Add redirect capability to Flow
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	• DannyH
	Jun 12 2015, 9:52 PM

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Contributors need to be able to automatically redirect users from a deprecated page to the corresponding canonical page.

In wikitext, this is done with a magic word: #REDIRECT [[Target page]]

Flow needs to have a way to do this.

Danny/Roan's idea:

Type #REDIRECT [[Target page]] at the top of the board's side rail.
When a user follows a link to the redirect page, the target page says (Redirected from Talk:Board name).
The "Talk:Board name" in that message is a link to the redirect page, with &redirect=no added to the URL.
Removing the #REDIRECT magic word from the side rail makes it a regular board page again.

We could do this along with the ability to move topics to another board, or just release it on its own. This is a hidden feature for experienced users, so I'm not very stressed about somebody using it accidentally.

Requested on Catalan: https://ca.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tema:Si31dl2puhnj6pcu&topic_showPostId=sj2slbljkfplvy4i#flow-post-sj2slbljkfplvy4i

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• DannyH created this task.Jun 12 2015, 9:52 PM

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Things to spec out:

Can it just work if the board is non-existent (in the case of replacing a board with a redirect, it could be deleted first)?
Should Flow content model support redirects, or just create a WikitextContent redirect?
User interface
User right (editcontentmodel) required?

• DannyH moved this task from Product/Design Work to Freezer on the Collaboration-Team-Triage board.Aug 21 2015, 10:21 PM

Quiddity mentioned this in T96631: Enable the checkbox to leave a redirect behind when moving a Flow Board.Aug 27 2015, 9:40 PM

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New request on a wiki, plus an other one from a CL.

At the moment it is possible to create a redirect like that: make a /subpage in your userspace. Page-move it on top of the empty Flow board. (@Quiddity's recipe)

Catrope edited projects, added Collab-Team-2016-Apr-Jun-Q4; removed Collaboration-Team-Triage.Apr 19 2016, 5:12 PM

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