Create custom RedirectView to support static arguments

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diff --git a/pydis_site/apps/redirect/views.py b/pydis_site/apps/redirect/views.py
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+from django.views.generic import RedirectView
+
+
+class CustomRedirectView(RedirectView):
+    """Extended RedirectView for manual route args."""
+
+    permanent = True
+    static_args = ()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def as_view(cls, **initkwargs):
+        """Overwrites original as_view to add static args."""
+        return super().as_view(**initkwargs)
+
+    def get_redirect_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Extends default behaviour to use static args."""
+        args = args + self.static_args
+        return super().get_redirect_url(*args, **kwargs)