Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 October 2

October 2

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on October 2, 2008

The result of the debate was delete - no mention in article, no substantive mention in proposed retarget Fritzpoll (talk) 14:38, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "Jebus" in target section or anywhere in target article. No history worth preserving. Mike R (talk) 16:09, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete Fritzpoll (talk) 14:24, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "Joey Jo-Jo "Junior" Shabadoo" in target article. Mike R (talk) 16:03, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete Fritzpoll (talk) 14:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "Rock Strongo" in target article. Mike R (talk) 15:59, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete Fritzpoll (talk) 14:28, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Improbable search term. Mike R (talk) 15:57, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was Delete --Lenticel (talk) 23:43, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "Lance Uppercut" in target article. Mike R (talk) 15:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was Retarget to Homie Fritzpoll (talk) 14:30, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "Homee" in target article. Connection of "Homee" to "Homer Simpson" is tenuous at best. Mike R (talk) 15:53, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete Fritzpoll (talk) 14:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Improbable search term. Mike R (talk) 15:50, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete Fritzpoll (talk) 14:34, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Improbable search term. Mike R (talk) 15:49, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete - per it's more closely related redirect's deletion above Fritzpoll (talk) 14:42, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "Jeebus" in target article. Mike R (talk) 15:47, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete Fritzpoll (talk) 14:39, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "Jebus" in target article. No history worth preserving. Mike R (talk) 15:44, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete Fritzpoll (talk) 14:40, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Highly improbable search term –– Lid(Talk) 08:32, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • It is the single quotes that makes it an improbable search term. Delete. Mike R (talk) 16:18, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The reason for the quotes is that sometimes people put nicknames in quotes. Since "Barry" was Obama's name in childhood, I would say Keep. Plus some news sites like this http://www.france24.com/en/20080831-barry-barack-obama-fifth-grade-high-school-hawaii-dean-aldo-democrat-convention-usa-president refer to "'Barry' Obama" WhisperToMe (talk) 18:33, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - while the quotation marks are discouraged, keeping them is not without precedent (see [1], although none of the nominees actually start with quotes). 147.70.242.40 (talk) 20:05, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Those nickname links were justified via their linking in article lists, however I can think of no possible circumstance where 'Barry' Obama would be linked by a wikipedia article. Perhaps if it was Barack 'Barry' Obama, and even then that's pushing it. –– Lid(Talk) 23:12, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • There is a possibility a user can link from that kind of name. Reasons for not deletion for RFD says "They would aid accidental linking and make the creation of duplicate articles less likely, whether by redirecting a plural to a singular, by redirecting a frequent misspelling to a correct spelling, by redirecting a misnomer to a correct term, by redirecting to a synonym, etc. In other words, redirects with no incoming links are not candidates for deletion on those grounds because they are of benefit to the browsing user. Some extra vigilance by editors will be required to minimize the occurrence of those frequent misspellings in the article texts because the linkified misspellings will not appear as broken links."
      • Reasons for deleting says "If the redirect is a novel or very obscure synonym for an article name, it is unlikely to be useful. Implausible typos or misnomers are potential candidates for speedy deletion, if recently created." - The style 'Barry' Obama is not particularly obscure or implausible. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as unlikely search term. -- how do you turn this on 14:06, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • The section about this says "If the redirect is a novel or very obscure synonym for an article name, it is unlikely to be useful. Implausible typos or misnomers are potential candidates for speedy deletion, if recently created." - 'Barry' Obama is not an obscure synonym. This is not an implausible typo (see the French news article). WhisperToMe (talk) 14:34, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • That article also uses his actual name. Sorry I disagree it's a likely search term (and it's certainly not a typo.) -- how do you turn this on 14:38, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • It's that WP:RFD has a list of reasons for deletion and I don't see how this fits any of the general reasons to delete at WP:RFD. Redirects can be kept at lower standards than articles (i.e. there are less reasons and circumstances that can be used for deleting redirects than for articles). I find redirects from every plausible alternative name possible (i.e. Barry Obama, etc.) to be useful and I think this fits "Someone finds them useful." as in I find it useful in preventing alternate articles from being created - I have seen some times when duplicate articles were created from different romanizations and spellings so I like to create redirects to cover these bases. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:45, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
          • OK, well, I don't think having it in quotes is a searchable quote. -- how do you turn this on 14:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
            • Well, some people may create articles without trying to search for them. Also the RFD reason list doesn't necessarily say anything about "unlikely search terms" - instead it has a reason to delete as an "unlikely typo" WhisperToMe (talk) 15:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
              • Actually it does, to a degree. If the redirect is a novel or very obscure synonym for an article name, it is unlikely to be useful. Implausible typos or misnomers are potential candidates for speedy deletion, if recently created. The reference to typos is in regards to speedy deletion, the first part is in reference to obscure synonyms which is what this would fall under. –– Lid(Talk) 07:25, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment while redirects are cheap, this thing has quotes on it, so it's exceedingly unlikely (and why single instead of double quotes?) BUT "Barry Obama" is _not_ an uncommon way to call him, and crops up in every single one of the bios every news channel aired on him. 70.51.8.75 (talk) 05:32, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, I don't believe anyone would type with the Apostrophe, a far more likely search would be without the apostrophe. CTJF83Talk 05:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Some people do, or could use that apostrophe. Look at the French newspaper article; if nobody used (typed or otherwise) that apostrophe, why is it being used here? Barry Obama, whether with one style of apostrophe or another, is a known alias of Barack Obama. This does not match the common reasons for deletion. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:02, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the debate was Delete. Lenticel (talk) 23:42, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ambiguous, and probably not a useful search term even if it wasn't. The redirector knows that Masonic Lodge is what he wants the redir to point to, but there are plenty of other fraternal groups, real (Elks) and fictional (Water Buffalo from the Flintstones) that call themselves Lodges and meet as such. MSJapan (talk) 15:01, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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