Thread:Nbajammer/@comment-209674-20140411173626/@comment-691135-20140411174919

That was over a month ago, not a few weeks ago.

Here's the reasons why: 1) We use redirects to make it easier to find pages on the wiki. Of all the hub's wikis this one is the largest by far. 2) There is no other character named Emma in PR or Sentai, and the Emma link goes to the right character's page so no need to change the link to avoid the redirect because the redirect goes to the right place. 3) In theory, it is self-defeating in nature - If you're linking directly to Emma's page, you wouldn't need to have it show Emma but the full link. Yet that makes no sense in the sentence as used: "Jake and Emma go see the former...." versus "Jake and Emma Goodall go see the former...."; Because there are no other Emmas, one can just link to Emma and simply the coding.

That said, what if there had been at least one other Emma, where the Emma page would be a disambiguation? That's when you want to avoid redirecting, because if it goes to Emma they wont get Emma Goodall they will get a disambig page asking for clarification. The disambig page, and the redirects, are merely there for aiding in searches.