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! point
Hi, I am unsure why '! point' is a redirect; it isnt a form that I have ever seen. Pageviews will be skewed because it is on the first page of special:allpages and it's Special:WhatLinksHere/!_point is full of pages due to a bug in Cluebot, so that cant be used as an indicator of usefulness in this case. Have you seen people using it? John Vandenberg (chat) 09:49, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
- I don't know. I see that I created the redirect nine years ago, but I don't remember. I believe there's a tool on the tool server that can show how often a certain page (or redirect) is viewed. I'll try to find it. I doubt there are many people who look up ! point and are stymied because they can't remember the name exclamation point, but that's just a guess. – Quadell (talk) 11:02, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
- Follow-up: It appears the rd is viewed 100 to 120 times a month, though I don't know how many of those are people who see it in at the top of a list and are curious. – Quadell (talk) 11:05, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
- Unfortunately it is also hard to use search tools due to the '!'. That is why I hoped you might know why you created it, having seen it in use somewhere prominent enough to warrant a redirect, which isnt a very high bar. John Vandenberg (chat) 07:20, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, mystery solved. It was the first entry here in a list of article titles in prominent encyclopedias that don't have an article in Wikipedia. A group tried to turn each link blue, either by creating a new article or making a redirect. That's what happened here. I agree that it's of limited value in this instance. – Quadell (talk) 13:22, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
- Unfortunately it is also hard to use search tools due to the '!'. That is why I hoped you might know why you created it, having seen it in use somewhere prominent enough to warrant a redirect, which isnt a very high bar. John Vandenberg (chat) 07:20, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
makasih! Down the rabbit hole a bit further I find ! point in PC Magazine-hosted encyclopedia with entry "See bang path." which is of course about UUCP's bang path (a redirect back to UUCP). Oddly enough we dont have an entry about this encyclopedia or its creator The Computer Language Company, but the original can be seen here, and there is a bit of background here. I've never had a reason to look behind the PC Magazine-hosted webpages, but '! point' is shaking me, as I've never heard it used in that context (or any other). I would have been happier if there was an obscure reference work that linked '! point' to 'exclamation point'. As it doesnt, we need to consider changing the target?! I'd really like to find a RS which uses '! point'.
I think it would confuse the reader, if '! point' targeted UUCP especially as is not mentioned in the text. exclamation mark does touch on the use in UUCP, so it isnt terrible to leave it pointing in that direction. Maybe the next step is to as Talk:UUCP, and then a WikiProject, for evidence of it in use. John Vandenberg (chat) 15:43, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
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hope you´re doing well Miss Bono [hello, hello!] 19:43, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
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