Talk:J. R. R. Tolkein

From WP:RfD:

• J. R. R. Tolkein, J.R.R Tolkein, JRR Tolkein, Tolkein: I know we have Template:R from misspelling, but this misspelling is far too common, and we are engendering it by making it a blue link. dab (ᛏ) 08:43, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Umm, I thought that common mis-spellings were the ones we wanted to keep (e.g. to prevent creation of duplicate articles)! Noel (talk) 22:58, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I always thought you are supposed to create links from common spellings and misspellings to make sure people find the information they want. 132.205.15.43 23:12, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • These sort of redirects are useful, just make sure they are listed at Wikipedia:Redirects from misspellings. - SimonP 03:39, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
  • I tend to delete these on sight (but I don't want to act counter to RfD here) -- these redirects are harmful, because it prevents you from spotting the misspelling (which would otherwise show up as a redlink). Also, if you just redirect people, they will never even realize they misspell the name. dab (ᛏ) 19:01, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

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