another user's userpage. Because the list of unnecessary wanted pages was building up I contacted Porplemontage. To my recollection he changed it to allow admins to remove those links, though I don't recall if he allowed all other users to do the same. I agree with Tony that this is a necessary rule - I'm still in need of a psychiatrist from when the administration used to delete templates without delinking first... oh God, I can '' | ::Initially ''no one'' could edit another user's userpage. Because the list of unnecessary wanted pages was building up I contacted Porplemontage. To my recollection he changed it to allow admins to remove those links, though I don't recall if he allowed all other users to do the same. I agree with Tony that this is a necessary rule - I'm still in need of a psychiatrist from when the administration used to delete templates without delinking first... oh God, I can ''still hear their voices''...-- '''[[User:Forerunner|<font color="blue">Fore</font>]]''[[User talk:Forerunner|<font color="green">run</font>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Forerunner|<font color="red">ner</font>]]''''' 09:18, 2 July 2011 (EDT) | ||
Does anyone else have a problem with pictures in the articles here? Like the description's there, but no picture?--[[User talk:Blahmarrow|Blahmarrow]] 11:31, 2 July 2011 (EDT) | Does anyone else have a problem with pictures in the articles here? Like the description's there, but no picture?--[[User talk:Blahmarrow|Blahmarrow]] 11:31, 2 July 2011 (EDT) | ||
:User pages now appear to be locked for non-admins.--[[User talk:The All-knowing Sith'ari|The All-knowing Sith'ari]] 11:07, 25 July 2011 (EDT) | |||
In addition to checking the links for each redirect, there's something to be said about the overall purpose of redirects. I've seen common nicknames or legitimate alternate titles tagged with the deletion template. Most wikis, Wikipedia included, use redirects to direct people who type things into the search field in hopes of finding what they're looking for. Not everyone knows the full or technical designations we often tend to use, so it would be advisable to keep alternate names or even common nicknames as redirects. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 08:35, 27 July 2011 (EDT) | |||