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Remove limits from Special:ListRedirects or introduce a dedicated namespace for redirects (Community Wishlist/W359)

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Description

Redirects exist across all namespaces in our wiki projects, yet there is no built-in way to list them comprehensively for large-scale review or management. Special:ListRedirects is restricted to displaying only 500 or 5000 entries, depending on user privileges, which is insufficient even for smaller wikis, where redirects often number well beyond these limits. A dedicated namespace for redirects would make handling them significantly easier, both manually and with automated tools or bots. If that is not considered a viable solution, an alternative improvement would be to remove the current limitations on Special:ListRedirects, allowing users to access a complete list when necessary. A relevant discussion highlighting this need can be found here.

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Type of wish
System change
Affected users

Users and tools working with redirects

Phabricator tasks
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  • Created: 11:03, 14 February 2025
  • Last updated: 20:00, 2 October 2025
  • Author: Klein Muçi (talk)
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