October 2020
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Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Naphthalene—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 14:52, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
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- I just made the links clearer. I do not understand why the link absolutely must go via the redirection Naphthene instead of directly to Cycloalkane. 90.235.125.241 (talk) 15:20, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- The {{Distinguish}} hatnote is exactly and explicitly to resolve linguistic or typographic confusion. Nobody would ever type the word "naphthalene" and say "oops, I actually meant to type "cycloalkane". If someone hears the word "naphthene" and winds up guessing or autocompleting to "naphthalene", they wouldn't know that "cycloalkane" is even the place they should really be clicking. One of the whole reasons redirects exist is to support synonyms for article-names. DMacks (talk) 16:53, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, redirects are good when one search, but there is no point in a page linking to a redirect. 90.235.125.241 (talk) 17:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- Apparently you disagree philosophically with how I read the hatnote's stated intent. Please join Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Linking#Redirect-link in a hatnote. DMacks (talk) 18:27, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, redirects are good when one search, but there is no point in a page linking to a redirect. 90.235.125.241 (talk) 17:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- The {{Distinguish}} hatnote is exactly and explicitly to resolve linguistic or typographic confusion. Nobody would ever type the word "naphthalene" and say "oops, I actually meant to type "cycloalkane". If someone hears the word "naphthene" and winds up guessing or autocompleting to "naphthalene", they wouldn't know that "cycloalkane" is even the place they should really be clicking. One of the whole reasons redirects exist is to support synonyms for article-names. DMacks (talk) 16:53, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
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