Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 22

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This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on July 22, 2008

Karl Pilkington (philosophy) → Karl Pilkington

The result of the debate was delete. Wizardman 16:13, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Implausible redirect, unused. user:Everyme 06:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. This used to be a real article; it was a collection of humorous sayings by the comedian Karl Pilkington. The old version is still in the history. That material was prodded back in March, and someone tried to resolve the situation by making Karl Pilkington (philosophy) into a redirect to Karl Pilkington. The original comic material would (at best) have belonged at WikiQuote and is clearly not suitable here. Replacing the original with a redirect isn't a good idea either (most readers will just go to Karl Pilkington directly, and the term 'philosophy' isn't serious). EdJohnston (talk) 15:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. No other entry to disambiguate from, no edit history worth saving. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 01:50, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of a RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

Middlesborough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency) → Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)

The result of the debate was Keep. Lenticel ^(talk) 23:21, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Serves no purpose. This was originally set up because apparently something did once link to it, but it no longer does. Checked with its originator: please see this: [1]. It's inconsistent to just have this one, when by the same token you could have a similar redirect for all the Middlesbrough political articles, or indeed every Middlesbrough article. It harms the process of trying to keep separate the spellings of Middlesbrough and Middlesborough, Kentucky by adding confusion to the two - at the moment it is quite easy to filter out the wrong spellings but if this practice were to grow it would become more difficult. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 12:38, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

• Keep. There is no Middlesborough South and East Cleveland in Kentucky. As a matter of fact, redirects for all Middlesbrough articles would be a good idea where they do not conflict with the town in Kentucky. Where they do, a disambiguation note at the top of the article about the Kentucky town (that is, a {{distinguish2}} template) is in order. Too common a typo. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 01:56, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm well yes you might be right actually. Tsk. It still troubles me a bit that there's a conflict as I see it between being nice to users and trying to get things spelt right! I think I'd rather hate it if in effect we were saying "spell Middlesbrough how you like, it doesn't matter, we will tidy up after your carelessness and provide the data you want" when spelling it wrongly is such a common piece of ignorance (or carelessness?) that the retired-colonel-type in me wants to resist! But I am in danger of becoming a single-issue fanatic (it is indeed true to say that this misspelling drives me nuts) and I think I should possibly just shut up and let it go now! Thanks for your input. Cheers DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 07:33, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

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