Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 July 30

July 30

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on July 30, 2013.

Patinar

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:58, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Patinar → Skating (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Delete. "Patinar" is a Spanish verb meaning to skate, not mentioned anywhere in English Wikipedia; there's no apparent connection of skating with Spanish language. Peter James (talk) 19:34, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Actually more of a question. If someone, say, on the Spanish Wikipedia created a redirect like this, would that link (from es.wiki.x.io) show on the "What links here" page? – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 15:45, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
A link from one Wikipedia to another wouldn't. Is there a reason that such a link would be made? Peter James (talk) 18:21, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I thought along the lines of [[w:Patinar]]. That's a link that could be placed on a sister-project page to go directly to this redirect. It may work the same on other language wikis. – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 19:06, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I just read at H:IW#Links crossing languages and projects that a link like [[:en:w:Patinar]] might exist on Spanish Wikipedia. – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 19:13, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That particular format does not work; however this format does: [[w:en:Patinar]]. See my Spanish talk page (subpage) for examples at w:es:Usuario discusión:Paine Ellsworth/Prueba de enlace. It is very possible that some people on Spanish Wikipedia link to this redirect. Perhaps we then should Keep to preserve links? – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 19:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just occurred to me I didn't really answer your question. w:es:Patinar redirects to an article on Spanish Wikipedia about skating that is mainly about the two categories, ice skating and roller skating. Patinar redirects to a disambiguation page here on English Wikipedia, so perhaps the link is used to illustrate the need on Spanish Wikipedia for a disambiguation page about skating. And there may be other reasons for the link of which I cannot conceive. – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 06:26, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It just makes no sense at all. If skating was a typically Spanish activity and known by non-Spaniards outside Spain by its Spanish name (like bullfighting [corrida de toros]), then yes, it would make sense. If we leave this redirect, it would beg the question of why then not have redirects from all the other languages as well. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:57, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I tend to agree with Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia, especially after finding out that the creator was a sockpuppet who was blocked several years ago. That sock also created two other redirects, one of which should also be listed here for deletion: Zanahoria. Kudes to the nom, Peter James, for turning the third one, Beber, into a useful disambiguation page! – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 22:43, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done – See Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 August 3#Zanahoria. – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 06:32, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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(punctuation)

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The result of the discussion was keep. --BDD (talk) 21:59, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(punctuation) → Colon (punctuation) (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Presumably delete. Not likely that someone would type this (or otherwise end up here) when looking for our article on colons or our article on punctuation, let alone anything else. It's only three months old, but perhaps that's not new enough for R3 speedy. 2001:18E8:2:1020:30F4:F313:6D39:FA4 (talk) 17:24, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Due to technical limitations, it is impossible to have a link directly from [[:]] to our article on the colon character, or for a search for that character to resolve to the article on the character. A link to (punctuation), or an attempt to search for ": (punctuation)" in our search box, will be redirected to the page (punctuation). So this serves as an acceptable technical workaround, which seems reasonable given the difficulty of directly searching for such a common topic. 168.12.253.66 (talk) 19:03, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep/withdraw. Makes complete sense, but I never would have thought of this before. Thank you for the explanation. 2001:18E8:2:1020:30F4:F313:6D39:FA4 (talk) 20:11, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Disambiguate make it a disambiguation page. It can point to punctuation, "colon", and any other pieces of punctuation that are affected by technical restrictions -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 02:47, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Meagan Broussard

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The result of the discussion was keep. --BDD (talk) 22:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Meagan Broussard → Anthony Weiner sexting scandals (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

The redirect should be deleted, the subject has no notability except through the 2011 Anthony Weiner scandal (see Anthony Weiner sexting scandals). μηδείς (talk) 02:47, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Redirects aren't required to be notable. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 07:36, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. What Arms & Hearts said, plus it's a plausible search term. – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 12:47, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Middleburg AVA

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The result of the discussion was withdrawn. --BDD (talk) 22:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Middleburg AVA → Virginia wine (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Inappropriate to refer name of presumably non-notable vineyard (or variety??) to the general article on the subject DGG ( talk ) 01:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that an article on this Virginia American Viticultural Area would be preferred to a redirect on to the general article on the state's wine industry. Not sure what other articles linking to this redirect have to do with the discussion. Why not be bold and create the article on the AVA?--RadioFan (talk) 01:10, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No longer a redirect. Beginnings of an article has been created.--RadioFan (talk) 02:02, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good work; that's the ideal solution--that's what ought to happen here. I withdraw the RfD, which is now moot. DGG ( talk ) 06:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Portals to Canaan

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The result of the discussion was withdrawn. --BDD (talk) 22:03, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Portals to Canaan → Death metal (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Inappropriate to redirect a particular nonnotable album to the overall genre. DGG ( talk ) 00:56, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It was a typo. Wrong link was selected as the redirect target. Should have gone to the band's page. This has been fixed.--RadioFan (talk) 02:24, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering whether you might have meant that. I agree that's a highly appropriate thing to do. RfD is withdrawn as moot. DGG ( talk ) 06:10, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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H V Jagadish

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The result of the discussion was keep. --BDD (talk) 22:05, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

H V Jagadish → H. V. Jagadish (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Marginally useful "spelling correction" for the name of a computer scientist that is mentioned in the references of two articles on Wikipedia: BATON Overlay and iDistance. Since the low profile of the redirect -- the chances of someone again linking to H V Jagadish instead of H. V. Jagadish are quite low, and then the link should be fixed, instead of relying on the redirect. I would argue differently if the redirect were named e.g. Hosagrahar Visvesvaraya Jagadish. I think we should delete this link, and leave the correction to the search function when it ever becomes necessary. --138.246.2.177 (talk) 17:05, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A punctuation-less redirect to an otherwise-identical punctuated title is plausible and helpful, and there's obviously no better target. 2001:18E8:2:1020:30F4:F313:6D39:FA4 (talk) 17:26, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Left following a page move. You got broken links? – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 18:31, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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