Template talk:Redirect for discussion

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Give redirects under RFD discussion shortdecs

Currently, redirect pages currently going under RFD discussions are treated similarly to articles by the wiki software, show up in the search bar, and the shortdesc helper states that they currently have no short description. Therefore, I propose that this templates gives such redirects a shortdesc, probably along the lines of 'Article redirect undergoing discussion'. Xeroctic (talk) 16:44, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 2 April 2024

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Make the change as described in this diff. Alternatively, add the NOINDEX template onto Module:RfD. Toadette ^{(Let's talk together!)} 08:15, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reason - I've made a recent search for a term before voting an RfD, however, search results comes up a Wikipedia entry that is currently nominated for deletion. With the insertion of NOINDEX, search results wont pop up those nominated entries, and to be consistent to Template:AfD. Toadette ^{(Let's talk together!)} 08:19, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, but I'm not sure this will have the effect you want since NOINDEX is ignored in mainspace on unreviewed articles (which are never indexed) and articles more than 90 days old (which are always indexed). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Categorization of RFD-nominated pages

This template automatically places pages in Category:Temporary maintenance holdings. Placing tagged pages in a category is a good feature (see header of that cat for explanation). However, there are lots of such pages, which makes that cat large and also obscures whether there are other pages there for other reasons. Therefore, I think it would be useful for this tag to place the pages in a subcat of it. That will help anyone looking at the cat to understand the reasonsing for a large subset of the pages and conversely see pages that have other reasons more clearly. I propose Category:Temporary maintenance holdings/RFD. Anyone find this problematic, either in concept or specific details? DMacks (talk) 06:06, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Given a week with no comments, I've gone ahead with implementing this. DMacks (talk) 23:54, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 11 January 2025

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Description of suggested change: please remove the unnecessary capital for "redirect"

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Cremastra (u — c) 14:08, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 19:56, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Cremastra (u — c) 00:48, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure! Paine 00:58, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can "do not remove this notice before the discussion is closed" be added?

Can text similar to "do not remove this notice before the discussion is closed" be added to this Template? Someone removed the RFD Template from Joshua Sturm. --Jax 0677 (talk) 21:37, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jax 0677, in this case the nominator wanted to withdraw their nomination, so I am not sure that adding "do not remove this notice before the discussion is closed" would have made a difference. I have suggested a solution on the discussion page. TSventon (talk) 04:37, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The notice should never be removed until the discussion is closed. The nominator deleted the rfd tag before actually asking for closure. The rfd tag should probably still have this notice. --Jax 0677 (talk) 14:22, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]