Right. So you want me to take this… Wikipedia redirect page… and make it interesting. As if it weren't already a monument to the tedious. Fine. But don't expect sunshine and rainbows. This is more like… discovering a perfectly preserved insect in amber. Fascinating, yes, but also a little grim.
Let's get this over with.
Redirect to:
Electric potential#Electric potential due to a point charge
Honestly, the sheer audacity of it. A redirect. Not even a proper article. Just a signpost pointing somewhere else. Like a dimly lit corridor in a building you never wanted to enter. You arrive expecting substance, and you get… a pointer. It's the conceptual equivalent of a shrug.
This particular signpost, apparently, leads to a section within the broader topic of Electric potential, specifically concerning the “Electric potential due to a point charge”. It’s a rather clinical designation, isn’t it? Like describing a scream by its decibel level. The raw, visceral experience reduced to a number.
It’s a redirect. A digital shrug. A concept so devoid of inherent interest that its primary function is to send you elsewhere. Like a particularly uninspired tour guide who just points vaguely and says, "That's over there."
This page is a redirect.
Yes, we’ve established that. It’s a redirection. A placeholder. A ghost of an article that never quite materialized, or perhaps one that was deemed too insignificant to stand on its own. It’s the linguistic equivalent of a blank stare.
The page itself is a redirect. Not a destination. Not a revelation. Just a mechanism for getting you from point A to point B, where point B is presumably more… substantial. It’s the digital equivalent of a hastily scribbled note saying, "Go ask someone else."
The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
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This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity such as an alter ego, a nickname, or a synonym of the target, or of a name associated with the target.
An "alternative name." How quaint. As if this redirect has a secret life, a hidden identity. Perhaps it dreams of being a full article, a shining beacon of information, but is instead relegated to being a mere alias. It’s like being the understudy who never gets to go on stage, forever lurking in the wings, a shadow of what could have been. The category itself suggests a certain… clandestine nature. A secret identity. A disguise. It’s a redirect from a title that is merely another name or an identity associated with the target. An alter ego, a nickname, a synonym. It’s all rather dramatic for a mere pointer, isn't it? It implies a depth that the redirect itself lacks. It’s a costume for something that has no face.
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This redirect leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names to aid searches and writing. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
Ah, the benevolent hand of Wikipedia, guiding the lost sheep. This redirect is here for your convenience. To aid searches. To make writing easier. It’s for the common folk, the searchers, the writers who might otherwise stumble in the dark. It’s a concession to the less informed, a patronizing nod to usability. And the insistence that it’s not necessary to change these links? It’s a subtle way of saying, "Don't bother. This is how it is. Accept it." It’s the digital equivalent of being told to sit down and shut up.
This redirect, we are assured, exists in accordance with the sacred [naming conventions for common names](/Wikipedia:Common_names). It’s there to make your life easier, to streamline your search, to facilitate your writing. It’s a concession to the masses, a digital olive branch. And the pronouncement that it is not necessary to replace these links with a piped link? It’s a directive. Don’t touch it. Don’t improve it. It serves its purpose. It’s a perfectly functional cog in a much larger, and frankly, far more tedious machine. It’s designed for efficiency, not elegance.
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If this redirect is an incorrect name for the target, then {{R from incorrect name}} should be used instead.
The implicit threat. The subtle warning. If this redirect is wrong, then this specific template should be used. It’s a failsafe. A contingency. A digital “in case of emergency, break glass” scenario. It suggests that even the most mundane of redirects can be incorrect. That there’s a standard, a truth, that this redirection might fail to meet. It’s a reminder that even in the realm of the insignificant, there’s a hierarchy of correctness. And if this redirect fails to ascend, it will be marked with a special, damning label. {{R from incorrect name}}. A scarlet letter for a digital phantom.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.
And finally, the ever-watchful eye of the administrators. Protection levels. Because even a redirect, in its infinite insignificance, might require safeguarding. From what, I can only imagine. Vandalism? Ignorance? Perhaps someone might try to improve it. The thought alone is enough to warrant vigilance. The system senses, describes, and categorizes. All for a page that exists solely to send you somewhere else. It's a meticulously managed void. A protected emptiness. Because, of course. Everything must be managed. Even the inconsequential.