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71: 53: 22: 160: 553:. Don't know if everybody understands the difference, but if not, this might be, because we didn't explain it well enough. Similar templates are often listed and the difference explained on the transcluded template, and there's no reason why we can't do the same here. If some still don't get the the difference, this is no major problem, and in fact it's better to have 50% of these redirects correctly categorized, than none. -- 501:
as to any merge. But I realize that I may have been a little sloppy in explaining originally. From what I understand of the fact that "incomplete" categorizes as unprintworthy while "short" does not, the distinction is primarily of whether the short name follows the usual printworthiness guidelines.
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The template categorizes articlespace redirects as unprintworthy. However, the displayed instructions say "It is not necessary to replace links to this redirect with piped links." Are these contradictory, and what should be done if so?
537:. While short names may be printworthy or not, these ones clearly aren't. More importantly, while links to a proper short name may be kept, these ones should be replaced by the correct, full name. I came here, quite irritated to see 458:: I have been wondering the same as you, JPæst, because as I look at the entries in the two cats, it seems as though most editors don't know the difference. The same goes for 468:
and its cat. SoledadKabocha, the difference you cite seems to be too subtle for most editors to discern. If I may, I suggest that all three be combined to
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I assume that a merged template would require users to manually specify "r printworthy" or "r unprintworthy" to make any claims of (un)printworthiness? --
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This banner should be placed on the talk pages of project, template and category pages that exist and operate to maintain redirects.
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Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
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Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
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That's a correct assumption – at this point I see no reason why a default printworthiness is needed. Thank you! –
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on Knowledge (XXG). If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the
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I'm restoring this template, and strongly recommend keeping these cases distinct, as per
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and its cat. This would eliminate the anomaly you cite below, as well. –
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designed to be placed on the talk pages of most redirects and
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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a
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is when the short name has some official approval. --
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a
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