Page Churn

here's a way to rename a topic without causing any PageChurn, while preserving history and existing external links

To rename OldTopic to NewTopic:

1. from OldTopic: click on More topic options
2. click on Rename/move topic...,  looking for references in (current) web only
3. click on Clear all checkboxes of referenced topics
4. recreate OldTopic (which now no longer exists as it has been renamed)
5. add text along the lines of %TOPIC% moved to NewTopic

if suitable hooks exists, a plugin could be created to automate these steps

-- WillNorris - 19 Jan 2005

thanks Will. This should probably be added to the TWiki docs.

See AliasPlugin for something which could automatically redirect to the new topic. Or RedirectPlugin for that matter.

-- MattWilkie - 19,20 Jan 2005