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Redirects for discussion (RfD) is the place where potentially problematic redirects are discussed. Items usually stay listed for a week or so, after which they are deleted, kept, or retargeted.

  • If you want to replace an unprotected redirect with an article, do not list it here. Turning redirects into articles is wholly encouraged. Be bold!
  • If you want to move a page but a redirect is in the way, do not list it here. For non-controversial cases, place a technical request; if a discussion is required, then start a requested move.
  • If you think a redirect points to the wrong target article, this is a good place to discuss the proper target.
  • Redirects should not be deleted just because they have no incoming links. Please do not use this as the only reason to delete a redirect. However, redirects that do have incoming links are sometimes deleted, so that is not a sufficient condition for keeping. (See § When should we delete a redirect? for more information.)

Please do not unilaterally rename or change the target of a redirect while it is under discussion. This adds unnecessary complication to the discussion for participants and closers.

Before listing a redirect for discussion

Please be aware of these general policies, which apply here as elsewhere:

The guiding principles of RfD

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  • The purpose of a good redirect is to eliminate the possibility that readers will find themselves staring blankly at "Search results 1–10 out of 378" instead of the article they were looking for. If someone could plausibly enter the redirect's name when searching for the target article, it's a good redirect.
  • Redirects are cheap. They take up little storage space and use very little bandwidth. It doesn't really hurt things if there are a few of them scattered around. On the flip side, deleting redirects is also cheap because recording the deletion takes up little storage space and uses very little bandwidth. There is no harm in deleting problematic redirects.
  • If a good-faith RfD nomination proposes to delete a redirect and has no discussion after at least 7 days, the default result is delete.
  • Redirects nominated in contravention of Misplaced Pages:Redirect will be speedily kept.
  • RfD can also serve as a central discussion forum for debates about which page a redirect should target. In cases where retargeting the redirect could be considered controversial, it is advisable to leave a notice on the talk page of the redirect's current target page or the proposed target page to refer readers to the redirect's nomination to allow input and help form consensus for the redirect's target.
  • Requests for deletion of redirects from one page's talk page to another's do not need to be listed here. Anyone can remove the redirect by blanking the page. The G6 criterion for speedy deletion may be appropriate.
  • In discussions, always ask yourself whether or not a redirect would be helpful to the reader.

When should we delete a redirect?

This page is transcluded from Misplaced Pages:Redirect/Deletion reasons. (edit | history)

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Further information: Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Common outcomes and Misplaced Pages:Moving a page § Moving over a redirect

The major reasons why deletion of redirects is harmful are:

  • a redirect may contain non-trivial edit history;
  • if a redirect is reasonably old (or is the result of moving a page that has been there for quite some time), then it is possible that its deletion will break incoming links (such links coming from older revisions of Misplaced Pages pages, from edit summaries, from other Wikimedia projects or from elsewhere on the internet, do not show up in "What links here").

Therefore consider the deletion only of either harmful redirects or of recent ones.

Reasons for deleting

Shortcut See also: Misplaced Pages:Criteria for speedy deletion § Redirects

You might want to delete a redirect if one or more of the following conditions is met (but note also the exceptions listed below this list):

  1. The redirect page makes it unreasonably difficult for users to locate similarly named articles via the search engine. For example, if the user searches for "New Articles", and is redirected to a disambiguation page for "Articles", it would take much longer to get to the newly added articles on Misplaced Pages.
  2. The redirect might cause confusion. For example, if "Adam B. Smith" was redirected to "Andrew B. Smith", because Andrew was accidentally called Adam in one source, this could cause confusion with the article on Adam Smith, so the redirect should be deleted.
  3. The redirect is offensive or abusive, such as redirecting "Joe Bloggs is a Loser" to "Joe Bloggs" (unless "Joe Bloggs is a Loser" is legitimately discussed in the article), or "Joe Bloggs" to "Loser". (Speedy deletion criterion G10 and G3 may apply.) See also § Neutrality of redirects.
  4. The redirect constitutes self-promotion or spam. (Speedy deletion criterion G11 may apply.)
  5. The redirect makes no sense, such as redirecting "Apple" to "Orange". (Speedy deletion criterion G1 may apply.)
  6. It is a cross-namespace redirect out of article space, such as one pointing into the User or Misplaced Pages namespace. The major exception to this rule are the pseudo-namespace shortcut redirects, which technically are in the main article space. Some long-standing cross-namespace redirects are also kept because of their long-standing history and potential usefulness. "MOS:" redirects, for example, were an exception to this rule until they became their own namespace in 2024. (Note also the existence of namespace aliases such as WP:. Speedy deletion criterion R2 may apply if the target namespace is something other than Category:, Template:, Misplaced Pages:, Help:, or Portal:.)
  7. If the redirect is broken, meaning it redirects to an article that does not exist, it can be immediately deleted under speedy deletion criterion G8. You should check that there is not an alternative place it could be appropriately redirected to first and that it has not become broken through vandalism.
  8. If the redirect is a novel or very obscure synonym for an article name that is not mentioned in the target, it is unlikely to be useful. In particular, redirects in a language other than English to a page whose subject is unrelated to that language (or a culture that speaks that language) should generally not be created. (Implausible typos or misnomers are candidates for speedy deletion criterion R3, if recently created.)
  9. If the target article needs to be moved to the redirect title, but the redirect has been edited before and has a history of its own, then the title needs to be freed up to make way for the move. If the move is uncontroversial, tag the redirect for G6 speedy deletion, or alternatively (with the suppressredirect user right; available to page movers and admins), perform a round-robin move. If not, take the article to Requested moves.
  10. Shortcut If the redirect could plausibly be expanded into an article, and the target article contains virtually no information on the subject.

Reasons for not deleting

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However, avoid deleting such redirects if:

  1. They have a potentially useful page history, or an edit history that should be kept to comply with the licensing requirements for a merge (see Misplaced Pages:Merge and delete). On the other hand, if the redirect was created by renaming a page with that name, and the page history just mentions the renaming, and for one of the reasons above you want to delete the page, copy the page history to the Talk page of the article it redirects to. The act of renaming is useful page history, and even more so if there has been discussion on the page name.
  2. 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 article text because the linkified misspellings will not appear as broken links; consider tagging the redirect with the {{R from misspelling}} template to assist editors in monitoring these misspellings.
  3. They aid searches on certain terms. For example, users who might see the "Keystone State" mentioned somewhere but do not know what that refers to will be able to find out at the Pennsylvania (target) article.
  4. Deleting redirects runs the risk of breaking incoming or internal links. For example, redirects resulting from page moves should not normally be deleted without good reason. Links that have existed for a significant length of time, including CamelCase links (e.g. WolVes) and old subpage links, should be left alone in case there are any existing links on external pages pointing to them. See also Misplaced Pages:Link rot § Link rot on non-Wikimedia sites.
  5. Someone finds them useful. Hint: If someone says they find a redirect useful, they probably do. You might not find it useful—this is not because the other person is being untruthful, but because you browse Misplaced Pages in different ways. Evidence of usage can be gauged by using the wikishark or pageviews tool on the redirect to see the number of views it gets.
  6. The redirect is to a closely related word form, such as a plural form to a singular form.

Neutrality of redirects

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Just as article titles using non-neutral language are permitted in some circumstances, so are such redirects. Because redirects are less visible to readers, more latitude is allowed in their names, therefore perceived lack of neutrality in redirect names is not a sufficient reason for their deletion. In most cases, non-neutral but verifiable redirects should point to neutrally titled articles about the subject of the term. Non-neutral redirects may be tagged with {{R from non-neutral name}}.

Non-neutral redirects are commonly created for three reasons:

  1. Articles that are created using non-neutral titles are routinely moved to a new neutral title, which leaves behind the old non-neutral title as a working redirect (e.g. Climategate → Climatic Research Unit email controversy).
  2. Articles created as POV forks may be deleted and replaced by a redirect pointing towards the article from which the fork originated (e.g. Barack Obama Muslim rumor → deleted and now redirected to Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories).
  3. The subject matter of articles may be represented by some sources outside Misplaced Pages in non-neutral terms. Such terms are generally avoided in Misplaced Pages article titles, per the words to avoid guidelines and the general neutral point of view policy. For instance the non-neutral expression "Attorneygate" is used to redirect to the neutrally titled Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy. The article in question has never used that title, but the redirect was created to provide an alternative means of reaching it because a number of press reports use the term.

The exceptions to this rule would be redirects that are not established terms and are unlikely to be useful, and therefore may be nominated for deletion, perhaps under deletion reason #3. However, if a redirect represents an established term that is used in multiple mainstream reliable sources, it should be kept even if non-neutral, as it will facilitate searches on such terms. Please keep in mind that RfD is not the place to resolve most editorial disputes.

Closing notes

Details at Administrator instructions for RfD

Nominations should remain open, per policy, about a week before they are closed, unless they meet the general criteria for speedy deletion, the criteria for speedy deletion of a redirect, or are not valid redirect discussion requests (e.g. are actually move requests).

How to list a redirect for discussion

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STEP I. Tag the redirect(s).

  Enter {{subst:rfd|content= at the very beginning of the redirect page you are listing for discussion and enter }} at the very end of the page.

Does this look too complicated?
Try this semi-automated process instead: (note only confirmed users can use this)
  1. Enable Twinkle in the Gadgets tab of your preferences.
  2. Go back to the redirect page, and choose "XFD" from the new Twinkle menu.
  3. Fill in the form and submit it.
  • Please do not mark the edit as minor (m).
  • Please include in the edit summary the phrase:
    Nominated for RfD: see ].
  • Save the page ("Publish changes").
  • If you are unable to edit the redirect page because of protection, this step can be omitted, and after step 2 is completed, a request to add the RFD template can be put on the redirect's talk page.
  • If the redirect you are nominating is in template namespace, consider adding |showontransclusion=1 to the RfD tag so that people using the template redirect are aware of the nomination.
  • If you are nominating multiple redirects as a group, repeat all the above steps for each redirect being nominated.
STEP II. List the entry on RfD.

 Click here to edit the section of RfD for today's entries.

  • Enter this text below the date heading:
{{subst:Rfd2|redirect=RedirectName|target=TargetArticle|text=The action you would like to occur (deletion, re-targeting, etc.) and the rationale for that action.}} ~~~~
  • For this template:
    • Put the redirect's name in place of RedirectName, put the target article's name in place of TargetArticle, and include a reason after text=.
    • Note that, for this step, the "target article" is the current target of the redirect (if you have a suggestion for a better target, include this in the text that you insert after text=).
  • Please use an edit summary such as:
    Nominating ]
    (replacing RedirectName with the name of the redirect you are nominating).
  • To list multiple related redirects for discussion, use the following syntax. Repeat line 2 for N number of redirects:
{{subst:Rfd2|redirect=RedirectName1|target=TargetArticle1}}
{{subst:Rfd2|multi=yes|redirect=RedirectName2|target=TargetArticle2}}
{{subst:Rfd2|multi=yes|redirect=RedirectNameN|target=TargetArticleN|text=The actions you would like to occur (deletion, re-targeting, etc.) and the rationale for those actions.}} ~~~~
  • If the redirect has had previous RfDs, you can add {{Oldrfdlist|previous RfD without brackets|result of previous RfD}} directly after the rfd2 template.
  • If appropriate, inform members of the most relevant WikiProjects through one or more "deletion sorting lists". Then add a {{subst:delsort|<topic>|<signature>}} template to the nomination, to insert a note that this has been done.
STEP III. Notify users.

  It is generally considered good practice to notify the creator and main contributors of the redirect(s) that you nominate.

To find the main contributors, look in the page history of the respective redirect(s). For convenience, the template

{{subst:Rfd notice|RedirectName}} ~~~~

may be placed on the creator/main contributors' user talk page to provide notice of the discussion. Please replace RedirectName with the name of the respective creator/main contributors' redirect and use an edit summary such as:
Notice of redirect discussion at ]

Notices about the RfD discussion may also be left on relevant talk pages.

  • Please consider using What links here to locate other redirects that may be related to the one you are nominating. After going to the redirect target page and selecting "What links here" in the toolbox on the left side of your computer screen, select both "Hide transclusions" and "Hide links" filters to display the redirects to the redirect target page.

Current list

June 26

Omi Town → List of Xiaolin Showdown episodes

Some editors have been making articles for the episodes that once were redirected to the page. I am listing this here because this is the next episode on the list that has not been created yet and has a redirect. Ryulong 22:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Wiki fairy → Misplaced Pages:WikiFairy

Cross-namespace redirect. --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 19:58, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikignome → Misplaced Pages:WikiGnome

Cross-namespace redirect. --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 19:55, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was speedily deleted per CSD R2. --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 20:00, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Kris Craig Interview → User:Pub biographer/Kris Craig Interview

Cross-space redirect Fram 11:20, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

C:WPCVG → CAT:WPCVG

New (2006-06-12) cross-namespace redirect moved to CAT:WPCVG, common style is Special:Prefixindex/CAT:, see also m:Help:Namespace manager. -- Omniplex 05:12, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


The nominated redirect was speedily deleted as attack. Kusma (討論) 05:13, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Giant douche → George W. Bush

This redirect only points to George W. Bush and previously pointed to John Kerry. Silly and pointless either way it originally pointed. Basically its an offensive redirect. Kevin_b_er 05:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

C:UBT → CAT:UBT

New (2006-06-17) cross-namespace redirect moved to CAT:UBT, common style is Special:Prefixindex/CAT:, see also m:Help:Namespace manager. -- Omniplex 05:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is not paper → Misplaced Pages:What Misplaced Pages is not

inter-wiki redirect Polonium 17:05, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

June 25

Doweld → List of botanists by author abbreviation

Redirect would have its merit if there was actually such an entry in the list. Otherwise, if the linker/crator cannot be bothered to check the proper botanist, the redirectshould not exist. Circeus 01:43, 26 June 2006 (UTC) Nomination retracted. Circeus 00:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Louisville Communist Journal → The Courier-Journal

Not a plausible search term (if anyone actually does call the paper this, I really doubt they'd ever search for the nickname over the paper's real name). Seems to exist just to disparage the article it redirects to, see recent POV insertions into that article, which mention this phrase . W.marsh 23:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

C:CSD → CAT:CSD

redundant cross-namespace redirect, common style is CAT:, technical background at m:Help:Namespace manager -- Omniplex 19:56, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


The nominated redirect was Deleted by Freakofnurture. -- JLaTondre 22:37, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

"augustus greely" → Adolphus Greely

really unuseful title (was stub), article since moved twice Zigger «º» 07:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted per previous RFD (Jan 2006) — sjorford++ 10:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Ugly bags of mostly water → Human

umm... yeah. i was checking "what links here" and this stuck out as rather odd.

This has already been deleted once, so I've speedied it. — sjorford++ 10:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

The most annoying thing in the world → Crazy Frog

Yes it is annoying, but not that annoying. This redirect represents someone's non-neutral point of view. Omphaloscope » talk 08:35, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was deleted by KimvdLinde, per Mboverload/Digitalme's request. ~ PseudoSudo 23:18, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:0FA → User:Mboverload/Zero Featured Article, WP:*FA → User:Digitalme/Any Featured Article

WP redirects pointing to userspace essays; see WP:1FA's RFD. ~ PseudoSudo 22:01, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Delete, sure, I see.--digital_me 22:49, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

June 24

Categories for deletion → Misplaced Pages:Categories for deletion

Cross-namespace redirect. --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 22:11, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Request for adminship → Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship

Cross-namespace redirect. --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 22:09, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Requests for Adminship → Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship

Cross-namespace redirect. --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 22:08, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Tuçe Kazaz → Tuğçe Kazaz

Typing error while moving from Tugçe Kazaz. CeeGee 15:02, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was Converted to disambig until an actual article written. -- JLaTondre 17:13, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Autopista → Autopistas de Puerto Rico

Autopistas are found in others countries, including Spain. Autopista really deserves its own article, but until it has one, redirecting to a list of only Puerto Rican ones would be confusing. smurrayinchester 10:03, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

Devarajan/Filmography → Filmography of G. Devarajan

together with G. Devarajan/Filmography these are pointless and undesirable redirects left over after I moved the page to a more policy complient title. Eluchil404 03:47, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

BATTLE OF HALDIGHAT → Battle of Haldighat

Doesn't quite meet CSD R3, but I think it's unnecessary and implausible. –Dicty (T/C) 12:49, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was Deleted by EWS23. -- JLaTondre 22:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

James Brady (disambiguation) (disambiguation) → James Brady (disambiguation)

Nobody is going to type "(disambiguation) (disambiguation)" in the search box. —EdGl 18:52, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

June 23

The nominated redirect was speedy delete per WP:ASR. Cross-namespace, reposted redirect with no incoming links. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion → Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion

Self-referential cross-namespace redirect. Deleted by Cyde (talk • contribs) on 15 June 2006, recreated by Calsicol (talk • contribs) on 22 June 2006. There was one incoming link, which I have now changed to point directly to Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion – Gurch 14:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was Deleted by Jimfbleak. -- JLaTondre 11:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Plant Vagina → Flower

Not a term one would use to find "flower"; nor is it biologically accurate. Flowers contain both male and female organs; and platns have nothing resembling a penis or a vagina. Looks like someone being naughty to me. If anyone with better biological knowledge than I thinks this is appropriate, though, I'll quickly change my mind. EngineerScotty 05:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

Votes for deletion → Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion

Cross namespace redirect Yanksox 05:09, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

June 22

Aetherometry → Aether theories

Aetherometry isn't mentioned at all on the Aether theories page, and it is very different from the theories discussed there. It doesn't really have too much in common with aether theories at all, concentrating more on things like leukemia early warning kits and measurements with no uncertainty. Philosophus 21:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was Speedy deleted.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 10:50, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Pearland JROTC → George W. Bush

No apparent connection, former target was deleted, see Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Pearland Army JROTC. Rory096 08:22, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was Speedy deleted R1 by InShaneee (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves). --Rory096 05:21, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Warren wickman → Warren Wickman

Target deleted Johndarrington 01:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was speedy delete as G6, although it doesn't matter either way. Kusma (討論) 00:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Path integral → Talk:Line integral

Path integral has been rewritten as a disambig, so this seems unnecessary. (I reverted blanking of the redirect, as I feel that it would be better if it were deleted entirely, and it's better discussed as an RfD than an MfD.) — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 00:34, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

June 21

The nominated redirect was Converted to disambig. -- JLaTondre 01:09, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Swirl → Swirl (band)

Since the addition of the swirl (organization) page there are now two swirl pages. I'm thinking that the Swirl redirect shouldn't direct to just one of them because if you search for swirl meaning to find the organization you won't be able to find it. Rugadh 21:32, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was Deleted --Cyde↔Weys 17:46, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright tags → Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags

Cross-space redirect. SCHZMO ✍ 21:18, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Image tags → Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags

Cross-space redirect SCHZMO ✍ 21:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was kept. Don't be a schlong. — Jun. 26, '06 <freak|talk>

Schlong → Penis

I don't beleive that this should be deleted, as it is conceivable that someone might search "Schlong" on Misplaced Pages; however, the {{rfd}} tag was placed on it by 194.66.185.193 at 10:29 on 19 June 2006, so I feel duty-bound to list it here. In other words: keep. Lockesdonkey 20:05, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was already deleted by somebody else. — Jun. 21, '06 <freak|talk>

A VC → Fred Wilson (venture capitalist)

Redirect to deleted article Bugwit grunt / scribbles 10:48, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was speedy deleted because I saw no mention of "shain" on the latter page. If I'm missing something, let me know. — Jun. 21, '06 <freak|talk>

Shain → Babe: Pig in the City

Makes no sense. Wizard @ 08:00, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was speedy deleted, cross-namespace redirect, malformed, made no sense. — Jun. 21, '06 <freak|talk>

Sqwirl → Image:Manet,_Edouard_-_The_Absinthe_Drinker.jpg

Makes no sense. Wizard @ 07:58, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was deleted, phrase is not mentioned in target article. — Jun. 21, '06 <freak|talk>

Fuck Misplaced Pages → Criticism of Misplaced Pages

Pretentious, useless. Kookykman|(t)e 15:44, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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Cake Sniffer → Lemony Snicket

- What does the insult Cake Sniffer have to do with the author/character from The Series of Unfortunite Events? All systems go 17:45, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Twentysomething → Twentysomething (disambig)

I'm trying to do a complicated sort of reshuffling to merge Twenty something into its correct spelling Twentysomething while still preserving the talk page and without deleting either page's information. So, basically, I need this page freed up to complete the merge myself. KyleGarvey 19:29, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

June 20

Richard Sharpe Story Plots → Misplaced Pages:Richard Sharpe Story Plots

Cross-space redirect created by move —Mira 05:11, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was deleted as cross-namespace redirect. Kimchi.sg 11:33, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Napoleonic/Sharpe:Wikiproject → Misplaced Pages:Richard Sharpe Story Plots

Cross-space redirect created by move —Mira 05:11, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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Template:Monopoly → Template:LondonMonopolyBoard

The Monopoly template was just a copy of the London game board layout of the board game Monopoly, copied from the Monopoly (game) page. I considered the template name to be too generic, moved the content to Template:LondonMonopolyBoard, and made the necessary change in the article. Nothing now links to Template:Monopoly; it could be deleted. JohnDBuell 01:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was Speedy deleted by smurrayinchester 18:17, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Integrated Science, Business, and Technology → Integrated Science, Business and Technology

Target article was deleted qswitch426 18:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Integrated Science Business and Technology → Integrated Science, Business and Technology

Target article deleted qswitch426 17:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was Speedy deleted by Gwernol (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves). --Rory096 18:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Andy anggianto → User:Fiexe

Cross-space redirect Fram 13:24, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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Multiple unofficial anthems → National Anthem of Scotland

No obvious logical connection: if someone would look for "multiple unofficial anthems" (however improbable that is), there is no reason for them to expect to be carried to the one for Scotland Fram 13:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was Speedy deleted as CSD R3, and since better redirect Bartholomew (Spyro character) exists.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 11:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Bartholomew (Spyro charcacter) → Bentley (Spyro character)

Typo by the Wikipedian creating the article. Actual article was Bartholomew (Spyro character), which has since been merged into Bentley (Spyro character) for lack of notability. No further edit history or apparent internal links to the old redirect. Stratadrake 12:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Clarifying: I've already merged the Bartholomew article's info into the article for Bentley and changed the old article (Bartholomew (Spyro character)) into a redirect. That was when I noticed the redirect in question, Bartholomew (Spyro charcacter). --Stratadrake 00:24, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
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The nominated redirect was delete as CSD G4 - repost. Kimchi.sg 14:30, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

March 27, 1964 → Good Friday Earthquake

If an article for a date is to be created, (which I would oppose, as we don't have any dates around there), it should be an ARTICLE, not a redirect. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 02:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was Deleted by Kusma (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves). --Rory096 06:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

July 1979 → July

or perhaps, it's redirecting to 1979. In any case, we don't have any nearby month/year articles or redirects. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 02:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was speedy deleted. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

"Comment Spam Number Mystery" → Comment spam number mystery

No sensible reason why this would ever be referenced with quotes around it, most likely a mistake that was then redirected, but should probably be deleted now Gnewf 19:52, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was Nothing to be done here --Cyde↔Weys 17:38, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

My Chemical Romance → You know what they do to guys like us in prison

It is a song that should have its own page and not get redirected to the band. All systems go 23:41, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I guess you want to delete the redirect You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison pointing to My Chemical Romance. If you want to create an article about the song, just do so, the redirect does not have to be deleted for that. See the top of this page. Kusma (討論) 23:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
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June 19

The nominated redirect was all deleted per precedent, etc. — Jun. 19, '06 <freak|talk>

Wikipediest → Misplaced Pages:Wikipedians

Cross-namespace redirect. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Wp wikipedians → Misplaced Pages:Wikipedians

Cross-namespace redirect. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Wp list of wikipedians → Misplaced Pages:Wikipedians

Cross-namespace redirect, trying to be some sort of odd shortcut. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:35, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedist → Misplaced Pages:Wikipedians

Cross-namespace redirect. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:32, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages community → Misplaced Pages:Wikipedians

Yet another cross-namespace redirect. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipede → Misplaced Pages:Wikipedians

Unhelpful cross-namespace redirect. Only two incoming links. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiPedians → Misplaced Pages:Wikipedians

Cross-namespace, CamelCase redirect with no particularly useful history and only two incoming links. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:07, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was Deleted by CambridgeBayWeather (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves).

--Rory096 06:17, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

List of cartoon and comic character pairs → List of comic and cartoon character pairs

Reason Target page non-existant CPAScott 19:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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Barine → Arvède Barine

The name "Barine" used to result in a long list of possible entries that use this last name, this list is bypassed if this redirect remains. Bob em 16:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Like what other entries? Aside from Arvède, the only other Barine seems to be a character in a play by Sartre . --Mathew5000 21:47, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Comment, I have no problem making it into a dab page if there are other entries... but looking through the edit history there was the redirect or just " ]" which didn't automatically redirect... so, I'll say keep unless there is a dab page. gren グレン 22:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
The nominated redirects were both deleted as malformed (no space before parentheses, thus the pipe trick fails it). One of them contained the edit history of the target article, due to a copy/paste move. I have fixed this. In the future, please check for non-trivial edit history and mention it when making RFD nominations, thanks. — Jun. 19, '06 <freak|talk>

Do No Harm(Tv Episode) → Do No Harm (Lost)

No one would type this in, people will be able to find the correct article by visiting Do No Harm. Also no links to the page.TomcageTalk Contribs 10:48, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Edit: no links except a disambiguation page which is listed for deletion and another redirect which I am about to list. TomcageTalk Contribs 10:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Do No Harm(TV Episode) → Do No Harm(Tv Episode)

Redirect to another redirect. Unrequired as no one will type this in. No links to the page. TomcageTalk Contribs 10:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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June 18

Knob rot → Gonorrhoea

nonsense redirect, original article was submitted for speedy deletion whoda 21:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

June 17

The nominated redirect was cross namespace gren グレン 22:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Blank map → Misplaced Pages:Blank maps

Cross-namespace redirect. Mathew5000 20:39, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was Deleted by Makemi (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves)

Adam Wang → User:MUBOTE

Cross-namespace redirect. Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 16:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was Deleted by Freakofnurture (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves)

Tawkerbot → User:Tawkerbot

... Rory096 14:42, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

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Shadow the Hedgehog (video game features) → Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)

Unlikely to be entered into the search bar. ' 04:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

It is useful in discouraging recreation of a deleted page. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 04:42, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Can't page protections be used for that? ' 04:58, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Right, but then it would be a {{deletedpage}}. Redirects are always better than random pages with self-references in them that are completely useless. --Rory096 14:43, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Bad-lad and trap-bath splits and æ-tensing → Phonological history of English short A

Odd redirect. No one's going to type in this looking for the phonological history of English short a. I wonder why this redirect was created? Voortle 23:43, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

The nominated redirect was Deleted by Johnleemk (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves)

Requested pictures → Misplaced Pages:Requested pictures

Needless orphaned cross-namespace redirect. Rory096 18:55, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was Speedy deleted by Derek Ross (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves) --Rory096 18:56, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Direct logic → Direct Logic

article doesn't exist — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 17:49, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Kimchi.sg 10:45, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

WAITES → Waits

If someone's looking for an article on waits they're not going to type it in ALL CAPS. – ∅ (∅), 10:30, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was Converted to disambig. -- JLaTondre 12:20, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Kutter → Anton_Kutter

Redirect should be removed and replaced by a disambiguation page referring to Anton Kutter and Hermann Kutter 84.150.250.197 11:21, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Kimchi.sg 11:26, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Bolos, got to love them... or else! → ]

Appears to be a pointless redir, has only one contributer with one edit, the contributer was in fact queried about it roughly 7 months ago to no avail whoda 11:57, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

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The nominated redirect was Changed target to Tracy and tagged with {{R from alternate spelling}}. -- JLaTondre 14:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Traci → Tracy Brookshaw

There is more than one Traci, but I don't think we should go down the path of disambig pages by first name. JLaTondre 13:39, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Comment Seems reasonable. Checking the "Traci" articles we have () finds pretty much Traci Lords the most notable of the few listed, and she's included on the Tracy DAB page, as are people with other spellings like "Tracey". Fan1967 02:37, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
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The nominated redirect was redirected to neologism. There is a 6-to-3 majority in favo(u)r of doing so, and Rory's argument was convincing. Kimchi.sg 11:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Protologism → Misplaced Pages:Avoid neologisms

There's a bit of history here. Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Protologism was closed as delete on 23 March this year. The article was recreated as a redirect a couple of days later, and the redirect was listed here immediately. The RfD did not lead to a consensus, so when I closed it I decided to make the article a soft redirect to wikt:protologism, which I judged to be a good compromise between the various positions taken at the RfD debate (see Misplaced Pages:Redirects for deletion/Redirect Archives/March 2006#March 27). However, this soft redirect did not last long. I'm bringing the redirect up again in the hope that we now do manage to get a consensus.

Personally, I think cross-namespace redirects are to be avoided. I don't think this one is useful enough that it merits ignoring the rule. Thus, delete. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 14:15, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

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