User talk:Orlando d'Arras

You asked: Hi. I suppose you noticed I've been busy around here lately. Please, let me know if I've stepped on any toes, or if I could be doing things better. Specifically, today, I was wondering about your deletion of the redirect page I created for Amanda Kendal. Is there a policy on this wiki against redirect pages? I have found them useful on other wiki sites. They are especially useful for subjects that have alternative names, or whose name is commonly misspelled. I thought it likely that someone might try to link 'Amanda Kendal', not knowing that there is already a page titled 'Amanda Kendal of Westmoreland'. Please let me know if redirects are not part of this project and I will stop creating them.

Sincerely, -Orlando d'Arras 00:28, 5 Jun 2007 (EDT)

You make a good point. And I must apologize, as I'm afraid I don't recall the specific details around why I removed the redirect. Occasionally I'll remove a redirect in favour of replacing it with a "see" page that can also be listed on the appropriate category page, especially if the two terms will be sorted into widely separated locations. Or redirects that are created automatically when a page is moved and there are no links to the original page. So I'd say go ahead with the redirects you've mentioned and I apologize for the confusion.

--Elizabeth Braidwood 07:09, 24 Jul 2008 (PDT)