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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not to toot my own horn, but if I don't no one else will.

I finally decided to do something about it last October or so. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_(disambiguation) list was dismal at best. I made it huge adding every single thing I could find that was remotely relevant. I'd also found that many redirects linked to either Open-Source Model, Open-Source Licence, or Open-Source Software when really they need not be so specific. So I changed the redirect.

That didn't exactly break the internet but it more than doubled all the redirect warnings and errors for the entire Wikipedia site. Redirects are not supposed to go to disambiguation pages, they are supposed to be specific. A link to John Smith needs to link to the correct John Smith. That brought on a whole other slew of problems. Someone cut my list I'd labored over down to be "clean" but void of information.

Then I started this article, a BCA Broad Concept Article, that could have all the detail it wanted, satisfy the redirect problem, be a better general reference link, and a better hub for all things open-source.