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With all due respect, I wishfully was trying to comprehend all of your explanations. Still, these led me to two questions: What does it mean when the shortcut does not fall foul of WP:CSD, even though it states the implausibility of a redirect so that it can be deleted? If we are talking about essays
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Essays and guidelines are not kept in user sandbox pages, and guidelines are not normally kept in any part of user space. In any case, the sandbox in question does not appear to be either an essay or a guideline. If you create that redirect, you would need to ensure that it doesn't fall foul of
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sounds fun. Maybe I'll try to make a new shortcut for mine, though it will be risky to do so, and many users will hate it. So, let's see. :D
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