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== Help with move over page ([[Tintin]])==

Could an admin help us move [[Tintin]] to [[The Adventures of Tintin]]? - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 01:20, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Has this been discussed anywhere? It seems a bad idea considering most pages [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tintin|link to Tintin]], not to [[The Adventures of Tintin]]. [[User:Angela|Angela]][[user talk:Angela|.]] 06:55, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)

::Sorry, I did not check to see if it had been discussed or a consensus reached -- I've already deleted and moved.  I was coming here to confirm it was done and ask the requestor to fix all links at [[Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Adventures_of_Tintin]] -- if need be, I will undo the changes in the morning, if another admin has not yet done so.  -- Up too late in California, [[User:CatherineMunro|Catherine]] | [[User_talk:CatherineMunro|talk]] 07:05, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:::Can we just setup a redirect? The article is about the Adventures of Tintin, not about Tintin himself. - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 14:59, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I agree, the article is about the Adventures; that's why I didn't hesitate before moving.  I also see that the article is a Featured Article candidate, and those should definitely reside at the proper title.   

The redirect was created when I moved the page, so it's already in place.  However, you should still go to the '''What links here''' page and check every article that was linked to "Tintin" and is now linked to "Adventures" through the redirect.  Anything that is referring to the "Adventures" should have the link manually fixed to point directly to that article, rather than redirecting -- rewrite the sentence so it can use <nowiki>[[The Adventures of Tintin]]</nowiki> directly, or change <nowiki>[[Tintin]] to [[The Adventures of Tintin|Tintin]]</nowiki>.  This is cleaner and reduces the chances of users accidentally creating double redirects.

This is a also lot of work, but that's the responsibility you take when you move or request that a page be moved.  It's important to clean up after yourself!  (There are probably a number of organizational changes that might be worthwhile, but keep getting deferred because they would be too much work for one person to take on comfortably....)

In addition, if it seems that a good number of the articles that link to [[Tintin]] are actually about the ''character'' and not the book series (a subtle distinction at times), it might be worthwhile to change the current REDIRECT at "Tintin" into an article on the character, comparable to the articles on other characters in the series.  This should of course have a prominent disambiguation block at the top, pointing to the "Adventures" article.  

I will not be on for much of the day, but I'll try to pitch in later if I can; I have a soft spot for the little guy as well.... -- [[User:CatherineMunro|Catherine]] | [[User_talk:CatherineMunro|talk]] 15:55, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

* I'll check for double redirects, but I can't see the point of worrying about those articles that point to the character Tintin. The story contains more than enough information about Tintin himself. - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 13:25, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

To make things more complicated, there's also an article [[Tintin (character)]] about the character. Maybe links about the character should be changed to this article? [[User:MacGyverMagic|[[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|<sup>[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|(talk)]]</sup>]] 12:22, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)