This would cover titles that use an ampersand (redirect from versions with and), at sign (iDOLM@STER), ligature (Æon Flux/Aeon Flux), or mathematical symbols (While ∀ Gundam's page resides at Turn A Gundam, which is widely used officially, I'm sure there's other examples), and possibly also titles with hyphens instead of spaces (B-Movie vs. B Movie). In practice this is widely done already and seems like it would be better to officialize it than try getting rid of all the examples.
All The Tropes talk:Creating New Redirects
Seems reasonable to me. Pinging the other admins just to make sure they see this.
@Labster @Looney Toons @GethN7 @Robkelk @QuestionableSanity @Derivative @SelfCloak
I concur, officialize it.
Mm. On actually starting to write a revised version, I recall that the original reason for the guideline as written was to make it easier for users to find names which contained characters that could not be typed in easily (ie, having to resort to ALT+number on keypad). So yes to adding ligatures and math symbols, but not necessary for "@" or ampersands. We were also at the time trying to balance redirects necessary for functionality and ease of use against a flood of redirects for every possible variation in capitalization and punctuation. I think given how easy it is to type in "&" that we actually need to discourage (and actively hunt down and delete) redirects that use "and" instead.
If we're going to have alternate work names as redirects (which we suggest in the Style Guide), then we have to be careful that we don't delete them as unused redirects.
Other than that, I have no opinion on the matter.
Should "Titles in different regions" (at very least English speaking ones like US and UK titles.) be added under When To Create a Redirect?
Not a bad idea. Syndication titles, too. Got a good example in mind?
Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior would be the example I use, but for some reason Dragon Warrior is currently a Disambiguation page for the main series and a single spinoff work (this could easily be changed though).
Failing that, Girls Mode/Style Savvy/Style Boutique is the first I can think of
Mm. Usable, but the full names are a very large. I found a good example that doesn't require me to type as much <grin>: the British series Spooks, called MI-5 in the U.S.
That one seems like it would work.
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