Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 September 28

September 28

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on September 28, 2014.

P Doradus

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The result of the discussion was withdrawn by nominator. StringTheory11 (t • c) 23:10, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

P Doradus → R Doradus (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Implausible typo; the letters "P" and "R" are not near each other on a standard keyboard, and there is no reason that somebody would get the two letters confused. StringTheory11 (t • c) 18:57, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep "P Doradus" is not a typo. It is the Bayer designation for this star. It is also the name that SIMBAD uses for this star [1]. "R Doradus" is the Variable star designation for this star (indeed, "R Dor" is equivalent to "V1 Doradus" if you were to number all variable under variable star designation, as the very first star in Doradus designated with that scheme). -- 65.94.171.225 (talk) 07:48, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per 65.94.171.225. SIMBAD confirms the alternative name. Modest Genius ^talk 14:14, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - alternative identifier is listed in SIMBAD database. Maybe withdraw nomination? Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 18:19, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- From these comments; it's pretty clear that I was in error here. Would somebody who knows what they are doing please close this as withdrawn? StringTheory11 (t • c) 23:08, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 23:10, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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G Canis Minoris

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 20:16, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

G Canis Minoris → HD 66141 (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Designation does not exist, and is not a plausible typo. "G Canis Majoris" is a latin letter Bayer designation, which Canis Minor lacks, and there is no way somebody would forget the "50" before the G. In addition, even if that were not the case, G Canis Minoris could refer to any number of the over 50 stars designation in Gould's catalogue. StringTheory11 (t • c) 18:33, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom--Lenticel ^(talk) 03:38, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Name of article

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The result of the discussion was delete. Salted too. --BDD (talk) 20:15, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Name of article → Wikipedia:Article titles (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

This page should be deleted - for the same reason that like this one doesn't exist, this one shouldn't exist either. Most links are example text, and I recently found a malformed redirect pointing here, which would be detected much quicker if such a redirect were red linked. Not tagged as page is fully protected. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 16:41, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've now added the RfD tag for you. Thryduulf (talk) 18:42, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and salt. Having this redirect causes a problem. Editors creating a redirect at Wikipedia:How to make a redirect often accidentally link to Name of article as they do not fill in the actual name of the article, and then a bot 'fixes' the double redirect making the mainspace page which has been created redirect to Wikipedia:Article titles (a cross-namespace redirect). This happens surprisingly often, for example, Firefighter charities, St.John College of Engineering and Technology,Palghar(E), M SAKIB ALIG, JACQUES HOUSSOU, QUANGOs of the EU, Dr. Sachin Uttamrao Raut, etc. It would be best for this to be a red link so when an editor accidentally links to this it is picked up as a redirect to a page which does not exist. The new editor could then be informed of their error straight away and given the chance to correct this mistake and create the redirect which they intended to make. Currently when this error is made, the mistake goes unnoticed for weeks/months and normally just ends up with the page being deleted. 2.30.93.237 (talk) 00:01, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and Salt I think some of the article wizards use this as a sample name, so can result in creation of articles at the wrong location. In any case, articles exist outside of Wikipedia, and "article" can mean parts of laws, which can be related to naming. -- 65.94.171.225 (talk) 07:51, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Query. If the wizard tries to create a salted page, does it fail gracefully? I don't know how to see if a redlink is salted, to try to do it myself as an experiment. Presumably the wizard runs under the privileges of the editor, so the creation would generally fail; but would it fail gracefully? Si Trew (talk) 20:21, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- This doesn't matter anyway. The wizard creates a redirect to a salted page, not creating a page at this title. Creating a redirect to a salted page is not a problem. I feel this title should be salted though to stop creators accidentally creating articles (for example here and here), in the same way as Article name was salted. 2.30.93.237 (talk) 17:06, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - You've lost me. I accidentally listed an article at AfD with Twinkle that I meant to list an R to it here. (That's fixed.) Which tool or wizard are you talking about? Si Trew (talk) 13:06, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - As far as I can see the only tool/wizard which uses this is Wikipedia:How to make a redirect. If you weren't referring to that which tool/wizard are you talking about? 2.30.93.237 (talk) 15:59, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Windows NT 7.0

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 October 22#Windows NT 7.0

Category:Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the discussion was delete. For future reference, Koavf, deletion for category redirects should take place at CfD. If it helps you remember, category redirects aren't true redirects (and are, technically, categories). I'm comfortable deleting this one, however. --BDD (talk) 20:11, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) → Category:Muhammad (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Unneeded redirect: this is the English Wikipedia and category redirects are very rare. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:44, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment category redirect on en.wp are not "very rare", there are 24,452 in Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories. Thryduulf (talk) 16:01, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Odd mix of Arabic ("May Allah bless him") and English. [[Si Trew (talk) 13:51, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Howard Dill

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 20:08, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Howard Dill → Atlantic Giant (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

There is no mention of Howard Dill on Atlantic Giant. However, the redirect includes an external link to the man's obituary. (Of course, no one will find this unless they specifically look at the redirect page.) According to the obit, Dill grew prize-winning pumpkins. If that makes him noteworthy, the information might be added to Atlantic Giant, but if he doesn't satisfy BIO perhaps the redirect should be deleted. Cnilep (talk) 01:09, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete to encourage article creation. According to my cursory search, it seems that Dill is notable although we someone more familiar with pumpkin raising could draft an article for him.--Lenticel ^(talk) 05:54, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No information, therefore worse than useless: for if not, Howard Pumpkin grew prize-winning dill. Si Trew (talk) 12:44, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. My hackles are raised when my search results for "howard dill pumpkin" return for the first six, www.howarddill.com. Si Trew (talk) 12:50, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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