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What about keeping Castilian with a (commented with [[wp:Castilian_languages]]) redirect to Spanish? [[User_talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style="color: orange;">Manorainjan</span>''']] 08:30, 21 June 2015 (PDT) | What about keeping Castilian with a (commented with [[wp:Castilian_languages]]) redirect to Spanish? [[User_talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style="color: orange;">Manorainjan</span>''']] 08:30, 21 June 2015 (PDT) | ||
:'''Redirects''' If you redirect a category, there can still be content in it, which is exactly what would happen if someone used <nowiki>{{tag|Castilian}}</nowiki>. Redirecting in the main namespace is different than in categories. [[User:Koavf|Koavf]] ([[User talk:Koavf|talk]]) 09:59, 21 June 2015 (PDT) | :'''Redirects''' If you redirect a category, there can still be content in it, which is exactly what would happen if someone used <nowiki>{{tag|Castilian}}</nowiki>. Redirecting in the main namespace is different than in categories. [[User:Koavf|Koavf]] ([[User talk:Koavf|talk]]) 09:59, 21 June 2015 (PDT) | ||
I think, tat redirecting is the same in all namespaces. But, as You pointed out, it does not prevent anybody to fill a redirected category with content. On the other hand, a non-existent category can also be filled with content. Deleting this category does not prevent anybody from using those tags. It creates [[RedLink]]s. An those redlinks tempt others to re-create this category. Therefore I think it is better to keep it and comment the redirect. That preserves the argumentation which explains why this category is not to be used/filled. That would apply also to such notorious cases as [[:Category:Computer]] vs. [[:Category:Computers]].[[User_talk:Manorainjan|'''<span style="color: orange;">Manorainjan</span>''']] 13:15, 21 June 2015 (PDT) | |||