Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ChildofMidnight/List of fruits that cannot legally be carried on certain public transport systems

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The result of the discussion was Delete Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:48, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

User:ChildofMidnight/List of fruits that cannot legally be carried on certain public transport systems[edit]

Userfied deleted article in 2009, not edited by requestor since then, no chance of becoming an article. — Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 18:17, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - It's unlikely that this list would ever grow further. Will Beback talk 23:32, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Durian. Similar content is already there ("its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia"). There seem to be additional references, and so the closer might choose to copy content to a new section at Talk:Durian. NB. Durian is already a featured article. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fruits that cannot legally be carried on certain public transport systems. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose redirect XNRs are evil; this one would be entirely implausible. --N Y Kevin @144, i.e. 02:27, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects from mainspace to elsewhere are undesirable. There is nothing wrong with redirects to mainspace, or between the other spaces. The essay you point to has unfortunate terminology, as it is unclear that the concern is from-mainspace redirects.

“Redirects which are used exclusively on User, Talk and other project pages do not create confusion. Readers of the article-space only (whether at Wikipedia or through a mirror which only copies our article-space) will never fall into this "pipework" because these "cracks" (or more accurately, "access ports") are only being left in the maintenance corridors.”

There is nothing implausible here. A users userspace is there primarily and almost entirely for the user. A redirect found in userspace is there for the convenience of the user. In this case, the user is likely to search for this term because he remembers making the page.

However, should people be concerned that a userspace address leading their browser to a page in another space, then the solution is to use a soft redirect. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:58, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete though it is amusing. Textbook WP:FAKEARTICLE, and nothing worth a merge/redirect. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:57, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Certainly, there is no creative content worth merging. However, the five sources (which are not creative content) are not current used at the article. I have copied the references to Talk:Durian. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:20, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. bd2412 T 23:27, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.