When Redirect doesn't work...

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I started filling in the list of Nektropos Castle mobs. I wasn't paying attention and made several h andmaidens into H andmaidens (Named). I went back and edited the Named template into Monster templates, and redirected the H to the h . But now there are two listings for Crysta's handmaiden under Nek Castle Monsters , one with H and one with h . 'MOVE' wouldn't work, either, as it also inserts a redirect.

Is there a "NO CATEGORY" template that can be inserted into redirected mispelled articles to keep them from sorting? Should I put AfD on these misspelled articles? Remove a vital line or character from the template? Learn to live with duplicate articles? :-( Janze-Nek 13:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Problem solved. It was an update collision between your fixes and mine.-- Kodia 13:17, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

The answer is, "Learn to Redirect." When redirecting Page A to already existing Page B, blank Page A and leave only #REDIRECT[[Page B]] on the page. And don't forget to check "What Links here" and modify linked articles to reflect the redirect.

At least, I think that's what they said.... O.o Janze-Nek 08:15, 15 October 2007 (UTC)