Wikipedia talk:Redirects for discussion

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Not blockworthy (yet), but I question the usefulness of many of these; posting here for additional eyes. OhNoitsJamie ^talk 12:25, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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~2026-13161-28 (talk) 14:42, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Is there any rule or etiquette about changing a relevant page (such as the target page) during an ongoing RFD? my current strategy is usually to change the page and then mention it in the discussion but I would like to know if that's required, discouraged, or anything like that. Dingolover6969 (talk) 04:57, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Do you mean something like changing a redirect target before the RfD is closed? Or adding relevant sourced content to a (potential) target article? The former is generally discouraged as disruptive. The latter can sometimes be beneficial in demonstrating utility for a particular redirect, and/or sparing it from deletion, akin to WP:HEY at AfD. Left guide (talk) 06:20, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Well, I mean changing the contents of the page the redirect currently targets. I definitely don't mean changing which page the redirect under discussion targets (since that's the point of the discussion). Dingolover6969 (talk) 07:05, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

If you're drafting a disambiguation page, set index or something like that it's conventional to do that below the redirect leaving the RfD tag in place. Do note this does not guarantee the dab/set index will be the consensus result.

If you're writing an article you can do the same as above or replace the the redirect with the article. It's best to leave the RfD tag in place until at least you have a minimally viable stub. Some people remove the RfD when the article is a decent stub length or longer, others don't. Unless there is a clear prior consensus in the RfD that there shouldn't be an article at that title, the RfD will almost always be procedurally closed without prejudice to an AfD.

In both cases you can also draft the new contents in draft/userspace to be moved over the redirect at the end of the discussion (if there is consensus) if you prefer.

In all cases if you make significant changes to the redirect page you should mention it in the discussion, and it doesn't hurt to mention minor changes (e.g. adding or changing R cats if they're very obviously wrong/missing, if it isn't very obvious then just say what you think should be done in the discussion). Thryduulf (talk) 17:20, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Very interesting, thank you. I hadn't even thought of editing the redirect page itself in a way that doesn't disable the redirect, although come to think of it I have seen that before in the wild. Dingolover6969 (talk) 17:34, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

If the change is related to the RfD, it can be mentioned. Your strategy is fine. Jay 💬 07:19, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

@Vanderwaalforces: it looks like VWF bot is taking 1 minute or less to remove a page log from the main RfD page once the last open discussion is closed. This could put undue pressure on closers, and leads to errors such as the May 8 page. Tavix closed the last RfD of the May 8th page, and decided to revert the close 3 minutes later. But by then VWF bot had removed it from the main page, and we lost track of it, until Tavix added it back today. What is the benefit we get by the minute precision implemented by VWF bot? It adds a page log a day. For removing too, can it do that once a day, or at the most twice a day, instead of not allowing for human flexibility? Jay 💬 09:48, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

@Jay I have been informed of this already as you can see on my talk page, but thank you for bringing it to my attention (again), anyway. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:04, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I hadn't seen that. Have you thought of an interval? I see that the May 27 page entry was removed today within 6 minutes of its closing. Jay 11:31, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

I try finalising before the weekend ends (I hope so). Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:06, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

@Jay: Actually, I added it back today, but ... yeah ... Steel1943 (talk) 11:04, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

I recently opened a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Deletion process#Discussion for change to WP:RFD/AI regarding relisting discussions, specifically for how {{Redirect for discussion}} functions and how we may be getting to a point where the functionalities of the "month=" and "day=" parameters may need to be separated into to different sets of parameters (explanation in the discussion). Participants in RfD may be interested in participating in the discussion. Thanks. Steel1943 (talk) 12:21, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

User:Rusalkii/RfDInfo is a script I made which provides a button next to the redirect for most of the information I find useful when evaluating RfD noms, including a link to any significant history, backlinks, previous AfDs, number of monthly hits, and whether the redirect is mentioned in the target. It's not perfect, but I've finally ironed out enough bugs that I'm comfortable posting it here in case it is of interest to others. Rusalkii (talk) 21:58, 12 July 2026 (UTC)