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The many links to the Genus article

This is full of recursive redirects. I hope to eventually replace the with species pages. Bob Webster (talk) 05:14, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What it amounts to is, most of the species in the list show as good links, rather than non-existent ones (red links). But except for a handful, they all link to the page for the genus. I've been editing large categories and long lists of species for quite a long time, and I don't think I've seen this before. I wonder if this is really advisable. Someone looking to set up new articles could be led to believe that these species already have articles. And even when one gets wise to what has happened, one will have to plod through individually to find out which ones need articles. This will become especially burdensome if, at some point, someone does create most--but not all--of the articles.

As for creating them, you know there's something on the order of a thousand to create. I've recategorized that many individual articles in a single project several times (and regularly do several hundred). It typically takes me several days. I can't imagine committing to setting up that many articles--even stubs (unless there are some tricks and shortcuts I don't know--which I imagine there are). Uporządnicki (talk) 13:28, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I plan to request authorization for this using the bot Qbugbot, maybe in October or November when I'll have more free time. It should be possible to scan arthropod articles for recursive redirects and automatically make stub articles for most of them.

Bob Webster (talk) 18:16, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I was about to undertake breaking all these links and making them red links--which is what is usual, and what I think should be. (There ARE a handful that do link to actual articles on that particular species.) But I was assuming that the links to the genus article were done with pipe tricks. It turns out that they are redirects. That is way too much to deal with anyway, and even if I did break the links, I'm not sure what should be done with the redirects. Uporządnicki (talk) 16:05, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Chlaenius azureulus" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Chlaenius azureulus has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 26 § Chlaenius azureulus until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 01:00, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Chlaenius atratulus" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Chlaenius atratulus has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 26 § Chlaenius atratulus until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 01:00, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]