771701 - Checkbox for making a page a redirect

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Wiki pages, defect, P3)

Description

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

A checkbox for turning a page into a redirect would be great, especially because the redirect syntax is a bit tricky to remember.

I imagine using it like this:

* I am editing a page
* I scroll down to the bottom (or wherever)
* I see a field labeled something like "Make this article redirect to another article"
* I check the box
* A dialog pops up with some instructions and a text field for adding an article name. The text field auto-suggests, just like the text field of the "add link" dialog.
* After hitting "OK", the WYSIWYG disappears and is replaced with a note about the page redirecting (maybe like Wikipedia's redirect image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/Unicode_Hyphen_Redirect_Page_Screenshot.png).
* If I uncheck the box, the redirect icon disappears and the WYSIWYG reappears.

This isn't the final word on the interface, just one way it could make sense to me as a user.

Comment 1

[David Walsh :davidwalsh]

To keep a central place for ideas with regard to this, someone else mentioned creating a WYSIWYG button for this.

Comment 2

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

That was me. I was going to make this bug about adding a WYSIWYG button, but I figured this made more sense.

Comment 3

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

I have no personal preference here. It would be nice if this were made easier but I don't have a preference as to how.

Comment 4

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

The more I think about this the more I think this should *not* be made easier. Redirects can be abused too easily. I'd prefer it to be something you have to really think about to apply.

Comment 5

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

I do not want redirects to be this easy to make. See bug 771710 instead.