User talk:Dirael/sandbox

The redirect to Special:Random has not been blocked. It didn't work on this page because there was other text on it. If you don't put anything but #redirect Special:Random on it, it's going to screw it up. I just tested on my userpage.-- (Talk) (Contr.) 03:22, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * That's pretty phail. I think it was on Biro's page where it was asked it be blocked.. -- Shadow crest   03:25, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It must be in some MediaWiki formatting. If I could find the exact page, I would fix it.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 03:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

from Biro's talk:

MediaWikis / Special:Specialpages change
I had an idea. In light of some of the recent vandal attacks, do you think we could eliminate Special:Random? I think it does more harm than good. Why is it on the navigation sidebar anyways? At the very least I think that Special:Random should leave a paper trail - after clicking it, as with any other type of redirct, there should be a message at the top of the page "Redirect from Special:Random".

Why am I asking you this? Well...I know how to find and edit the sidebar code. But, there doesn't seem to be a way to edit, move, delete, etc. a "Special"-class page, so I was wondering if you could help with that.

If you think that Special:Random should stay, then I alternatively propose that GW:REDIRECT be updated to explicitly state that redirecting to Special:Random is not acceptable. Not just for vandalism sakes, but also for "some users" who have done that in the past.

Your thoughts? (T/C) 10:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I did some investigation on this and it looks like it is possible to block redirects to the special namespace. I think this would be a better solution (I don't know if it's possible to block redirects to just Special:Random).


 * What do you think of this solution, Entropy?  &lt;LordBiro&gt;/&lt;Talk&gt; 13:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think Biro's solution is a bit better, because I use the Random Page button when I'm bored and try to find a page in need. It definately shouldn't be deleted outright. Just giving my three cents here.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 15:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I think that's most excellent, Biro. As far as I know, there isn't a single case where anything should be redirecting to the Special namespace, anyways. Also, some vandals were fond of redirecting to non-existant Special pages, so this will help out with that too. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 22:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)