On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:26 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
I think the ideal solution is to create a section for all the rename cases and do all the redirects to that page. The page would list the old and new name for each item, and would link to the section for each new item.
Nothing prevents us from doing that for simple renames. For me, this situation is not a simple rename and the proposed solution is appropriate for what it is - changing the implementation details of an existing feature. We can do both - though the simple rename page doesn't seem particularly appealing at first glance.
I for one do not like following a bookmark or link and then being redirected to a generic page that doesn't relate to the specific link I was following. What is being proposed here is not as bad as the usual, where all the old links simply turn into redirects to the homepage, but it's still disorienting. I would much rather each removed page be moved to an appendix (without renaming) and edited to briefly explain what happened to the page and provide links to the appropriate up-to-date page or pages.
