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magic9mushroom Since: Aug, 2009
#1: Dec 24th 2010 at 5:52:59 PM

I want to change where a redirect points (Bonus Level of Hell redirects to Planet Heck when most potholes are actually referring to Brutal Bonus Level). How do you do this?

TheInferno |Y| = |X| Add 5 from probably on Earth Since: Jul, 2010
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#2: Dec 24th 2010 at 6:08:32 PM

...hmm, you used to get a "Redirected from Main/Whatever" thing at the top. You could click that and BAM, you got at it. That's not there anymore.

In any case, I modified the URL to get at it. Here's the original one:

Just put ?action=edit at the end of it. (I removed the direct link, might not be a good idea to have that)

I know Redirects Are Free, but I don't know what the policy guideline is on changing the redirects, so be forewarned. If someone could clarify it?

[down]You're probably right.

edited 24th Dec '10 6:13:02 PM by TheInferno

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#3: Dec 24th 2010 at 6:12:17 PM

In that case, that's really the potholes themselves that should be fixed, not the redirect, I'd think.

And I've got some time to kill. Why not?

edited 24th Dec '10 6:12:35 PM by TriggerLoaded

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magic9mushroom Since: Aug, 2009
#4: Dec 25th 2010 at 12:54:41 AM

When I think "Bonus Level of Hell" I think "Bonus Level that's hard", not "Level that's set in Hell" (because Planet Heck need not be a Bonus Level at all), so the redirect also needs repointing.

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#5: Dec 25th 2010 at 2:49:23 AM

Actually, I agree with magic. The name sounds a lot more like Brutal Bonus Level than anything else.

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#6: Dec 25th 2010 at 6:12:23 AM

It was a situation a while ago that Bonus Level of Hell was meant mainly for... well, Bonus Levels set in Hell. It got bloated and confused, as people put in levels set in Hell, and very tough bonus levels. So we did the split, but never did follow through checking all the links to make sure they went to the right trope.

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#8: Dec 25th 2010 at 6:53:35 AM

Sounds like the perfect time for it to go to the Repair Shop.

And it's probably already there right now and I'm wasting a post, aren't I? tongue

But related, how does a user set up a redirect to their own name? Besides redirecting all their Sockpuppets to a specific name, anyway.

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#9: Dec 25th 2010 at 7:39:14 AM

Repair shop? No, no, the switch has been done and the examples moved. It just needs a bit of cleanup on inbound wicks.

Which I said I was going to do yesterday, and didn't...

Better get on that.

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