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Template idea/request

Removal of redirect

For the instances when editors remove redirects, thus basically reinstating an old version of an article that was moved, resulting in two articles with basically the same content. I have seen this so many times, and there is no existing template message that I can find that covers this issue.

Proposed Single issue notice draft at:

User:ArielGold/template

Appears as:

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! We appreciate all editors coming to help improve the encyclopedia. However, it appears that one of your edits recently removed an existing redirect. Please do not remove redirects, because it splits the article's page history, which is needed for attribution, and creates two variants of the same article. Instead, please discuss your concerns about the redirect on the main article's talk page, and propose possible solutions. Redirects created from page moves should remain in place, unless consensus is reached by the community to change them. Thank you. ^Ariel♥Gold 08:41, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thoughts? (Feel free to edit the template as needed if I've made a mistake with scripting.) ^Ariel♥Gold 08:41, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's nicely written. I haven't personally run into this situation much myself, so I can't speak to the need for a template message.--Kubigula (talk) 02:38, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]