bingle-admin wrote:

The WMF core features team tracks this bug on Mingle card https://mingle.corp.wikimedia.org/projects/flow/cards/648, but people from the community are welcome to contribute here and in Gerrit.

Also (or at least on my machine), I'm not even being redirected properly.

I stay on the page that should redirect, but get the flow board of the page it should redirect to.

In T60763#645199, @matthiasmullie wrote:

I stay on the page that should redirect, but get the flow board of the page it should redirect to.

MediaWiki #REDIRECTs aren't like HTTP redirects: MW responds to the original URL request with the contents of the page to which you're "redirected", so you always "stay on the page that should redirect". The JS mentioned above makes it look like the URL changed in the browser.

Had that feedback during a workshop.

For example, when you click on https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:FdN:

• URL should be changed to https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Forum_des_nouveaux/Flow
• an information should be displayed below the page ttitle: "you have been redirected from [[WP:FdN]]"

This is even more confusing and disturbing for redirects from user pages to Flow user_talk pages. Just found such a case on [[:mw:]]. The URL in browser's address bar shows User namespace, but actually you are on User_talk NS. People may be hesitant to write posts on such pages. This should be fixed ASAP.

I would like to note that this is a rather problematic and disconcerting problem for a newcomer. Ping for example @SBisson, if he can take a look, thanks !