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** Ok, I see what you're getting at. I understand your objective here, but the utility of having shortcuts depends entirely on the shortcut being something people will understand and remember. I suspect that the name you came up with isn't good enough to be useful there. It's not a bad idea to try and come up with one, but I think that one doesn't really work. [[User:Georgewilliamherbert|Georgewilliamherbert]] ([[User talk:Georgewilliamherbert|talk]]) 20:38, 8 June 2010 (UTC) |
** Ok, I see what you're getting at. I understand your objective here, but the utility of having shortcuts depends entirely on the shortcut being something people will understand and remember. I suspect that the name you came up with isn't good enough to be useful there. It's not a bad idea to try and come up with one, but I think that one doesn't really work. [[User:Georgewilliamherbert|Georgewilliamherbert]] ([[User talk:Georgewilliamherbert|talk]]) 20:38, 8 June 2010 (UTC) |
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*** You are probably right. Do you have any suggestions? NOTXCATEGORIES? NOTCROSS? ...? I would appreciate your help. [[User:Problemchildlsd|Problemchildlsd]] ([[User talk:Problemchildlsd#top|talk]]) 20:41, 8 June 2010 (UTC) |
*** You are probably right. Do you have any suggestions? NOTXCATEGORIES? NOTCROSS? ...? I would appreciate your help. [[User:Problemchildlsd|Problemchildlsd]] ([[User talk:Problemchildlsd#top|talk]]) 20:41, 8 June 2010 (UTC) |
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**** I was looking at it and thinking about it, and I don't have any immediate ideas. Maybe something will come to me. I will keep thinking about it. [[User:Georgewilliamherbert|Georgewilliamherbert]] ([[User talk:Georgewilliamherbert|talk]]) 20:53, 8 June 2010 (UTC) |
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What's the objective or point of this policy redirect / shortcut? It's not clear what you meant by creating it.
Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 20:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- Pointing to the non-encyclopedic cross-categorizations entry. It doesn't have its own shortcut. Best name I could come up with. Problemchildlsd (talk) 20:32, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, I see what you're getting at. I understand your objective here, but the utility of having shortcuts depends entirely on the shortcut being something people will understand and remember. I suspect that the name you came up with isn't good enough to be useful there. It's not a bad idea to try and come up with one, but I think that one doesn't really work. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 20:38, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- You are probably right. Do you have any suggestions? NOTXCATEGORIES? NOTCROSS? ...? I would appreciate your help. Problemchildlsd (talk) 20:41, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- I was looking at it and thinking about it, and I don't have any immediate ideas. Maybe something will come to me. I will keep thinking about it. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 20:53, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- You are probably right. Do you have any suggestions? NOTXCATEGORIES? NOTCROSS? ...? I would appreciate your help. Problemchildlsd (talk) 20:41, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, I see what you're getting at. I understand your objective here, but the utility of having shortcuts depends entirely on the shortcut being something people will understand and remember. I suspect that the name you came up with isn't good enough to be useful there. It's not a bad idea to try and come up with one, but I think that one doesn't really work. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 20:38, 8 June 2010 (UTC)