Add MessageRedirectView and show messages on the index page

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diff --git a/pydis_site/utils/views.py b/pydis_site/utils/views.py
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+from django.contrib import messages
+from django.http import HttpRequest
+from django.views.generic import RedirectView
+
+
+class MessageRedirectView(RedirectView):
+    """
+    Redirects to another URL, also setting a message using the Django Messages framework.
+
+    This is based on Django's own `RedirectView` and works the same way, but takes two additional
+    parameters.
+
+    * `message`: Set to the message content you wish to display.
+    * `message_level`: Set to one of the message levels from the Django messages framework. This
+        parameter defaults to `messages.INFO`.
+    """
+
+    message: str = ""
+    message_level: int = messages.INFO
+
+    def get(self, request: HttpRequest, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """Called upon a GET request."""
+        messages.add_message(request, self.message_level, self.message)
+
+        return super().get(request, *args, **kwargs)