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 | This page in a nutshell: Redirects are not always needed. They can sometimes be a burden, and Wikipedia has a very good internal search engine. |
Because of the vagaries of any language, and the multitude of topics that don't have an actual page, there is a need for redirects. These are handy pages that allow readers and editors to quickly get to a page that they are trying to find. But there are some redirects that can be more of a burden than a boon to Wikipedia.