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Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel
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(07-10-2018, 02:39 PM)Crossroads Wrote: Say we combine articles A, B, and C under the name of article A. Can B and C be somehow converted into redirects, Wikipedia style, so that links to them from other articles don't become dead?

I think it would depend on how the combination was performed and the type of link.

If B and C were directly copy/pasted into A, including their in text hyperlinks, those links should be copy/pasted along with them. From there B and C would need to be modified to flow together with A and each other.

However, the links that appear at the end of the articles are managed via a different system and would not be transferred. They would have to be re-established manually. The good news is that (in my experience) in most cases where we are merging articles, there is a lot of overlap in the linked articles. As such, a lot of the links would already be in place for A. It is also very easy to establish article links and those that were not held in common could be added very quickly to the final article. Since the B and C articles wouldn't need to be deleted until we are ready, it would be pretty straightforward to note what article links they have at the end, check against what A has, and just establish those that need to be added. Then delete or hide B and C.

No need for any links to become dead, really,

Todd
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Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by Drashner1 - 04-08-2018, 08:31 AM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by selden - 04-09-2018, 04:04 AM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by Rynn - 04-13-2018, 06:49 PM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by Rynn - 05-09-2018, 04:32 AM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by Vaktus - 05-10-2018, 03:07 AM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by selden - 05-10-2018, 06:38 AM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by Vaktus - 05-23-2018, 01:53 PM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by selden - 06-24-2018, 04:46 AM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by selden - 07-01-2018, 10:55 PM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by Drashner1 - 07-11-2018, 12:46 PM
RE: Giving the EG a Bit of a Remodel - by selden - 07-22-2018, 03:30 AM

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