Thread:ADour/@comment-1671874-20120619020358/@comment-1671874-20120619024058

Well..technically..yes, it coullllddd work. And people have done this before.. But please don't, and here's why:

1) The entire reason of moving is a just system to not rob people of edits. Category wise, sure, those will be lost, but those are just a few, and just one edit. But imagine a huge page like Elizabeth Brant (Earth-616) being moved to Betty Brant (Earth-616) by any user. All those users who have edited the page before will not have credit to this new page. One could argue that they would still "have credit" counted towards the old page, but that's not really fair, and everyone knows it. But where do we draw the line? At just two edits toward a page, or even 100?

2) Building off of 1, the history would be lost. It sure could be vital to see who added in a note of trivia to Betty's page, butohwaitasecond, it's on the old page, and now even harder to find because it's now a deleted redirect. Sure, this may be a rare occurence, but it's looking out for all the users out there that edit, and all the other users out there who wanted to know who edited it. One could argue that for just a smaller page who really cares, but again where do we draw the line..?

3) You may know what you're doing, but if any other new user decided to attempt the same thing, they could easily screw up, leaving countless dead links behind namely redirects, and all categories. And they don't have to care, they can just leave it and head on off the site. With waaaay to many edits daily, this could be overlooked. Months later (or whatever), when someone wishes to view Sage's page, they can't because someone thought they could slyly add (Tessa) back into her name. Not trying to sound mean, but if you did this, a new user could see that, think it's OK, and do the same. I don't think it's a good idea, and will set a good example.

4) Not to mention the time spent into doing this for too many pages is totally not worth the while.

I know many arguments can be made in your advantage, but overall, I really just don't see it as a good idea, and I'm sure all of the other admins could back me up. I understand that you would like to see these pages moved, but it really can't be that big of a deal, can it..? I hope I'm not just sounding crazy here too by the way.. Let me know if you have any questions.