Wikipedia talk:UPPERCASE
Latest comment: 1 year ago by WhatamIdoing in topic Maybe add WP:NOTBROKEN?
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Maybe add WP:NOTBROKEN? edit
I was surprised to not see among the examples WP:NOTBROKEN, which people take to be an essay on not making changes that don't make actual improvements (i.e., "if it ain't broken, don't fix it"), when it is merely and specifically on not replacing wikilinks to redirects with piped wikilinks. However, other folks may not have seen as much abuse of that one as I have, I will just leave this comment here so if someone else comes with the same thought, then that's probably enough of a sample to call for it to be added. --Nat Gertler (talk) 20:40, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
- I hadn't seen this but there's a lot of Wikipedia I don't get involved in. I had a look at links to the shortcut here and instead of talk pages it listed hundreds of article pages. I can't see how those pages are linking to that shortcut. WhatamIdoing have you any idea? I agree though that if this is a common mistake, it merits a mention, and is in keeping with the spirit of the essay. -- Colin°Talk 10:32, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
- I conjecture that all of those mainspace pages are redirects whose categorization templates link to WP:NOTBROKEN. For example: Abbreviations, which redirects to Abbreviation, has the template {{R from plural}}, which links to WP:NOTBROKEN. You could try Special:Search/all:"wp:notbroken". Shells-shells (talk) 16:54, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
- Ah, well spotted. I didn't notice that I'd got redirected. I can also alter the links page to focus on article or wikipedia talk pages. I haven't seen any violations at a quick glance. I note there is an essay Wikipedia:If it ain't broke, don't fix it with WP:AINT and WP:BROKE shortcuts. -- Colin°Talk 17:16, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
- I conjecture that all of those mainspace pages are redirects whose categorization templates link to WP:NOTBROKEN. For example: Abbreviations, which redirects to Abbreviation, has the template {{R from plural}}, which links to WP:NOTBROKEN. You could try Special:Search/all:"wp:notbroken". Shells-shells (talk) 16:54, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
- I think that the shortcuts beginning with WP:NOT... are the ones most often mistaken for a policy page.
- When people give the wrong link, editors can always ask them to check the link and correct it. The fact that this rarely happens is just more evidence that Wikipedia:Nobody reads the directions. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:32, 11 March 2023 (UTC)