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Windows NT 7.0
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The result of the discussion was retarget to
Windows 7. This was a tough one because no one supported the status quo, though only the nominator advocated deletion. I've considered the idea that this redirect could propagate rather than alleviate confusion as was discussed. All parties seem to agree that a reader searching for this term wants
Windows 7, so that's where it will point. --
BDD (
talk)
17:15, 12 July 2014 (UTC)reply
Redirect from a greatly incorrect name, which is actually harmful to Wikipedia — we don’t have a
Windows 7.0 one, Microsoft is free to create a future 7.0 version which has nothing to do with Windows 7, an anyone familiar with the NT term is likely to know the actual version numbers.
� (
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06:52, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Retarget to
Windows NT#Releases: there was common misconception around Windows 7 (Windows NT 6.1), which was believed by some to be trade name for Windows NT 7.0. This redirect appears to be created under this misconception. I believe the deletion of this redirect would cause more confusion then retargetting it to version history of Windows NT until version 7.0 of NT would be released. —
Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (
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07:17, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply
I see what you mean, but I don't think this will indeed violate principle of least astonishment. Target section gives enough context to unambiguously answer the question, which the reader poses by typing in "Windows NT 7.0" query: no such thing was released. —
Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (
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20:52, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Retarget to
Windows 7 How many of our readers know that technically Windows 7 equals NT 6.1, or however the hell that works? The answer is close to zero. Nearly anyone hearing of a Windows called 7 will think Windows 7, and any other target would violate the principle of least astonishment. If there is an NT 7 someday (unlikely) then we can change it, but there isn't.
Ego White Tray (
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20:31, 6 July 2014 (UTC)reply
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Various nonexistent Windows year-names
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The result of the discussion was no consensus. I've tagged 97 and 99 as incorrect names and 93 as a former name;
Windows 95 indicates that 93 was a predecessor or working title. --
BDD (
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17:05, 12 July 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep: preview versions of Windows 95 and 98 were frequently labeled as Windows 93 and Windows 97 on pirate CDs. I recall at least two CDs with "Windows 97" back in the day. Windows 99 was a pirate name for Windows 98 SE, and I also recall the time when nearly every pirate POS had a disk with this label. These redirects could be helpful to those comming across such disks or ancient forum threads. —
Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (
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07:35, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply
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Redirect to
Braveheart (song). That is the song from that band. Neon Jungle is the band's name, and this song was on their first album. Anyone searching for this would be looking for that song, which has an article for it.
DreamFocus23:15, 1 August 2014 (UTC)reply
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Windows NT 7.0
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
Windows 7. This was a tough one because no one supported the status quo, though only the nominator advocated deletion. I've considered the idea that this redirect could propagate rather than alleviate confusion as was discussed. All parties seem to agree that a reader searching for this term wants
Windows 7, so that's where it will point. --
BDD (
talk)
17:15, 12 July 2014 (UTC)reply
Redirect from a greatly incorrect name, which is actually harmful to Wikipedia — we don’t have a
Windows 7.0 one, Microsoft is free to create a future 7.0 version which has nothing to do with Windows 7, an anyone familiar with the NT term is likely to know the actual version numbers.
� (
talk)
06:52, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Retarget to
Windows NT#Releases: there was common misconception around Windows 7 (Windows NT 6.1), which was believed by some to be trade name for Windows NT 7.0. This redirect appears to be created under this misconception. I believe the deletion of this redirect would cause more confusion then retargetting it to version history of Windows NT until version 7.0 of NT would be released. —
Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (
talk•
track)
07:17, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply
I see what you mean, but I don't think this will indeed violate principle of least astonishment. Target section gives enough context to unambiguously answer the question, which the reader poses by typing in "Windows NT 7.0" query: no such thing was released. —
Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (
talk•
track)
20:52, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Retarget to
Windows 7 How many of our readers know that technically Windows 7 equals NT 6.1, or however the hell that works? The answer is close to zero. Nearly anyone hearing of a Windows called 7 will think Windows 7, and any other target would violate the principle of least astonishment. If there is an NT 7 someday (unlikely) then we can change it, but there isn't.
Ego White Tray (
talk)
20:31, 6 July 2014 (UTC)reply
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Various nonexistent Windows year-names
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The result of the discussion was no consensus. I've tagged 97 and 99 as incorrect names and 93 as a former name;
Windows 95 indicates that 93 was a predecessor or working title. --
BDD (
talk)
17:05, 12 July 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep: preview versions of Windows 95 and 98 were frequently labeled as Windows 93 and Windows 97 on pirate CDs. I recall at least two CDs with "Windows 97" back in the day. Windows 99 was a pirate name for Windows 98 SE, and I also recall the time when nearly every pirate POS had a disk with this label. These redirects could be helpful to those comming across such disks or ancient forum threads. —
Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (
talk•
track)
07:35, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply
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Redirect to
Braveheart (song). That is the song from that band. Neon Jungle is the band's name, and this song was on their first album. Anyone searching for this would be looking for that song, which has an article for it.
DreamFocus23:15, 1 August 2014 (UTC)reply