Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of the Blues

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The result was keep. Rename discussion can continue on article talk page. (non-admin closure) czar · · 07:51, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of the Blues[edit]

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None of these articles listed in this disamb are the actual article titles Cossde (talk) 06:09, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep Redirects are fine, they don't need to be the actual titles. These articles assert that the event is also known as Battle of the Blues in all but one of the linked articles, and that one meets MOS:DABMENTION. Boleyn (talk) 06:42, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 07:07, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

NOT TO BE DELETED: It is not necessary to have exact titles. Articles that are already there are also called Battle of the Blues even though all of them do not have actual title. Real issue isn't article Battle of the Blues but nominator User:Cossde. Any article or reference that has Royal or related to Royal College Colombo that isn't in taste of User:Cossde will be somehow converted to own liking (main reason in my view is designated royal status). An administrator should immediately intervene and deal with this situation (Wo2gana (talk) 08:42, 15 June 2013 (UTC)).[reply]

Keep, disambiguates WP ambiguity, regardless of the actual article titles. -- JHunterJ (talk) 10:44, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - the nominator's rationale has no basis - there is no requirement for a dab page to link directly to articles. The fact that there are so many cricket matches called Battle of the Blues makes this dab page a necessity.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 15:18, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - seems like a perfectly valid DAB page to me....... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:42, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - because it does what it's supposed to do, but isn't it really a WP:SETINDEX? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:59, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I just got rid of all the pipes, and now I'm not so sure. This is a strange one in that none of the articles listed even contain the term "Battle of the Blues". Is there a precedent for this type of dab page? It sort of seems like it should be List of cricket matches referred to as Battle of the Blues per List of beings referred to as fairies but categorized as a set index (Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Set index articles says: A set index article is a list article about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name. The green text above doesn't mention whether the "same (or similar) name" must be the Wikipedia article's name or can be also called, so I'm not sure if this qualifies as a set index.) (Search this string: List of referred to as) Thoughts? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:28, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I see the point made by Cossde but I think these names count as similar names. Since they can create an ambiguity I think this page should be kept. Thanks. Nishadhi (talk) 15:25, 18 June 2013 (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 article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.