Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 November 8

November 8[edit]

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on November 8, 2008

Chair throwing → Chair[edit]

The result of the debate was Deleted. Redirecting to Knight is not appropriate as his action is not the only chair throwing incident and anyone searching for his will search by his name. Redirecting to temper tantrum is not appropriate as there are also chair throwing contests. There are a number of chair throwing mentions in Wikipedia articles; most of them rather minor. This term is better suited for the search function than disambiguation. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:55, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely self-referential search term ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 22:03, 8 November 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Retarget to Bob Knight#1980s, which discusses his infamous chair-throwing episode. B.Wind (talk) 01:05, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as the result of an AFD. --UsaSatsui (talk) 21:15, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget per Wind's suggestion above. A bit of quirky humor won't kill WP ;-) Alternatively, retarget to Temper tantrum.--Goodmorningworld (talk) 16:14, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Goodmorningworld's latter suggestion, temper tantrum. ~~A lot of~~ ~~Many~~ Some people throw chairs when they're mad, so it's non-specific to any one person. --Izno (talk) 00:04, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget per B.Wind, above. Redirects are held to a much lower standard of NPOV, so redirecting to Bob Knight, who is famous for that incident, doesn't violate any policy in my view. The previous Afd mentioned by User:UsaSatsui did not actually result in a consensus to redirect. Temper tantrum is not a valid redirect in this case because chair throwing is not covered at all in that article. B.Wind's suggestion is the only one that holds any water, other than deletion. (I would favor deletion over retargeting to Temper tantrum).--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 08:45, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

Temporal Integrity Commission → Trials and Tribble-ations[edit]

The result of the debate was Kept. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:56, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Temporal Integrity Commission is a fictional agency within the Star Trek Universe that enforces temporal policy and protects the timeline from being altered by time travels. However, it makes no sense to redirect this to Trials and Tribble-ations, an episode on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a tribute to The Original Series. Recommending deletion of redirect. Knippschild (talk) 19:28, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - interaction between main character and the TIC (pardon the abbreviation) actually propels the episode. While it is fleetingly mentioned in the Star Trek: Voyager and (to a more significant level) Star Trek: Enterprise) series, it makes its most significant "appearance" here, but it's not significant enough for its own article.B.Wind (talk) 19:42, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - mentioned in target article. I am ok with retargeting if a better target is found.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 08:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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1998 Afghanistan earthquake → May 30, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake[edit]

The result of the debate was turned into dab page. (non-admin closure). Tohd8BohaithuGh1 (t·c·r) 23:40, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There wre two earthquake in Afghanistn in 1998 and so there are two articles May 30, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake and February 4, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake. What about the February earthquake? Redirecting 1998 Afghanistan earthquake to the May earthquake will be misleading. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 09:11, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Simple. This redirect should be a disambiguation page. Simply south (talk) 12:16, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy close I turned this into a dab page. Problem solved. ~the editorofthewiki ^{(talk/contribs/editor review)}~ 15:40, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Various → Presidential transition of Barack Obama [edit]

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The result of the debate was 1, 2, & 6 were deleted by several different admins as CSD R3 (implausible typo). The others are closed as keep. They direct readers to where information on these topics is currently located. They can be redirected once articles on his presidency are written. -- JLaTondre (talk) 14:05, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirecting these pages to Presidential transition of Barack Obama implies that they are most relevant to that article. However, these article have little to do with the actual transition and are most applicable to Presidency of Barack Obama, whether it exists yet or not. Grsz ¹¹ ^→Review! 01:47, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep for now, in that these redirects will be useful in three months' time or so, and if deleted now will just have to be recreated then. They're not entirely appropriate at the moment, but I don't see the value in deleting now either. Terraxos (talk) 17:48, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Nothing really gained by deletion now. Anyone searching for these should end up at the transition page up until his term starts.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 08:38, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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