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An article on this already exists on wikipedia, should we keep this article on this specific wiki to emphasize the point that people should deal with red links? [[User:Patrickpowns|Patrickpowns]] 21:32, 13 October 2011 (EDT)
 
An article on this already exists on wikipedia, should we keep this article on this specific wiki to emphasize the point that people should deal with red links? [[User:Patrickpowns|Patrickpowns]] 21:32, 13 October 2011 (EDT)
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:I thought this should exist because A. there was a red link pointing to this article :), B. we can't redirect to a wikipedia page, and C. we need a spacesim perspective and history, and the different viewpoints when it comes to whether red links should be immediately dealt with even when the person doesn't know anything on the topic, a short-term fix, or leaving them red to motivate people who may have more of a knowledge base in that article. This idea of using red links as motivation can be avoided using the quality scale I proposed and attempted to implement last fall. >>>[[user:Q-Cumber|<font color="green">Q-Cumber</font>]] 00:40, 14 October 2011 (EDT)

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Redundancy?

An article on this already exists on wikipedia, should we keep this article on this specific wiki to emphasize the point that people should deal with red links? Patrickpowns 21:32, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

I thought this should exist because A. there was a red link pointing to this article :), B. we can't redirect to a wikipedia page, and C. we need a spacesim perspective and history, and the different viewpoints when it comes to whether red links should be immediately dealt with even when the person doesn't know anything on the topic, a short-term fix, or leaving them red to motivate people who may have more of a knowledge base in that article. This idea of using red links as motivation can be avoided using the quality scale I proposed and attempted to implement last fall. >>>Q-Cumber 00:40, 14 October 2011 (EDT)