[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8948: permalink redirection is too liberal

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#8948: permalink redirection is too liberal
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 Reporter:  mrmist        |       Owner:  markjaquith            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release         
Component:  Canonical     |     Version:  2.7                    
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion
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Comment(by miqrogroove):

 I agree with mrmist about the random redirects.  Make a better 404 page
 that says, "maybe you were looking for .. <link> "  That's what Google
 recommends to do anyway.  And then stop treating categories as non-
 hierarchical!

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