| 7 | | In general, it is recommended to create redirection pages instead of completely deleting an old page, as to not frustrate the visitor with broken links when coming to the site from a search engine. A redirection page is a short page that contains a link such as “See !SomeOtherPage”. However, deleting specific versions or even complete pages can make sense to remove spam or other abusive submissions. |
| | 7 | If you want to delete a page because you actually re-created a new page with the same content but a different name, it is recommended to keep the page and use it as a redirection page instead of completely deleting it, as to not frustrate the visitor with broken links when coming to the site from a search engine. |
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| | 9 | In this situation, chances are that you actually wanted to [[WikiNewPage#renaming|rename]] the page instead of doing a copy + delete. |
| | 10 | The ''Rename'' operation also offers you the possibility to create a redirection page. |
| | 11 | A redirection page is a short page that contains a link such as “See !SomeOtherPage”. |
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| | 13 | However, deleting specific versions or even complete pages can make sense to remove spam or other abusive submissions. |
