Talk:Iron anvil

Why does this page exist?
--Leonord curse (talk) 07:36, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
 * There are many pages that are linked to the iron anvil page. Until we can change all those links to Pre-Hardmode Anvils, We need to keep this page as a redirect.TOTORO01 (talk) 07:41, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
 * In the search box in the top right, type: "Special:WhatLinksHere/Iron Anvil"  minus the quotes. This will give you a list of pages that need the links changed. Edit: HAHAHAAA... there are 'SO' many Shadowsyllvet (talk) 08:07, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
 * There's no need to change any links. Redirects are convenient this way -- merged items can still be linked to intuitively via their in-game names, while clicking them automatically brings people to the merged page. It's all good.


 * If we did need to change all those links, it wouldn't need to be done manually. I could have my bot do it. Again though, not necessary or advisable. Equazcion  ( talk ) 08:20, 1 Dec 2016 (UTC)


 * PS. I just realized this is the lowercase-"a" spelling, which was always a redirect (to Iron Anvil), and maybe Leonord was asking why that exists. It's because some people who don't realize the wiki standard like to post links in lowercase form, and those links appear red (non-working) if no lowercase redirect exists. For example, pre-hardmode anvils. So they click those red links and create redirects that make them work.


 * In the case of Iron Anvil, it should really always appear uppercase on pages, as it's the name of a game item. There are a lot of these lowercase redirects floating around and it's not worth the effort to remove them, as their existence doesn't really hurt anything. Equazcion  ( talk ) 08:29, 1 Dec 2016 (UTC)