Thread:JustinDaOne/@comment-1063722-20130912212621

Hey Justin, I noticed that you have been deleting some redirect pages on the wiki. I was linking to the rarity redirects: "Common", "Rare", Legendary", etc. In all the armor infoboxes and navboxes that we have been putting on all of the armor pages.  This breaks a lot of links on those pages that we getting people to the right page.

I restored the redirects because it was the fastest way to fix all of the broken links that were created when the redirects were deleted. If you are deleting pages in the future, please check the page Special:WhatLinksHere to make sure that you are not breaking links to the page. It would be very helpful if you updated those links before you delete the page.

I would like to keep many of these redirects on the wiki, however. Redirects to make it easier for people to make valid links to other pages. For example, if someone creates a link to a page called "Common", we can reasonably assume they were trying to link to the "Common Armor" page, and a redirect gets the link pointing to the page they intended it to. Also, the search box works in a similar way. If someone just typed "Common" into it, a redirect would take them to the page they were most likely looking for, instead of bringing them to a search results page were they would have to clarify the page they wanted to find.

So, I'm pro redirects, but if you feel they must be removed for a good reason, letsmake sure not to break their links in the process.

Thanks 