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August 29[edit]

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on August 29, 2014.

Mango wood[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 Mangifera indica#Wood following good work by Lenticel. If that section subsequently migrates to Mangifera then the redirect should, of course, follow. NAC. The Whispering Wind (talk) 01:12, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The current target is about the fruit, not the mango plant itself. After examining the article about the plant, Mangifera indica, the article doesn't go into detail about the tree's wood. Also, this redirect has history as an article, but would most likely be successfully deleted via the WP:AFD process. So, delete retarget to Mangifera indica#Wood per Lenticel. Steel1943 (talk) 23:31, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Lenticel: I was doing some research on the section you created, and now I'm wondering: the section you created, do you think it would better serve our readers on Mangifera instead of Mangifera indica? While I was resolving some issues with interwiki links on Mangifera indica, I noticed that the tree's wood was described in detail on a page for the genus instead of the species. It seems like Mangifera indica is just the species where most consumed and commercially sold Mangos come from, but the wood could come from any tree in the genus. Steel1943 (talk) 18:36, 4 September 2014 (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.

Mamuang[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. --BDD (talk) 15:49, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:FORRED. "Mamuang" means "Mango" in Thai; mangos are not exclusively Thai. Steel1943 (talk) 23:01, 29 August 2014 (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.

Gobhi[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. --BDD (talk) 15:50, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:FORRED. "Gobhi" means "Caulifower" in Hindi; cauliflower is not exclusive to the language, or any countries that use the language, such as India. Steel1943 (talk) 00:17, 30 August 2014 (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.

Shroomers[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 soft redirect to Wiktionary. Thryduulf (talk) 12:10, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This redirect could serve a better purpose being retargeted to Psilocybin mushroom or Mushroom#Psychoactive mushrooms. However, I believe that this redirect should be deleted due to being a plural of a vague slang term of a person eating the subject of one of the aforementioned retargeting suggestions. (Also, if consensus results in any option other than delete, Shroomer should be created to redirect towards the resulting target of Shroomers.) Steel1943 (talk) 22:19, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • @EurekaLott: I'm not sure how helpful that will be to our readers, given that the term "Shroomer" is a bit ambiguous, and an explanation of the term "Shroomer" does not currently exist in Mushroom hunting. Steel1943 (talk) 15:09, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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User space redirects to Batman or Superman[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 convert to soft redirect. --BDD (talk) 15:12, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects from the user space to articles with very notable subjects. None of these editors have performed a single edit in Batman or Superman. Also, in the case of Jonarana005, the edit to make their user page a redirect to Batman is their only edit. I recommend either deletion or retarget to their respective user talk pages. Steel1943 (talk) 20:41, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Strong delete People landing at these user's userpages will bounce to an article, and if they then click on talk to add a message to the user, that message will end up at an article's talk page. This is clearly harmful. -- 65.94.169.222 (talk) 04:58, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Convert to a soft redirect. These users want their pages to point to Batman for some reason, and while redirecting the page there is clearly harmful for the reasons listed above, we should not be deleting any page when there is an alternative that achieves the same ends. In this case a soft redirect causes none of the harm of a normal redirect but also retains the link the users desire. Thryduulf (talk) 11:55, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Soft Retarget per Thryduulf. Seems to be a reasonable compromise.--Lenticel (talk) 02:24, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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