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@@ -9,3 +9,30 @@ Anyway to consider implementing **rename/move/delete** ?  I certainly lack the s
 Thanks again to [Joey](http://kitenet.net/~joey) for putting ikiwiki together.  I love the program. 
 
 *[Kyle](http://kitenet.net/~kyle/)=*
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+The MediaWiki moving/renaming mechanism is pretty nice.  It's easy to get a list of pages that point to the current page.  When renaming a page it sticks a forwarding page in the original place.  The larger the size of the wiki the more important organization tools become.
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+I see the need for:
+
+* a new type of file to represent a forwarding page
+* a rename tool that can
+  * move the existing page to the new name
+  * optionally drop a forwarding page
+  * optionally rewrite incoming links to the new location
+
+Brad
+
+> This could be implemented through the use of an HTTP redirect to the 
+> new page, but this has the downside that people may not know they're being 
+> redirected.
+>
+> This could also be implemented using a combination of raw inline and meta
+> to change the title (add a "redirected from etc." page. This could be done
+> with a plugin. A redirect page would be [[redirect page="newpage"]].
+> But then if you click "edit" on this redirect page, you won't be able
+> to edit the new page, only the call to redirect.
+> --Ethan
+
+Note that there is a partial implementation in the [[patchqueoe|patchqueue/move_page]].