User talk:Gerrit

The redirect was removed because it was orphaned. If no other page links to a redirect page then it can be deleted without discussion. Given that it is highly unlikely that someone would type "a survival guide..." into the search box the redirect seems pretty unlikely to be useful, so this may be why it was removed. QU TalkQu 16:29, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * There can still be links from other websites, e.g. I found it via a link at this page. --Gerrit (discuss • contribs) 16:43, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * That isn't a criteria for determining if speedy deletion is permitted, which is the specific question I was answering. The policy states orphaned redirects that do not conform with Wikibooks:Naming policy or where the names are unlikely to be inadvertently searched for by anyone. There's no reference to external sites and I'm not aware of any wiki project that gives serious consideration to attempting to support external sites links to pages within the wiki as this is essentially uncontrollable and unmaintainable. QU TalkQu 17:33, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Right, that would only be possible with access to httplogs to check the referrers. I can understand why it's not done, but isn't the cost of keeping the redirect anyway very low? I understand that policy is policy, just wondering what'd be the best thing to do here. --Gerrit (discuss • contribs) 17:35, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Now you've proactively created the redirect, it won't be deleted (or at least, it is unlikely to be). The redirects are sometimes deleted when books are renamed as they are a lot messier than a redirect on, say, Wikipedia. That's because there's linking within the book and its subpages via chapter navigation devices, etc., and when the book is renamed for a second or third time it starts to get really hard to maintain. There's no particular effort to delete redirects per se it tends to happen when a particular area gets untidy, has broken or double redirects (and if an admin can be bothered). QU TalkQu 17:40, 30 January 2012 (UTC)