Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 July 26

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July 26[edit]

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on July 26, 2013.

Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowarikar[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 speedy delete, G5 by User:RHaworth. --BDD (talk) 16:13, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We have separate articles on Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowarikar. There is no need for this redirect, which points only to Ronnie Screwvala. Psychonaut (talk) 20:21, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for the above reason. This is the result of sheer laziness which should've been fixed by simply adding a middle bracket.--Launchballer 21:08, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, it's the result of incompetence on the part of a long-term sockpuppeteer who was blocked for said incompetence. Unfortunately his latest sock is running amok with these sorts of disruptive edits and article creations. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Noormohammed satya. —Psychonaut (talk) 16:32, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.

Wikipedia:Scott Sewperman[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 Speedy Delete, G6 by User:RHaworth Lenticel (talk) 13:31, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely to be ever used. No page history at all. Beerest355 Talk 20:03, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure this can be speedied under {{db-r2}}.--Launchballer 21:04, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sadly, that doesn't apply. It would be for the opposite, if Scott Sewperman redirected to Wikipedia:Scott Sewperman. There are other redirects from WP space to article space, such as WP:DELETIONIST. Beerest355 Talk 22:27, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
What the hell is that doing in articlespace? Either way, delete.--Launchballer 23:20, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
WP:CSD#G6 is the right one to use here. — This, that and the other (talk) 03:03, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Given that the redirect has been deleted and the article is on its way out, I think we're done here.--Launchballer 16:55, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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200 km 2007[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. JohnCD (talk) 10:47, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This search term could be used for all sorts of other things; and certainly isn't dedicated to this one event. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 09:11, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Byran Adams[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 keep. JohnCD (talk) 10:50, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion, please. I had initially stuck a {{db-r3}} tag on it and corrected all the links to it, but WWGB contested it and Amatulic concurred. 25,000 google hits is not enough to justify a redirect, let alone 6,560, particularly when Google says "Showing results for bryan adams; Search instead for byran admas". Launchballer 17:37, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how Google searches are relevant to redirects. The point of a redirect is to make it easier for people to find things. I've spelled Bryan as Byran often. The dyslexia article suggest that 5-10% of a population suffer from this. The "cost" of maintaining a redirect is negligible for the benefit of that group. How does the existence of this redirect harm the project? ~Amatulić (talk) 17:56, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Google hits is the reason we're here; that was WWGB's rationale for contesting its deletion. My rationale is that as Google redirects people who type in the misspelled title to the correct title, the redirect is unnecessary.--Launchballer 19:31, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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