Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 July 31

July 31[edit]

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on July 31, 2012

Maryland Military & Naval Academy[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 delete. Jafeluv (talk) 09:41, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maryland Military & Naval Academy → United States Naval Academy (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Delete. Maryland Military & Naval Academy in Oxford, Talbot County, Maryland is closed, and neither had an association with USNA, nor is USNA a successor school. Naraht (talk) 15:14, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Excluding Wikipedia and derivative sites, I found only one reference suggesting that this institution ever even existed and none suggesting that they are related. If teh MD academy is notable, it should be redlinked (and regular-deleted if not). Rossami (talk) 22:19, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- From talking to someone at the Oxford Museum, the school was founded in 1885 and was gone by 1888, however during the first year, a chapter of Kappa Sigma was formed. (There is also a link from Theodore F. Morse. Whether those two things equal notability, I don't know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naraht (talk • contribs) 00:30, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Thryduulf (talk) 21:08, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, no connection has been shown to exist. The onus is on the article to justify a redirect like this, and it does not, nor have Rossami or Naraht been able to find anything concrete. I am confused by Rossami's comment, though. Is the distinction between redlinking and deletion merely semantics, or is there some functionality I am unaware of? I found nothing at Wikipedia:Red link, so I assume the former? BigNate37_(T) 21:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: p b p 15:12, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Ashley Smith (author)[edit]

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The result of the discussion was Retarget to Brian Nichols#Capture. Ruslik_Zero 17:22, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ashley Smith (author) → The Purpose Driven Life (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Should redirect to Brian Nichols. (This) Ashley Smith is notable only for her role in the escape and return to justice of convicted multiple murderer Brian Nichols several years ago and has not been in the news since. The Purpose Driven Life, along with the Bible, is what Ashley Smith read to Brian Nichols while he held her hostage to encourage him to surrender. There is currently no mention of Ashley Smith within The Purpose Driven Life's article. Damon Killian (talk) 13:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget to Brian Nichols#Capture where there is significant coverage of Ashley Smith. Thryduulf (talk) 16:42, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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(Jennifer Lawrence)[edit]

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The result of the discussion was no consensus to delete. Thryduulf (talk) 11:16, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(Jennifer Lawrence) → Jennifer Lawrence (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]

Requesting deletion. I cannot see how this can be useful. How many people will use parentheses in a search? Logical Fuzz (talk) 13:31, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. It's hard to call it useful, but as evidenced by Dolphinlover444's creation of the page as a duplicate article of Jennifer Lawrence, at least one person made the mistake and failed to notice it before saving the page. The only "harm" this causes is uglying up our Special:AllPages listing, which is already quite ugly anyways. Redirects are cheap and this one already exists. Since the history isn't necessary for attribution (the material was never merged into the article when it was redirected), rather than tagging this {{R from duplicated article}} and {{R from misspelling}}, we should just tag it as {{R from misspelling}}. BigNate37_(T) 15:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unlikely redirect -- 76.65.131.160 (talk) 05:27, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- This is not a vote, and unlikely is not a reason to delete a redirect. BigNate37_(T) 22:40, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Actually, it is a reason for deleting a redirect. R8 If the redirect is a novel or very obscure synonym for an article name -- 76.65.131.160 (talk) 06:10, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - Which definition of synonym makes "Jennifer Lawrence" a synonym for "Jennifer Lawrence?" This is a punctuation difference, not a novel synonym. BigNate37_(T) 19:32, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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