Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 October 8

October 8

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on October 8, 2010

X=(-b±√(b^2-4ac))/2a

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. — ξ ^xplicit 01:01, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

X=(-b±√(b^2-4ac))/2a → Quadratic equation (links to redirect • history • stats)

The fact that it contains such a lengthy formula makes it an unwieldy redirect. I can see no incoming links internally (Special:WhatLinksHere/X=(-b±√(b^2-4ac))/2a) nor externally, and current page view statistics are at an all-time low. :| TelCoNaSp Ve :| 10:06, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - since this equation is not exemplified at the target it would be confusing to a reader in the remote possibility that it is searched on. Bridgeplayer (talk) 23:17, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment the equation is at the target article, right at "#Quadratic formula" . 76.66.200.95 (talk) 04:55, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment - Thank you; good catch. I had erroneously relied on Firefox's 'Find' command which is, of course, no use. Doh! Bridgeplayer (talk) 13:55, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep the equation is right in the article, though I'm not seeing much usefulness of it. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 04:55, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - an almost impossible redirect (would take minutes to type this even for a wikipedian). Materialscientist (talk) 05:18, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Can't see the usefulness of this as a redirect. Jafeluv (talk) 18:12, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, even if people decided to type the formula itself, it's not at all likely that they would type it with exactly these characters. Nyttend (talk) 21:39, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – implausible redirect of a formula that should not be linked in an article. McLerristarr / Mclay1 11:24, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

Wierdo

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. Lenticel ^(talk) 00:50, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WierdoWierdo → Weirdo (links to redirect • history • stats)

This could also be the name of a person (example) and is therefore a misleading redirect. :| TelCoNaSp Ve :| 10:02, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

keep plausible typo, should someone with the name Wierdo have a page on Wikipedia, this could easily be changed to a DAB page without an RFD discussion. kelapstick (talk) 11:43, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - entirely plausible typo; well used redirect. Bridgeplayer (talk) 14:56, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 19:49, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Kelapstick. This is actually a very common typo and a person typing this in the search box is most likely looking for weirdo. Jafeluv (talk) 18:13, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

D77t

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. SchuminWeb (Talk) 12:55, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

D77tD77t → Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft (links to redirect • history • stats)

Extremely vague redirect that could stand for other things besides its intended target (google:D77t to start off) and no less plausible than D78t. :| TelCoNaSp Ve :| 09:43, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - this is currently the only usage of this term on Wikipedia. If it is used elsewhere, in the future, it can be disambiguated. Bridgeplayer (talk) 15:04, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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A BROKEN HEART

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 Broken Heart. Lenticel ^(talk) 01:03, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A BROKEN HEARTA BROKEN HEART → Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (links to redirect • history • stats)

Is there any relation between this two articles. Just want to know. I think it is fully unrelated. j3j3j3...pfH0wHz (talk) 08:31, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget to Broken Heart. Bridgeplayer (talk) 15:41, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Retarget to Broken Heart: no reason why Broken Heart should be a disambiguation page but "A Broken Heart" should go straight to something only tangentially related. In response to the query by User:j3j3j3...pfH0wHz, if you read the lead of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or the description at Broken Heart, you'll see that the condition is informally referred to as "broken heart syndrome". GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 23:17, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Most wanted articles

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) 13:02, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Most wanted articles → Wikipedia:Most wanted articles (links to redirect • history • stats)
Wanted articles → Wikipedia:Most wanted articles (links to redirect • history • stats)
Most requested articles → Wikipedia:Most wanted articles (links to redirect • history • stats)

Cross-namespace redirect, not helpful I believe. And it's barely linked to anyway. :| TelCoNaSp Ve :| 07:57, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have added two related redirects to the nomination. Bridgeplayer (talk) 15:35, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete all - X-namespace redirects with no good reason for keeping. Bridgeplayer (talk) 15:35, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete all per R2, they are redirects from the article namespace to the Wikipedia namespace. Armbrust ^Talk _Contribs 20:16, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, but R2 specifically excludes projectspace. --N Y Kevin @228, i.e. 04:27, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all – unnecessary cross-namespace redirects. Clearly someone was too lazy to type "WP:" in front of their search terms. McLerristarr / Mclay1 11:38, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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S-word

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. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:08, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

S-word → Slut (links to redirect • history • stats)
S wordS word → Shit (links to redirect • history • stats)

In my experience, "S-word" most often means "shit", not "slut" - but unlike, say, N-word - a useful disambiguation page - there's very little use in this redirect, especially if "the" S-word is disputed. — Gavia immer (talk) 01:20, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have added S word, that does redirect to Shit, since both should be considered together. Bridgeplayer (talk) 01:26, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you - and this just proves my point, I think. — Gavia immer (talk) 01:30, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete both as ambiguous and hence confusing. Bridgeplayer (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Depends too much on the context to be useful as a redirect. Jafeluv (talk) 18:16, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both; referring to words as "the [foo-letter] word" is a construction without limitation, except in very rare cases (this not being one), hence useless as either a redirect or as a disambig. bd2412 T 04:38, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

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Հայաստանցինէր

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. Lenticel ^(talk) 01:06, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ՀայաստանցինէրՀայաստանցինէր → Armenians (links to redirect • history • stats)

How is this supposed to be useful in English Wikipedia? Magioladitis (talk) 00:51, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - this means 'Armenians' in, erm, Armenian. Past practice on here has been to keep proper names that form titles, in their native language, as redirects and I see no good reason to delete. Even readers of the English Wikipedia come across names in other languages and want to find out about them. Many examples can be seen at Category:Redirects from alternative languages. Bridgeplayer (talk) 01:04, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep—potentially useful redirect as identified by Bridgeplayer above. –Grondemar 01:39, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep original language redirect, this is in the topic's native language. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 05:11, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Bridgeplayer. Armbrust ^Talk _Contribs 20:13, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Creator comment - Keep - there are many different-language redirects if the target has a relation with the source language - in this case, the redirect is in Armenian and the article is about Armenians, so the redirect makes sense. Zeus^u|c 00:41, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)#General guidelines that says "All applicable names can be used in the titles of redirects." Moxy (talk) 06:53, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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