Using the delete reasons in the delete log we can determine where roughly half of all deleted items should redirect to.
It would be great to be able to add these redirects.
To do this we would need to be able to create a redirect over a deleted item, one should also be able to create a redirect over an empty item!
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enable creation of redirects over deleted entities | mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase | master | +152 -23 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T68067 Support Redirects between Items (tracking) | |||
| Resolved | Addshore | T71166 [Story] Redirects - Ability to create a redirect over a deleted entity |
Realistically it is easier to undelete the item and turn it into a redirect I fear before we get to this.
Many items can not be undeleted as they will have conflicting descriptions and labels or sitelinks
12:44 PM <addshore> DanielK_WMDE_ / anyone that knows / once redirects are made can they be changed?
1:17 PM <DanielK_WMDE_> addshore: yes, they can.
1:18 PM <DanielK_WMDE_> addshore: a redirect can be created on top of an empty entity, or an existing redirect
This task now only applies creating redirects over deleted entities
So just a note, this is a blocker meaning that 6000 items that have been merged (since the beginning) can not be un-deleted and redirected
This should be easy enough to implement:
For testing, it's probably best to use a mock Title returned from the mock EntityTitleLookup, so no actual page needs to be created and deleted.
Change 257003 had a related patch set uploaded (by Addshore):
Enable creation of redirects over deleted entities
Change 257003 merged by jenkins-bot:
Enable creation of redirects over deleted entities
I have just created a redirect from deleted entity Q7903464. I suppose this is resolved now.