Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 January 28
January 28[edit]
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on January 28, 2010
Hardstanding[edit]
- The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
Delete I was linked from Folsom tradition to Class A airfield via Hardstanding... clearly not where I was intended to go. 68.13.228.37 (talk) 18:25, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
- Retarget to Airport#Airport structure as a hardstanding (also called a hardstand) is a parking lot for airplanes. The term is not commonly used in North American: its use is almost exclusively British. 147.70.242.54 (talk) 19:18, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
- Comment actually, just to confuse things, in English English, a "hard standing" or "hardstanding" can refer to any open area that has a hard (concrete, tarmac or paved) surface, and is particularly used of the front garden of a house that has been paved or concreted over and is used to park a car on. Personally, I'd get rid of the redirect. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
- Delete per Elen of the Roads, in British English "hardstanding" is any open area that has a hard surface that is used for storage (especially of heavy objects) or parking of vehicles (not just aeroplanes). I'm sure in the past that I've removed at least one link from an article that was not talking about aircraft. Thryduulf (talk) 19:25, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Facetiously[edit]
- The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
- The result of the discussion was Retarget to Humour, as Humor redirects there --Taelus (talk) 11:20, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
- Facetiously → Off-color humor (links to redirect • history • stats)
- Facetiousness → Off-color humor (links to redirect • history • stats)
Delete both. These two redirects make no sense. Facetiousness is not related to off-color humor in any substantial way. Powers T 11:56, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
Keep These redirects make perfect sense. Wiktionary defines the word "facetious" as treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. The Off-color humor article is about inappropriate humor. These are perfectly valid redirects. Neelix (talk) 14:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)- Those are different types of inappropriateness. Facetiousness is sometimes inappropriate, when it treats a serious subject with unwanted humor. (Both Wiktionary and Merriam-Webster agree that facetiousness does not always involve "inappropriate" humor; American Heritage doesn't even mention inappropriateness.) Off-coloration, on the other hand, is usually inappropriate, not because of the tone, but because because the subject matter violates various societal taboos. If I tell a dirty joke, I doubt anyone would respond "stop being facetious", even if they wanted to admonish me for the joke. Powers T 15:47, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
- Delete both. I agree with LtPowers; these do not refer to the same thing. — Gavia immer (talk) 02:11, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
- Retarget to Humor, the current target of the Facetious redirect. 147.70.242.54 (talk) 02:33, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
- Redtarget to Humor, unless somebody can think of a better target. Maybe Joke; I haven't come up with one that particularly fits. In any event, although I can imagine cases in which someone's facetiousness was off-color, the nominator is right that these concepts are so far from being the same thing as a general matter that these redirects must not stand. Glenfarclas (talk) 00:50, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
- Retarget to Humor. Powers is correct; these are two different types of inappropriateness. Neelix (talk) 14:25, 30 January 2010 (UTC)