User talk:Mike Marcacci
Hello! Welcome to Wikipedia. It is always nice to have a new editor on board. I was just wondering if it might not be advisable to combine Transcellular transport and Paracellular transport in one article, since people who are interested in that subject might want to read about them both at the same time. What do you say? Transcellular already redirects to the Paracellular transport page. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 08:07, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the welcome! That sounds sensible – I know these are just stubs, and so this doesn't really matter, but (say these were larger articles) is it generally proper convention to consolidate information under the title of one sibling concept, or their parent concept. IE, wouldn't it be more clear to combine Paracellular transport and Transcellular transport under a broader title like "cellular transport" (if such a term was common). Again, just a question for the future. Transcellular seems fine in paracellular. Thanks for your guidance! Mike Marcacci (talk) 15:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
There is an easy way to Redirect people who search for any given term, like Transcellular or Cellular transport, and have them end up at an entirely different page, like Flibbygibby. You could, for example, have a page called Transfer of substances between cells of an epithelium that would cover both of your concepts and then, through the magic of the Wikipedia software, Redirect searchers for the other terms to that page. You could link to the page that covers both terms from other pages dealing with your topic. The idea would be to cover all the ways of the transfer in just one article. (P.S. When you reply to messages, you should precede your reply by using a simple colon (:) at the beginning of the first line— that indents your reply to set it off from the others.) Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 16:36, 7 September 2010 (UTC)