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...why? --[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 18:02, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
...why? --[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 18:02, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
:I am beginning to think we're going juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a tad overboard with the redirects. I mean, if you start typing "Monstructor Six", "Monstructor" by itself will show up and odds are you're going to click that anyway... --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:08, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
:I am beginning to think we're going juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a tad overboard with the redirects. I mean, if you start typing "Monstructor Six", "Monstructor" by itself will show up and odds are you're going to click that anyway... --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:08, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
:Because Starfield obviously wanted to change the link on the Dead Universe page to read "Monstructor Six", since the characters aren't Pretenders in IDW - but ''heaven fucking forefend'' it couldn't just be reformatted to be <nowiki>[[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]]</nowiki>. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:11, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
::Don't we usually have redirects for alternate names for characters (e.g. [[N.B.E. 08]] and so on) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:35, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
:::I'm not sure I have an opinion on THIS redirect ... but I think, if anything, we go a little light on the redirects IN GENERAL.  Our site search is pretty lousy.  I wasted a couple of hours making a page for Football because there was no redirect to Mecha-Soccer, and football gave no results.  --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 18:38, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
::Yea, I was having second thoughts about parsing the link like that. But it is an alternate name. They aren't "Pretender Monsters" in IDW. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:18, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
:::Is it ''actually used in the fiction''? If not, uh... [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:24, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
::::Yes, those six guys are collectively referred to as the Monstructor Six in the IDW stories. - [[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 19:27, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
:::::Well, there you go. Legitimate redirect. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:55, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
::::::So where did it go? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:49, 18 February 2010 (EST)

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...why? --RosicrucianTalk 18:02, 4 August 2009 (EDT)

I am beginning to think we're going juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a tad overboard with the redirects. I mean, if you start typing "Monstructor Six", "Monstructor" by itself will show up and odds are you're going to click that anyway... --M Sipher 18:08, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
Because Starfield obviously wanted to change the link on the Dead Universe page to read "Monstructor Six", since the characters aren't Pretenders in IDW - but heaven fucking forefend it couldn't just be reformatted to be [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]]. - Chris McFeely 18:11, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
Don't we usually have redirects for alternate names for characters (e.g. N.B.E. 08 and so on) --abates 18:35, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
I'm not sure I have an opinion on THIS redirect ... but I think, if anything, we go a little light on the redirects IN GENERAL. Our site search is pretty lousy. I wasted a couple of hours making a page for Football because there was no redirect to Mecha-Soccer, and football gave no results. --Jimsorenson 18:38, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
Yea, I was having second thoughts about parsing the link like that. But it is an alternate name. They aren't "Pretender Monsters" in IDW. - Starfield 19:18, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
Is it actually used in the fiction? If not, uh... —Interrobang 19:24, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
Yes, those six guys are collectively referred to as the Monstructor Six in the IDW stories. - Cattleprod 19:27, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
Well, there you go. Legitimate redirect. —Interrobang 19:55, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
So where did it go? - Starfield 11:49, 18 February 2010 (EST)