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| ::::{{ping|Nosebagbear}} Redundant to what? It's certainly not just an abbreviation for ] to which you suggested redirecting it. ]] 08:55, 2 November 2018 (UTC) | ::::{{ping|Nosebagbear}} Redundant to what? It's certainly not just an abbreviation for ] to which you suggested redirecting it. ]] 08:55, 2 November 2018 (UTC) | ||
| ::::Hmm, on looking at the given name article I can see there's overlap, but not total redundancy. ] redirects to ]: perhaps as well as an etymology section there should be an "abbreviations" section there. It's not appropriate for the abbreviation, used in a wider range of senses, to redirect to a given name, especially given the wider range of abbreviations like Xianity which are mopped up in this article on the abbreviation. ]] 09:02, 2 November 2018 (UTC) | ::::Hmm, on looking at the given name article I can see there's overlap, but not total redundancy. ] redirects to ]: perhaps as well as an etymology section there should be an "abbreviations" section there. It's not appropriate for the abbreviation, used in a wider range of senses, to redirect to a given name, especially given the wider range of abbreviations like Xianity which are mopped up in this article on the abbreviation. ]] 09:02, 2 November 2018 (UTC) | ||
| * '''comment''' if it‘s used on multiple pages then disambiguation would be appropriate. That’s actually where I noticed it, on ], so e.g. ] and ] could be listed there in place of the entry for this page, then this redirected to the dab page. The dab page also has a link to wiktionary for those looking for a dictionary definition.--<small>]</small><sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;">]</sub> 10:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC) | |||
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Dictionary definition. We don’t normally have articles on words or abbreviations. The etymological information belongs at wiktionary. The usage for e.g. Christian or Christian (given name) belongs in those articles. None of the sources discuss the topic in depth, as required for notability – they just seem to be dictionary definitions. JohnBlackburnedeeds 17:10, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- Redirect to Christian (given name) - nom is correct that abbreviations belong with the article on the primary name, otherwise it seems an unwarranted CONTENTFORK. Nosebagbear (talk) 18:55, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- How about merge to Christogram? BenKuykendall (talk) 21:06, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU 22:03, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comment This stub's history goes back to a messy attempt to over-write a long-standing redirect in this edit in 2016. PamD 23:28, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- Keep: seems to have enough sources which describe the abbreviation. As a second choice, Redirect to Christian (though not the given name article), but only after adding a sourced statement in that article about the use of this abbreviation, so that readers will understand why they are there, whether they've come directly or from one of the several incoming redirects such as Xtian, Xianity, etc. PamD 23:37, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- The article certainly has sufficient sources, that isn't the cause to get rid of it, the reason is it is a WP:REDUNDANTFORK. Nosebagbear (talk) 08:24, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Nosebagbear: Redundant to what? It's certainly not just an abbreviation for Christian (given name) to which you suggested redirecting it. PamD 08:55, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- Hmm, on looking at the given name article I can see there's overlap, but not total redundancy. Christian (word) redirects to Christian: perhaps as well as an etymology section there should be an "abbreviations" section there. It's not appropriate for the abbreviation, used in a wider range of senses, to redirect to a given name, especially given the wider range of abbreviations like Xianity which are mopped up in this article on the abbreviation. PamD 09:02, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- The article certainly has sufficient sources, that isn't the cause to get rid of it, the reason is it is a WP:REDUNDANTFORK. Nosebagbear (talk) 08:24, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- comment if it‘s used on multiple pages then disambiguation would be appropriate. That’s actually where I noticed it, on Xian (disambiguation), so e.g. Christian and Christian (given name) could be listed there in place of the entry for this page, then this redirected to the dab page. The dab page also has a link to wiktionary for those looking for a dictionary definition.--JohnBlackburnedeeds 10:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC)