Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 January 3

January 3

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on January 3, 2017.

THQ Nordic (company)

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The result of the discussion was keep. --BDD (talk) 21:59, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

THQ Nordic (company) → THQ Nordic (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Useless, unused disambiguation; target goes without any kind of disambiguation. Lordtobi (✉) 23:19, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete there aren't other THQ Nordics to dab. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:58, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's a valid {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}. Steel1943 (talk) 01:02, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Steel1943. Thryduulf (talk) 11:53, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete THQ Nordic is a company and nothing more, therefore, a navigation link with the bracket company is not required because typing THQ Nordic navigates the user to the correct page. Iftekharahmed96 (talk) 13:29, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- You are assuming that everybody knows there are no other uses of THQ Nordic, which is not a reasonable assumption to make. The redirect is unambiguous and takes people using it to the article they are looking for. Thryduulf (talk) 15:05, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Steel1943. Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 15:06, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Steel1943. Mihirpmehta (talk) 12:19, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I know redirects are cheap but I fail to see the purpose of this. Daß Wölf 16:49, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Steel1943. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 19:44, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Nordic Games GmbH

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The result of the discussion was Keep (non-admin closure) - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 01:51, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nordic Games GmbH → THQ Nordic (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Unused disambiguation for now-renamed company. Properly disambiguated redirect Nordic Games (company) is present and used. Lordtobi (✉) 23:19, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, unnecessary redirect IMO. --Rctngl (talk - contributions) 00:55, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's a valid {{R from former name}}. It's even identified in the first sentence of the article. Steel1943 (talk) 00:57, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as former name. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Steel1943. Thryduulf (talk) 11:54, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Steel1943. Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 15:07, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep per Steel1943.— Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 20:26, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Nordic Games (video game publisher)

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The result of the discussion was Keep (non-admin closure) - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 01:52, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nordic Games (video game publisher) → THQ Nordic (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Unused disambiguation for now-renamed company. Properly disambiguated redirect Nordic Games (company) is present and used. Lordtobi (✉) 23:18, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, unnecessary redirect IMO. --Rctngl (talk - contributions) 00:55, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep' possible useful for looking up Nordic Games video game company which is different from the Nordic Games themselves. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:01, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per AngusWOOF. Steel1943 (talk) 01:04, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per AngusWOOF. Thryduulf (talk) 11:55, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Grimlore Games GmbH

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The result of the discussion was keep. --BDD (talk) 21:57, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Grimlore Games GmbH → THQ Nordic#Subsidiaries (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Useless, unused disambiguation, proper redirect Grimlore Games to same target already exists. Lordtobi (✉) 23:17, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as unused duplicate. --Rctngl (talk - contributions) 00:53, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak~~ Keep. It's identified at the target of the redirect and a valid {{R from subtopic}}. ~~However, I say "weak" however since the title may have WP:REDLINK potential, but it may be better to tag the redirect with {{R with possibilities}}.~~ Steel1943 (talk) 01:01, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Updated my comment after re-reading the nomination statement, specifically about Grimlore Games targeting the same location. The nominated redirect is a more complete name of the subject in question than Grimlore Games. Steel1943 (talk) 03:58, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Steel1943. Searching on the full name of a company is highly plausible, whether they are a subsidiary or not. Thryduulf (talk) 11:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above two !votes. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 16:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Requestforcomment

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Mortal Kombat Artifacts

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The result of the discussion was delete.---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 16:57, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mortal Kombat Artifacts → Mortal Kombat (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

The word "artifact" is no where in the target article. Readers will arrive at the target article probably finding no information about the subject of the redirect (which may be a WP:NOTWIKIA violation anyways.) Steel1943 (talk) 22:41, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. No such list of items or game title. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:03, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as obscure game trivia. There are a lot of McGuffins within the games but their stories are more driven by kicking ass rather than chasing objects --Lenticel ^(talk) 02:50, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per the above CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 06:40, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Mortal Kombat Ninjas

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MK Media

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix ^(talk) 17:29, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

MK Media → Mortal Kombat (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

It is unclear what this redirect is meant to refer. Also, MK is a disambiguation page. Steel1943 (talk) 22:34, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as too vague --Lenticel ^(talk) 00:39, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:06, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget to Mk#In_arts_and_entertainment since there's plenty of "MK"s in media at that DAB page. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 03:19, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget per Patar Knight. Thryduulf (talk) 12:01, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget per Patar knight. Mihirpmehta (talk) 12:24, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete none of the entries in that DAB are known as "MK Media". - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 01:54, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Champion. This isn't "MK (media)" or "MK in media". --BDD (talk) 21:55, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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MK Glossary

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The result of the discussion was delete.---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 16:57, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

MK Glossary → Mortal Kombat (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

The word "glossary" is not present in the target article. Also, such a list as represented by the title of this redirect existing on Wikipedia would probably fail WP:NOTWIKIA. Steel1943 (talk) 22:27, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as too vague --Lenticel ^(talk) 00:40, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:06, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. We have Glossary of video game terms and Wiktionary has wikt:Appendix:Glossary of fighting games but neither of these are focused on Mortal Kombat (although it is mentioned in a few examples) and so someone searching for this will likely not find what they are looking for. Given the number of tags on the WP article I suspect it's only a matter of time before that gets deleted anyway. Thryduulf (talk) 12:05, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Mortal Kimbat

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Factions in MK

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:50, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Factions in MK → Mortal Kombat (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

The word "faction" is nowhere in the target article, and MK is a disambiguation page. Steel1943 (talk) 22:23, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as too vague --Lenticel ^(talk) 00:40, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Within the character list there's only one character that has the word "faction" in the description, and he wasn't even in it. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:09, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Ortakoey

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. -- Tavix ^(talk) 16:25, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ortakoey → Ortaköy (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

(eubot) Incorrect transliteration. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 06:51, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, seems to get used as a transliteration. [1], [2], [3]. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 15:55, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. Patar knight has listed above three of the four books that come up in a google books search (two of these are duplicates of a suspiciously iffy looking webified edition of a Lonely Planet pocket guide), so that's only two hits. Given how generally prominent the place is, I think these are likely to be transliteration errors. – Uanfala (talk) 01:33, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Correlation diagram

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Czernobyl

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The result of the discussion was retarget to Chernobyl. --BDD (talk) 21:48, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Czernobyl → Chernobyl disaster (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] (169)
Chenobryl → Chernobyl disaster (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] (125)
Chyrnobyl → Chernobyl disaster (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] (182: a huge spike to 78 on 21 October)
Czarnobyl → Chernobyl disaster (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] (74)

Delete all. Not likely English misspellings, but if kept they should probably go to Chernobyl or Chernobyl (disambiguation). These al get a steady stream of hits, and I'd guess that people are looking for either the disaster or Chernobyl nuclear power plant, so perhaps retargeting to the DAB is safer. The numbers in parentheses after each nomination are the hits in 90 days. Si Trew (talk) 18:12, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Czernobyl, Chenobryl and Czarnobyl per nom. Weak retarget Chyrnobyl to Chernobyl as a possibly likely misspelling, and since the article Chernobyl isn't a redirect to Chernobyl disaster. Steel1943 (talk) 18:51, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Chyrnobyl to Chernobyl (disambiguation). If people are searching for Chyrnobyl and find Chernobyl, then the redirect is of use. The entire reason to have redirects is for users to find the materials they want.David Straub (talk) 02:50, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per David Straub and Steel1943. Delete Czarnobyl and Chenobryl as unlikely typos, especially Czarnobyl should doesn't sound likely anything close to Cher for English Wikipedia purposes.. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 16:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @AngusWOOF: David Straub and I seem to be suggesting different retargeting options. Steel1943 (talk) 18:27, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, the targeting option should be Chernobyl. Still primary topic. If they add the word "dynasty" then point to the dynasty article as the dynasty is named after the town. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:56, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hang on, gonna revisit this. Keep Czarnobyl for being Slavic spelling, [4] and Czernobyl as being close as well [5] as with Czerny, and Chyrnobyl since the y's are a plausible attempt at spelling as with synonym. Delete Chenobyl. Target to Chernobyl as primary topic. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 02:03, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Retarget all four to Chernobyl; going by the page views, all of these seem to be common misspellings and/or alternative spellings. Sideways713 (talk) 01:05, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget all four to Chernobyl per Sideways713. CapitalSasha ~ talk 22:14, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget #1, #3 and #4 to Chernobyl. #1 and #4 are likely (old) exonyms, maybe from Polish or a similar language. #3 is probably a transliteration of some Cyrillic exonym, considering "ch" is almost never used in Latin Slavic languages for that sound (чырнобыль seems to be getting some usage online, although it could also be just a Russian typo). Keep #2 (Chenobryl) as is, because it's an English typo/misnomer getting hits mostly in the context of the disaster [6]. Daß Wölf 18:33, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget all to Chernobyl. The hatnote there will serve readers looking for the disaster. If it should go to the disaster, that's should be a matter for RM, not RfD. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 16:54, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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SegaSonic Bros

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The result of the discussion was speedy delete. Per G7. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:54, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

SegaSonic Bros → Sonic the Hedgehog (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]
SegaSonic Bros. → Sonic the Hedgehog (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Not mentioned in the target article. Per third-party search engines, the subject of these redirects seems to be an unreleased puzzle game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Either way, its lack of mention in the target article leaves readers with trying to figure out where the information for this subject is. Steel1943 (talk) 20:04, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - At one time I had hoped to make an article out of it, but it never ended up gaining any coverage outside of Sonic fansite circuit. I can't even properly source a sentence in the series article. Sergecross73 msg me 20:26, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have tagged both as G7 since the creator has called for deletion.--64.229.167.158 (talk) 02:46, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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List of final boss monsters in the Sonic series

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of final boss monsters in the Sonic series → Sonic the Hedgehog (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

No such list exists at the target article. Steel1943 (talk) 19:56, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - its very concept would be a WP:GAMECRUFT violation as its own article or at a series article. The article history shows that it was never actually populated as an article, and was intended to be deleted about a decade ago, but has only survived as a forgotten redirect instead. Sergecross73 msg me 20:29, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Sergecross73 Given that the List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters aren't organized by bosses, this isn't that helpful. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:13, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete but I'm not fond of the application of notability to redirect pages as-is, since redirects don't have to meet the same standards as an article. Mihirpmehta (talk) 12:27, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Sonilver

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The result of the discussion was delete.---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 16:57, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sonilver → Sonic the Hedgehog (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Delete per WP:NOTWIKIA. Not mentioned in target article, and search results for the redirect on third-party search engines produce results only for fan fiction. Steel1943 (talk) 17:39, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 19:38, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - non-notable fan fiction, unlikely to even be searched for, let alone ever to be included anywhere on Wikipedia. Sergecross73 msg me 20:27, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
delete fanfiction is obscure synonym at best --Lenticel ^(talk) 00:41, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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8D8 (Atedeate)

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:30, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

8D8 (Atedeate) → List of Star Wars characters## (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Same issue as 2-1B (Too-onebee). Creation edit summary states "disambig amounts to pronunciation". Atedeate can be created if desired. No history worth preserving in this case. — Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 17:42, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. 8D8 already redirects to the Star Wars page. There is no extensive use of the pronunciation in the Star Wars books as with Artoo-Detoo. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 19:45, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I might've thought to bundle this with 2-1B, but I'm glad I didn't. This time, Wookieepedia gives "Atedeeate" as the droid's spelled-out name. So this is arguably incorrect, and we do have the creator's intent that this was about disambiguation, which isn't needed. Not quite enough to make me say keep or delete either way. --BDD (talk) 20:26, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Atedeate or Atedeeate would be fine redirects to create or at least move this one there. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:15, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. 8D8 or Atedeate are plausible search terms. This isn't. Daß Wölf 16:55, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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2-1B (Too-onebee)

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The result of the discussion was Keep. BDD's links showing this has canonical usage are the most persuasive of all the arguments presented here. Thryduulf (talk) 19:28, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2-1B (Too-onebee) → List of Star Wars characters## (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

"Too-onebee" is seemingly meant as a pronunciation guide, not a disambiguator. Too-onebee exists. Move this history to Too-onebee to preserve it, then delete this. — Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 16:18, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete 2-1B and 21B already exist to redirect users to the Star Wars character. There is no need to further disambiguate by pronunciation, and Too-onebee exists and is used in the Star Wars novels and guides. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 19:47, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep See this Wookieepedia page. At least some Star Wars droids have canonical written-out name forms. See the ledes of R2-D2 and C-3PO for two famous examples. Maybe the intent there was to guide pronunciation, but I see this more as an alternative name than an attempt at disambiguation. --BDD (talk) 20:23, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- @BDD: What do you think is a good rcat for redirects like e.g. Artoo-Detoo? At first {{r from alternative spelling}}, i.e. "words to numbers" seemed like a good idea, but of course this isn't that in the traditional sense. Perhaps simply {{r from alternative name}}? — Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 22:42, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'd say {{R from alternative name}}, yeah. In novelizations and such, I think you'd find R2 being referred to by both names. --BDD (talk) 15:12, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Two-onebee and Too-onebee are okay to keep, just doesn't need the separate dab for listing the short plus pronunciation. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:16, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per my rationale above at #8D8 (Atedeate). Daß Wölf 16:56, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above, but do create the redlinks here that are plausible. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 16:55, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'll also note that the character's card from the Star Wars Customizable Card Game, which was canon when created, uses this form, albeit with an uppercase O. Contrast that with 8D8's card, which only uses the short name, and the cards for R2-D2 and C-3PO, which use the long forms. I just want to stress that this have official usage, so it's very much suitable for a redirect, even if we wouldn't title a standalone article this way. --BDD (talk) 21:36, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per BDD's links. -- Tavix ^(talk) 16:22, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Raphael’s Room

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The result of the discussion was delete the redirect with the 'RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK', keep the redirect with the 'APOSTROPHE'. -- Tavix ^(talk) 17:36, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Raphael’s Room → Raphael Rooms (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]
Raphael's Room → Raphael Rooms (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] (Eubot)

How many rooms? WP:RFD#D5 nonsense. The target has several other redirects that people can use to find this. The first with the back (open) apostrophe "’" is an unusual character in a page name to start with (although I'll probably be told that WP:TITLE does not apply to redirects: why not? They appear in the same search space as article titles). There is not a single "Raphael's Room", he didn't have a favourite of the four, they are collective and in this sense indivisible. Si Trew (talk) 01:22, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the weird apostrophes per nom. Provide a new redirect link for Raphael room AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:38, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Raphael’s Room (the first), i.e. containing 'RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK' (U+2019), as it is a quotation mark. Keep Raphael's Room (the second) as I think a regular apostrophe, i.e. 'APOSTROPHE' (U+0027), is reasonable. — Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 16:13, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- U+2019 is both an apostrophe and a quotation mark. Don’t base your argument on the Unicode character name. Gorobay (talk) 17:50, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I would also keep the one that's got a regular apostrophe since it involves a simple typo, meaning that people searching just made one simple, plausible mistake. I've no opinion on the other one. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 04:26, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep the normally apostrophed version (even if it looks silly – redirects do serve the purpose of helping silly queries produce meaningful results), delete the other one. – Uanfala (talk) 02:06, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Локальные общие объекты

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The result of the discussion was delete.---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 16:57, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Локальные общие объекты → Local shared object (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Delete. Not particularly related to Russian. Gorobay (talk) 15:13, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Steel1943 (talk) 15:20, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 19:48, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - We have clear precedent for deleting these kinds of redirects. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 01:38, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Antivirus

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Template:Cvg-stub

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:29, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cvg-stub → Template:Videogame-stub (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Stub-template redirect now orphan. @Od Mishehu:. Magioladitis (talk) 12:45, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. I assume that the "Cvg" means "Computer video game". No such similarly-named redirects target the same target as the nominated redirect. For that reason, I currently do not see how it is a useful search term to locate the target page. Steel1943 (talk) 21:05, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Vg-stub

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The result of the discussion was Keep. Thryduulf (talk) 02:19, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Vg-stub → Template:Videogame-stub (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Stub-template redirect now orphan. @Od Mishehu:. Magioladitis (talk) 12:44, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The redirect clearly helps those not familiar with the exact name of the target template find the template. Per WP:VG, the term "VG" usually refers to "video game" on Wikipedia. Also, {{VG stub}}, {{Vg stub}} and {{Videogame-stub}} exist as redirects to the nominated redirect's target; best give those looking for this template all available options to find the target template. Steel1943 (talk) 21:03, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Steel1943 as far as I understand stub taggers would like to avoid template redirects but I am not expert on that. Thus, I pinged Od Mishehu. -- Magioladitis (talk) 16:21, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This sort of redirects is useful to people who occasionally tag articles as stubs. Searching the stub template tree every time is a lot of unnecessary extra work. Daß Wölf 16:59, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Vgrelease tbl

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Template:Vgrtbl-nolink

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Template:Video game release new/testcases

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The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by nominator as shown here. Steel1943 (talk) 14:54, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Video game release new/testcases → Template:Video game release/testcases (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Unused test cases redirect of template merged into {{Video game release}}, should be deleted. Lordtobi (✉) 11:00, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This redirect is a subpage of a template which is now a {{R from merge}} and should only be deleted if it is eligible for WP:G8 speedy deletion ({{Db-subpage}} specifically) due to its parent page Template:Video game release new being deleted. At the present time, its parent page still exists. Steel1943 (talk) 14:01, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Video game release new/sandbox

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The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by nominator as shown here. Steel1943 (talk) 14:54, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Video game release new/sandbox → Template:Video game release/sandbox (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Unused sandbox redirect of template merged into {{Video game release}}, should be deleted. Lordtobi (✉) 11:00, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This redirect is a subpage of a template which is now a {{R from merge}} and should only be deleted if it is eligible for WP:G8 speedy deletion ({{Db-subpage}} specifically) due to its parent page Template:Video game release new being deleted. At the present time, its parent page still exists. Steel1943 (talk) 14:00, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Video game release new/doc

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The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by nominator as shown here. Steel1943 (talk) 14:54, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Video game release new/doc → Template:Video game release/doc (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Unused documentation redirect of template merged into {{Video game release}}, should be deleted. Lordtobi (✉) 10:59, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This redirect is an {{R from merge}} and should only be deleted if it is eligible for WP:G8 speedy deletion ({{Db-subpage}} specifically) due to its parent page Template:Video game release new being deleted. At the present time, its parent page still exists. Steel1943 (talk) 12:27, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Video game release new

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Template:Vgrsort1

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The result of the discussion was speedy deleted, G8. -- Tavix ^(talk) 02:02, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Vgrsort1 → Template:Video game release/sort (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Unused redirect template, should be deleted. Lordtobi (✉) 10:58, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This redirect is an {{R from move}}. The redirect's target template was at the redirect's title from 2008–2014. Steel1943 (talk) 12:24, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Vgreleasenew

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Template:Vg release

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The result of the discussion was keep. --BDD (talk) 21:26, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Vg release → Template:Video game release (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Unused redirect template, should be deleted to unify the usage of {{Video game release}} or its short form {{Vgrelease}}. Lordtobi (✉) 10:58, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Clearly a useful redirect, especially since Template:Vgrelease exists and also redirects to the nominated redirect's target. One cannot assume that every reader knows naming conventions for templates, and last I checked, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (templates) or a similar page doesn't exist to help anyone figure that out. Steel1943 (talk) 14:07, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It was not used in the first place, and all editors commonly default to vgrelease wherefore that should be kept. Having more unused redirects like this is not usefull. Lordtobi (✉) 16:29, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I can see the need for limiting redirects, but this is a basic one on par with {{vg infobox}} and {{vg reviews}}. We should keep it if only for consistency. As for its use, we can start by listing it alongside the other redirect. czar 18:49, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per the above CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 06:39, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Han-yue Pin-yin

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:25, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Han-yue Pin-yin → Pinyin (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

(eubot) Weak delete. Back-formed formed from Han-yü Pin-yin; I would say the whole point about having the diacrtics there is that is how they are transliterated in, er, Han-yü pin-yin, so that taking them out makes the transliteration a bit WP:RFD#D5 nonsense. Si Trew (talk) 11:27, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep if someone has heard of Han-yü Pin-yin but does not know much about it and/or does not have it written in front of them, then this is a very plausible spelling at which they would look for it. Thryduulf (talk) 13:35, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

True, true, and there are thirty-five other redirects to this target, so I imagine one way or another they would find it. There's Hànyǔ_Pīnyīn and HYPY and Hanyupinyin and BGN/PCGN romanization of Chinese characters and (perhaps an XY( Chinese Phonetic Alphabet and 汉语拼音 and 漢語拼音 and BGN–PCGN romanization of Chinese characters and BGN-PCGN romanization of Chinese characters (one has an en dash, the other a hyphen minus, not sure how having both of those helps a reader to search: en dashes are hard to find on keyboards) and Pinyin reading material where the target does not discuss Pinyin reading material and WP:NOTCATALOG. I doubt people really need this ill-formed redirect when there are thirty-five others for the search engine to choose from. Pretty much half of them could be deleted from Wikipedia without any detriment to readers searching, and to relieve the burden of perpetual maintenance (WP:COSTLY); but I only nominated one of them. There's a proposal at WT:RFD that editors take time to categorise all the redirects that should be to the same target, but when there are thirty-five to the same target, that gets a bit onerous, I think. Si Trew (talk) 13:53, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's not at all a plausible spelling, or at least if it is, the stats don't back that up. It has been hit three times in ninety days, each time around the 11th of the month. That doesn't seem like random human activity to me, that's an external robot search, I would guess, and if you leave those aside exactly ZERO people have gone through this redirect. Si Trew (talk) 14:13, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 05:32, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete "yue" is a completely different syllable that can be many characters meaning many other things, it is unlikely that readers will intentionally search for this. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 01:03, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Misspelling or not, I could not find the term on Bing or Google. Actually, one Google result said "Hanyue" for National Geographic Guide: Taiwan, but the guide says otherwise. Therefore, the term is unlikely to be searched for. George Ho (talk) 10:57, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete per Champion. Han-Yue typically means Han-Yue relations, which is completely different from Hanyu. Deryck C. 12:42, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Crimea river

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Trump Hotel

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Petit pois

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:24, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Petit pois → Pea (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Not mentioned in target, but the French Wikipedia has an article, WP:REDLINK for it is discussed in English sources, so it makes sense to have an article. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 03:34, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this isn't French beans. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:24, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Kyūri

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 21:22, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kyūri → Cucumber (talk · links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Not particularly related to Japanese. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 03:29, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget to Gyuri and add section as the name for a Japanese cucumber. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:32, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- AngusWOOF, why would the surname article at Gyuri be expanded with content about Japanese cucumbers? Kyuri redirects there, but it's a common romanisation of the Korean name. Is Kyūri a valid romanisation as well? – Uanfala (talk) 11:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, nevermind, I got confused with WP:NOTDAB . Retarget to Japanese vegetable which lists kyūri as cucumber [7] The only one with a Kyūri name I see is a really minor Dragon Ball character (brother to King Vegeta) and most of those are named after vegetables anyway. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:12, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There appears to be a painting with this name by Yuki Ogura. – Uanfala (talk) 11:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Cucumbers are trans-cultural. I don't think there's sufficient special affinity to justify keeping a redirect from the transliterated Japanese name. Deryck C. 14:00, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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