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February 18[edit]

Cross-namespace redirects[edit]

The result of the debate was Kept. There is no consensus to delete. Also, the redirects were never tagged with {{rfd}} so those using them are unlikely to know this debate existed. -- JLaTondre 23:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are about a hundred redirects of the type Wikiproject:Cities → Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities. The lists are found here: [1] [2]. What should be done with this? >Radiant< 13:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Many of these were previously discussed here at RFD. The consensus then was to "keep all" that were then listed. I don't see anything that has changed since then. There is still no possibility that these will conflict with an article title. On the other hand, the accidental omission of the "Wikipedia:" prefix is a very plausible typo. Keep all unless you have an example that is deliberately confusing or incorrect. Rossami (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I personally have made the mistake of typing "Wikiproject:Physics", and I'm sure others have too. The redirects are helpful. 129.98.211.63 21:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This particular type of cross-namespace redirect beginning with "Wikiproject", is very unlikely to cause confusion with an encyclopedia search. —Dgiest c 08:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, and find a way to get the search engine working better, or have it more directly forward to Google. Otherwise there's no limit to this sort of thing (eg. ME: is now a psuedo-namespace for "Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earth/"...). --Interiot 20:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per Interiot's reasoning, but failing that, at least delete the ones that are redirects to dead or zombified WikiProjects, e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Infernal. Dekimasuが? 13:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The result of the debate was Delete all. — xaosflux Talk 04:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

0B17Ch → Hexspeak[edit]

1517ADEADB17CH → Hexspeak[edit]

$EA7 → Hexspeak[edit]

These are all just random phrases written in hexspeak. Absolutely useless. See prior discussion at 1517AB19B17Ch → Hexspeak. --- RockMFR 18:16, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, these are not likely search terms. Gavia immer 19:56, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. They're unlikely search terms and we can't have every hexspeak phrase becoming a redirect. WjBscribe 02:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete all of them, apart from anything else they aren't written in "hexspeak", because two of them have an H and one of them has an $. If anything they are leetspeak, which still makes them equally useless as redirects – Qxz 11:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Actually, $ and H signify hexadecimal numbers. Hexspeak even explains that. In any case, delete non-notable and unlikely search terms. JuJube 06:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete all obviously. Implausible redirects. PeaceNT 08:46, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

List of cities in Tuvalu → List of villages and neighbourhoods in Tuvalu[edit]

The result of the debate was Keep John Reaves (talk) 23:15, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are no cities in Tuvalu Sarcelles 13:33, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. Seems like a likely search term for the target article, even though it is not factually correct. However, there are two typo redirects to the target article (List of villages and neigbourhoods in Tuvalu and List of villages and neigborhoods in Tuvalu) that really aren't needed. --- RockMFR 18:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. It seems likely to be used by editors standardizing these types of lists among countries. It's true that there are no cities, though... this nomination was the first thing on Wikipedia to make me laugh in quite a while. Dekimasuが? 13:01, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Kariba (consituency) → Kariba (constituency)[edit]

The result of the debate was speedy deleted by Kafziel (db-author). --- RockMFR 04:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spelled wrong Sarcelles 13:48, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. Unlikely typo. Probably could fall under a speedy criterion since the original creator is requesting deletion. --- RockMFR 18:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy-delete per {{db-userreq}}. Rossami (talk) 02:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy delete per {{db-author}}. ({{db-userreq}} applies only to user pages and subpages) WjBscribe 02:33, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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