Thread:Dim1/@comment-5881573-20121217102035/@comment-4631119-20121217143303

Okay, I'll commenting bit in the IT Side.

Redirecting seems to be simple and easy way. but if you consier about the bandwidth used, redirecting page comsumes twice as much as needed to load a single page, which similar like you load a page (non-redirect) then refresh it once. Why? This is the answer:

While redirecting, the browser firstly initiate connection by requesting the page you asked or clicked. In reply, the web send you a new address instead of the page content, consisting the original page and then, immediately order your browser to request a new page using the given address. So, your browser will ask the web once more time using the given new address, before downloading the page content to your browser and displays it.

For those who using unlimited quota for browsing internet, redirecting won't be much truoublesome for them. but for those who have quota limit on using the internet, redirecting method is really a big threat for them, since they waste bandwidth two times bigger to load a same page.

Due to this reason, in all wikia(s) I've attended and contributed, I always try to avoid redirecting as much as possible, and I think this prevention should also be applied here.

FYI: One single page in wikia need around 200-300kB of bandwidth just for the initial page request. It'll consume up to another 1MB to load the whole page, including all the images. If the page consist of many images, links, graphics and other media (including pre-formatted section known as templates), it'll consume more bandwidth both in the initial request and loading.