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Moving a bit deeper into the realm of "how to break redirects..." **Steps to replicate the issue** * Create a redirect that points to `[[example#Foobar1234567890]]` **What happens?**: * No error is thrown if the page `[[Example]]` is an article, as, for example, example is on English Wikipedia. The criteria in {T326057} are met. * The redirect half-works; it takes the user to page `[[Example]]`, but since there is no section heading `Foobar1234567890`, it doesn't take you to any section, but leaves the user at the top of the page. **What should happen instead?**: MediaWiki should check the heading exists on the target page. If it doesn't exist, an error should be thrown. The error message should probably say something like: > `The redirect's target page {{{1}}} exists, but does not have the heading {{{2}}}. Please check you have the right target page and that the heading exists on that page. If you resubmit the same target, the page will be created anyway.` Ideally, this would also work for special pages, so `[[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering]]` would be OK, but `[[Special:Preferences#I-like-bananas]]` wouldn't be. **Benefits**: Would prevent the creation of new "Broken section redirects," though it would still be possible if the name of a section heading is changed. **Notes**: A new function might have to be written to check whether section headings exist.

Moving a bit deeper into the realm of "how to break redirects..." **Steps to replicate the issue** * Ensure the page at [[Example]] exists (and is not a redirect). * Create a redirect that points to `[[example#Foobar1234567890]]` **What happens?**: * `[[Example]]` exists (and is not a redirect). So, the criteria in {T326057} are met. * The redirect half-works; it takes the user to page `[[Example]]`, but since there is no section heading `#Foobar1234567890`, it doesn't take the user to that section, but leaves the user at the top of the page. **What should happen instead?**: MediaWiki should check the heading exists on the target page. If it doesn't exist, an error should be thrown. The error message should probably say something like: > `The redirect's target page {{{1}}} exists, but does not have the heading {{{2}}}. Please check you have the right target page and that the heading exists on that page. If you resubmit the same target, the page will be created anyway.` Ideally, this would also work for special pages, so `[[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering]]` would be OK, but `[[Special:Preferences#I-like-bananas]]` wouldn't be. **Benefits**: Would prevent the creation of new "Broken section redirects," though it would still be possible if the name of a section heading is changed. **Notes**: A new function might have to be written to check whether section headings exist.

Moving a bit deeper into the realm of "how to break redirects..." **Steps to replicate the issue** * Ensure the page at [[Example]] exists (and is not a redirect). * Create a redirect that points to `[[example#Foobar1234567890]]` **What happens?**: * No error is thrown if the page* `[[Example]]` is an article, as, for exampleexists (and is not a redirect). So, example is on English Wikipedia. Thethe criteria in {T326057} are met. * The redirect half-works; it takes the user to page `[[Example]]`, but since there is no section heading `#Foobar1234567890`, it doesn't take youthe user to anythat section, but leaves the user at the top of the page. **What should happen instead?**: MediaWiki should check the heading exists on the target page. If it doesn't exist, an error should be thrown. The error message should probably say something like: > `The redirect's target page {{{1}}} exists, but does not have the heading {{{2}}}. Please check you have the right target page and that the heading exists on that page. If you resubmit the same target, the page will be created anyway.` Ideally, this would also work for special pages, so `[[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering]]` would be OK, but `[[Special:Preferences#I-like-bananas]]` wouldn't be. **Benefits**: Would prevent the creation of new "Broken section redirects," though it would still be possible if the name of a section heading is changed. **Notes**: A new function might have to be written to check whether section headings exist.