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April 24

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on April 24, 2021.

Scott Thomas (disambiguation))

WP:RDAB. The first one seems to have been created on accident, the others were moved from these titles within minutes. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 20:33, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

The Sea Capital

Varna is indeed seen as a "maritime capital" of Bulgaria, but – even allowing for the fact that such descriptions may not be as common elsewhere – it's still odd to have such a general term redirect to one specific place. – Uanfala (talk) 15:50, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

  • Keep. Consistent page views across the years, and plenty of Google hits for The Sea Capital which bring up Bulgaria-related pages. Also, it's not clear under what criteria this has been nominated for deletion. Jay (talk) 18:52, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris 19:44, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Harry Callahan (Disambiguation)

This recent creation is an error (capitalised "D"). I reverted the move of Harry Callahan to Harry Callahan (Disambiguation) and this artefact should be deleted. The correctly capitalised version already exists Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 17:27, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Consortium for the Bar Code of Life:

Consortium for the Bar Code of Life was created just two minutes later, so it seems that this WP:UNNATURAL typo does not have any use. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 17:21, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

James Cannon,

This seems to be another typo during redirect creation; the target article never existed under this title. Given that James Cannon is not a redirect to the article about the bishop, I think this one is doing more harm than good. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 17:11, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Organizational Ombudsman,

I can't quite make sense of the page history at the target, though it seems the article was moved on the day after its creation. This is getting virtually no page views, so I don't think we need to keep it around. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 17:08, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Frank Pakenham,

WP:UNNATURAL error, probably a typo when Frank Pakenham (which had been created before this one) was intended to be created. Does not seem to have any use. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 17:05, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

  • Weak keep: Little-used (though not completely unused), but the WP:UNNATURAL rationale rings false. A comma in an article title with a comma in it is different to a full stop ending an article title that doesn't; I can confirm myself that accidentally hitting enter after typing a comma is not infrequent. For a very long name like that, it's a believable redirect. Vaticidalprophet 17:29, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Afar translation

Cross project redirect that takes editors searching for a wikiproject to a dead wiki in the incubator. I think this is an inappropriate redirect for 4 main reasons:

  1. The target is not a wikiproject, or anything related to the English encyclopaedia for that matter.
  2. As we recently saw with the scots wiki controversy often the last thing these small encyclopaedias need is an influx of well intentioned English speakers trying to translate content into another language. This project needs an active community of native speakers to get started.
  3. We don't make this style of redirects for any other language projects, so this is more likely to surprise editors than help them.
  4. The project is dead, it had only 7 pages when closed in 2007, none written by a native speaker, and currently has 21 pages, most of which contain a single word or single sentences. There is no benefit to the English Misplaced Pages arising from our editors being sent there. 86.23.109.101 (talk) 17:04, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. (I suddenly go from bleeding heart inclusionist-delusionist to chainsaw-wielding deletionist when the issue is microprojects.) Well aside from the fact this blatantly isn't what people are searching for, even if someone follows that link, as 86 so eloquently notes, the most likely outcome is bad for all parties. Projects lacking native speakers rapidly turn into embarrassments or even wide-ranging dangers to the stability of the language (scowiki was literally in Scots machine learning corpuses, lest we forget). Vaticidalprophet 17:33, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Jaysol

More redirects from various brands of hand sanitiser to the article on ethanol. I think these should either be deleted or retargeted to point at hand sanitizer. 86.23.109.101 (talk) 16:52, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Pinkston Watersports

Little-used redirect, with 21 views in calendar 2020, that does nothing except link back to a disambiguation list. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:52, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Molodova

I created this redirect long ago as a misspell of Moldova but Molodova appears to be the name of several subjects, like a village in Eastern Ukraine (Молодова), a group of archaeological sites on Western Ukraine (Молодове (археологія)), a settlement from the Stone Age (Молодове I), an ancient culture (Молодовська культура) and another former village in Western Ukraine (Молодове). I haven't found any potential appropiate target articles for this redirect so I think it should be deleted. Super Ψ Dro 14:16, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Delete to encourage article creation. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 16:39, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

François‑Wolff Ligondé

Am I crazy? Is this title not identical to the article target? Ivar the Boneful (talk) 13:29, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

The difference appears to be the hyphen. The first is a non-breaking hyphen while the second is a hyphen-minus (the hyphen at keyboards). Super Ψ Dro 14:08, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Gene R. Nichol,

WP:UNNATURAL typo, seemingly an accident. Note that the correct form, Gene R. Nichol, exists. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 11:59, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

American Broadcasting Companies

This redirect, formerly a disambiguation page, might be better targeted to American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:08, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:NEW

Since at least some of these redirects are obviously intended to be left in messages to newcomers I think these should be synchronised to point at the same target (and Help:NEW created and pointed at the same place). It would not be a good experience for a newcomer if someone told them to read "WP:New", for help, they typed "WP:NEW" into the search bar and ended up in a completely different place. WP:NEW does have about 1000 back links, but they're pretty much all in ancient talk page messages and are actually supposed to be linking to the WP:New Users Log. 86.23.109.101 (talk) 13:26, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

This makes sense. WP:NEW originally linked to WP:New Users Log, AFAICS you're right and the vast majority are trying to link there, so by redirecting it again we wouldn't be losing much. ··gracefool 💬 23:11, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris 07:23, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

🙌

Raising hands seems like a better target, given that the symbol is called PERSON RAISING BOTH HANDS IN CELEBRATION. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 10:02, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris 07:21, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Brushless AC electric motor

I searched for AC motors, not DC motors. SCP-053 (talk) 07:15, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

WINE in Puppy Screen Shots

Not mentioned in the target article. Dominicmgm (talk) 06:22, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Delete Doesn't seem to be a plausible search term one might use to reach target article. Pageviews shows like 0 usage. Melmann 10:05, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Alcare Hand Degermer

Specific brand of hand sanitizer that doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere on enwiki that the search function can find. This is useless pointing at the current target, as anyone looking for this brand is not going to find the content at ethanol useful. Hog Farm Talk 06:17, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Retarget or delete?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:09, 24 April 2021 (UTC)