This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on July 16, 2014.
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:58, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
- 美国 → United States ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- 美國 → United States ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- アメリカ合衆国 → United States ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- アメリカ → United States ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Not especially Chinese. The ChampionMan 1234 23:54, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete while Zheng He may have discovered America in 1434, there major link between the Chinese language and the United States. WP:NOT a translation dictionary -- 65.94.171.126 ( talk) 05:12, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:FORRED. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 19:40, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Update I have added some related redirects The ChampionMan 1234 23:11, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:57, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
- Syria related external links → Syria ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Unlikely search term, it was an article before. The ChampionMan 1234 23:26, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete WP:NOTDIRECTORY Wikipedia is not a WP:LINKFARM of external sites. -- 65.94.171.126 ( talk) 04:46, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 14:53, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- Windows V → Windows 2000 ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Windows VI → Windows Vista ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Windows Vi → Windows Vista ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Windows VII → Windows 7 ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Windows VIII → Windows 8 ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Implausible typo. � ( talk) 19:12, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Comment "VII" and "VIII" are roman numerals, thus alternate representations of "seven" and "eight", so would not be typos. --
65.94.171.126 (
talk)
04:43, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Windows is not especially ancient Roman. They never used such branding.
� (
talk)
08:57, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- True but Roman numerals are know by and still used by comtemory society so its not some obscure ancient language that it mostly unknown to the modern world. A problem though is that Windows 5 and Windows 6 redirect to Windows NT#Releases meaning that Windows V Windows VI and Windows Vi have an issue because they redirect to different locations. 7 and 8 do not have that issue though.-- 67.68.162.111 ( talk) 00:39, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Windows is not especially ancient Roman. They never used such branding.
� (
talk)
08:57, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete all per WP:R#DELETE criterion 8: obscure neologisms. I never saw a reference to plain Windows release by this name. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:35, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:53, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
- Am I Wrong CD 1 → Us (Mull Historical Society album) ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Am I Wrong CD 2 → Us (Mull Historical Society album) ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Implausible typo. Laun chba ller 18:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Add
Am I Wrong CD 2 to that, though I'm not sure how.--
Laun
chba
ller
09:19, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Added. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:48, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete apparently there was no such album, and redirects from individual discs are rather implausible. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:48, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:53, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
- Euromalays → Malays ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Delete not a plausible synonym either for the target page or for Kristang people (where I just retargeted the sibling redirect Malays with European descent); apparently a term invented by a Wikipedian and used nowhere else. quant18 ( talk) 09:19, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete: neologism. I failed to find any genuine usage. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:57, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was redirect already deleted as R3 [non-admin closure] � ( talk) 21:22, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Electric shockgate → IPhone 5 ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Makes no sense. The ChampionMan 1234 08:48, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- speedy delete as obvious attack redirect. Mangoe ( talk) 12:09, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Speedy delete as G10 and G3.-- 67.68.162.111 ( talk) 00:01, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete many products with electric shock scandals and controversies. -- 65.94.171.126 ( talk) 04:45, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was speedy delete ( CSD G7. ( non-admin closure) The ChampionMan 1234 05:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Abidin Pasha → Abdi Pasha ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
The redirect was created by me under the false assumption that Abdi and Abidin could refer to the same person, which I now realize wasn't the case. Ithinkicahn ( talk) 05:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Speedy delete per CSD G7 (author requests deletion) The ChampionMan 1234 05:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:52, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
Not especially Georgian. The ChampionMan 1234 04:45, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- What do you mean in "not especially Georgian"?
Jaqeli
12:11, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- It means that Georgian isn't a major language of Turkey, and Turkey is not any more relevant to Georgia as China, Botswana or Brazil are. See WP:FORRED for more explanation. Oiyarbepsy ( talk) 03:08, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Keep Jaqeli 10:50, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:FORRED, or, for essay haters, WP:R#DELETE criterion 8. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:58, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 August 13
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 21:47, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
- Windows Technical Department → Virus hoax ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
I retargeted Windows Technical Department phone scam to an article I created, which is Technical support scam, but I'm not sure if that's appropriate for this one. The ChampionMan 1234 00:49, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- I guess it could be confusing to have two similar redirects pointing to two different articles. I created this one some time ago after receiving several phone calls from people claiming to be from the "Windows Technical Department" and/or "the technical department of Windows" and was looking for further information. They should either both redirect to the new article or to Virus hoax. This is Paul ( talk) 10:44, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete, i would associate the term with Microsoft support � ( talk) 19:02, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete per Ï¿½. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 21:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was retarget to Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. As an established redirect, over 8 years old, WP:RFD#HARMFUL is applicable and this is a harmless redirect. NAC. The Whispering Wind ( talk) 00:42, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
- The Ultimate Showdown of ltimate destiny → Neil Cicierega ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Propose deletion since “ltimate” is not a word, nothing links to it, and it doesn’t redirect to the correct article anyway. 174.141.182.82 ( talk) 00:14, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Retarget to Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. There's a bunch of edit history here, which may need to be maintained (and failure to strike a key is a commn typo anyhow). Note that no argument has been presented for deletion. Wily D 09:05, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Retarget per User:WilyD, and perform a history merge (if it isnt to cumbersome) Christian75 ( talk) 09:39, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete: it is not a cut&paste move, there was no merge, no other reasons to preserve revision history. While failure to strike a key is indeed a common typo, plausibility of this particular missing letter is not very high – stats suggest that even bots don't end up here too frequently, let alone human readers. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 21:29, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Retarget per User:WilyD -- Lenticel ( talk) 06:31, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on July 16, 2014.
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:58, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
- 美国 → United States ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- 美國 → United States ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- アメリカ合衆国 → United States ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- アメリカ → United States ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Not especially Chinese. The ChampionMan 1234 23:54, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete while Zheng He may have discovered America in 1434, there major link between the Chinese language and the United States. WP:NOT a translation dictionary -- 65.94.171.126 ( talk) 05:12, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:FORRED. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 19:40, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Update I have added some related redirects The ChampionMan 1234 23:11, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:57, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
- Syria related external links → Syria ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Unlikely search term, it was an article before. The ChampionMan 1234 23:26, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete WP:NOTDIRECTORY Wikipedia is not a WP:LINKFARM of external sites. -- 65.94.171.126 ( talk) 04:46, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 14:53, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
- Windows V → Windows 2000 ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Windows VI → Windows Vista ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Windows Vi → Windows Vista ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Windows VII → Windows 7 ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Windows VIII → Windows 8 ( links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Implausible typo. � ( talk) 19:12, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Comment "VII" and "VIII" are roman numerals, thus alternate representations of "seven" and "eight", so would not be typos. --
65.94.171.126 (
talk)
04:43, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Windows is not especially ancient Roman. They never used such branding.
� (
talk)
08:57, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- True but Roman numerals are know by and still used by comtemory society so its not some obscure ancient language that it mostly unknown to the modern world. A problem though is that Windows 5 and Windows 6 redirect to Windows NT#Releases meaning that Windows V Windows VI and Windows Vi have an issue because they redirect to different locations. 7 and 8 do not have that issue though.-- 67.68.162.111 ( talk) 00:39, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Windows is not especially ancient Roman. They never used such branding.
� (
talk)
08:57, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete all per WP:R#DELETE criterion 8: obscure neologisms. I never saw a reference to plain Windows release by this name. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:35, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:53, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
- Am I Wrong CD 1 → Us (Mull Historical Society album) ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
- Am I Wrong CD 2 → Us (Mull Historical Society album) ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Implausible typo. Laun chba ller 18:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Add
Am I Wrong CD 2 to that, though I'm not sure how.--
Laun
chba
ller
09:19, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Added. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:48, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete apparently there was no such album, and redirects from individual discs are rather implausible. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:48, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:53, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
- Euromalays → Malays ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Delete not a plausible synonym either for the target page or for Kristang people (where I just retargeted the sibling redirect Malays with European descent); apparently a term invented by a Wikipedian and used nowhere else. quant18 ( talk) 09:19, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete: neologism. I failed to find any genuine usage. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:57, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was redirect already deleted as R3 [non-admin closure] � ( talk) 21:22, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Electric shockgate → IPhone 5 ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Makes no sense. The ChampionMan 1234 08:48, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- speedy delete as obvious attack redirect. Mangoe ( talk) 12:09, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Speedy delete as G10 and G3.-- 67.68.162.111 ( talk) 00:01, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete many products with electric shock scandals and controversies. -- 65.94.171.126 ( talk) 04:45, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was speedy delete ( CSD G7. ( non-admin closure) The ChampionMan 1234 05:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Abidin Pasha → Abdi Pasha ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
The redirect was created by me under the false assumption that Abdi and Abidin could refer to the same person, which I now realize wasn't the case. Ithinkicahn ( talk) 05:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Speedy delete per CSD G7 (author requests deletion) The ChampionMan 1234 05:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 01:52, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
Not especially Georgian. The ChampionMan 1234 04:45, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- What do you mean in "not especially Georgian"?
Jaqeli
12:11, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- It means that Georgian isn't a major language of Turkey, and Turkey is not any more relevant to Georgia as China, Botswana or Brazil are. See WP:FORRED for more explanation. Oiyarbepsy ( talk) 03:08, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Keep Jaqeli 10:50, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete per WP:FORRED, or, for essay haters, WP:R#DELETE criterion 8. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 20:58, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was delete. -- BDD ( talk) 21:47, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
- Windows Technical Department → Virus hoax ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
I retargeted Windows Technical Department phone scam to an article I created, which is Technical support scam, but I'm not sure if that's appropriate for this one. The ChampionMan 1234 00:49, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- I guess it could be confusing to have two similar redirects pointing to two different articles. I created this one some time ago after receiving several phone calls from people claiming to be from the "Windows Technical Department" and/or "the technical department of Windows" and was looking for further information. They should either both redirect to the new article or to Virus hoax. This is Paul ( talk) 10:44, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete, i would associate the term with Microsoft support � ( talk) 19:02, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete per Ï¿½. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 21:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
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- The result of the discussion was retarget to Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. As an established redirect, over 8 years old, WP:RFD#HARMFUL is applicable and this is a harmless redirect. NAC. The Whispering Wind ( talk) 00:42, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
- The Ultimate Showdown of ltimate destiny → Neil Cicierega ( links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/ delete ]
Propose deletion since “ltimate” is not a word, nothing links to it, and it doesn’t redirect to the correct article anyway. 174.141.182.82 ( talk) 00:14, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
- Retarget to Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. There's a bunch of edit history here, which may need to be maintained (and failure to strike a key is a commn typo anyhow). Note that no argument has been presented for deletion. Wily D 09:05, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Retarget per User:WilyD, and perform a history merge (if it isnt to cumbersome) Christian75 ( talk) 09:39, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete: it is not a cut&paste move, there was no merge, no other reasons to preserve revision history. While failure to strike a key is indeed a common typo, plausibility of this particular missing letter is not very high – stats suggest that even bots don't end up here too frequently, let alone human readers. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff ( talk• track) 21:29, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
- Retarget per User:WilyD -- Lenticel ( talk) 06:31, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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