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User:Bureaucrat
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Weird
WP:CNR. If anyone creates an account with this name they would be very confused. CrazyBoy826 22:35, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose. A username like this is not allowed per
WP:MISLEADNAME and there's a global account behind this too, so the reasons you state aren't actually an issue. We also have a precedent for this kind of CNR with
User:Administrator too. If someone is looking for an "administrator" or a "bureaucrat," it doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that they might use the "user" prefix, so I think it's not completely out of the blue. bibliomaniac15 23:10, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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The result of the discussion was delete. signed, Rosguilltalk 22:31, 9 June 2020 (UTC)reply
Redirect to a page that doesn't mention the subject, or even the city involved.
...William, is the complaint department really on
the roof? 20:23, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per nom. --Stay safe,
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Delete per
this link from Baseball-Reference. Appears to have been a collegiate "Northern League" this team was part of, not one of the various Minor League Baseball incarnations named "Northern League". Wrong league, we don't have an article about the right one.
Hog Farm (
talk) 04:23, 31 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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Wikipedia may be a common mistake for Wikimedia, but people might be looking for information about the organisation of Wikipedia itself rather than Wikimedia. CrazyBoy826 04:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose retargeting. The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to rebrand themselves to the "Wikipedia Foundation" - see
here. And even if they weren't, the term "Wikipedia Foundation" clearly refers to the corporation behind Wikipedia (i.e. WMF), not Wikipedia itself.
Spicy (
talk) 04:32, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose per Spicy. Those making this mistake obviously want to find the corporation behind Wikipedia. – Thjarkur(talk) 14:11, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose. Anyone selecting this redirect clearly wants the Foundation, and not everyone knows the difference between Wikimedia and Wikipedia.
Narky Blert (
talk) 15:45, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep it as it is per above (especially Spicy). --Stay safe,
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Keep at current target per above, the Foundation is clearly the organization behind the Wikipedia projects.
Hog Farm (
talk) 04:18, 31 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose retargeting. The redirect is just as valid now as when I created it in 2004. If anyone is indeed looking for information about the organization of Wikipedia, the redirect will take them to an article that has the
Wikipedia link in its first paragraph, and they'll be fine.
JamesMLanetc 23:48, 1 June 2020 (UTC)reply
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Estimate of the Situation
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The result of the discussion was retarget to
Estimate (disambiguation). There's no consensus between redirecting and deletion, but no one argued for keeping the current target so retargeting is more appropriate than the default status quo closure. signed, Rosguilltalk 22:30, 9 June 2020 (UTC)reply
I don't think we should assume that someone who searches for "Estimate of the Situation" on Wikipedia is looking for an article about ufology. —
S MarshallT/
C 22:02, 22 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Retarget Agreed. this is too general a term to redirect to one (rather fringe and minor) use of it.
Slatersteven (
talk) 10:04, 23 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete. This redirect is ambiguous (and badly capitalised) and may cause confusion.
Shhhnotsoloud (
talk) 12:11, 23 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
CycloneYoristalk! 01:19, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Retarget per S Marshall and Slatersteven. --Stay safe,
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Corona pandemic
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The result of the discussion was withdrawn. I didn't realize how much this term was used.
(non-admin closure)CrazyBoy826 01:37, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
No source I have seen has called COVID-19 'corona'. CrazyBoy826 01:18, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep (strongly). ...You might wanna do a bit more research – it was definitely a thing (albeit informal). A large portion of people informally referred to (and still refer to) the disease as "corona". (Like, search the word "corona" literally anywhere online). While most major news sources use the full name or official name, even some news sources call it "corona" too (which is kinda crazy, given how informal a term it is, but still). Before the name "COVID-19" caught on, the informal term "corona" (like the virus itself) had already spread like wildfire by March. While from the beginning it was a pet peeve of mine to hear it informally called "corona" (and still grinds my gears), these are helpful redirects. Over 5,000 people have used these redirects in the past 2 months (you can check the pageviews) — there's no harm in people getting more educated about the topic.
Paintspot Infez (
talk) 01:28, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on May 30, 2020.
User:Bureaucrat
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Weird
WP:CNR. If anyone creates an account with this name they would be very confused. CrazyBoy826 22:35, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose. A username like this is not allowed per
WP:MISLEADNAME and there's a global account behind this too, so the reasons you state aren't actually an issue. We also have a precedent for this kind of CNR with
User:Administrator too. If someone is looking for an "administrator" or a "bureaucrat," it doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that they might use the "user" prefix, so I think it's not completely out of the blue. bibliomaniac15 23:10, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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The result of the discussion was delete. signed, Rosguilltalk 22:31, 9 June 2020 (UTC)reply
Redirect to a page that doesn't mention the subject, or even the city involved.
...William, is the complaint department really on
the roof? 20:23, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per nom. --Stay safe,
◊PRAHLADbalaji (
M•T•A•
C) This message was left at 21:01, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per
this link from Baseball-Reference. Appears to have been a collegiate "Northern League" this team was part of, not one of the various Minor League Baseball incarnations named "Northern League". Wrong league, we don't have an article about the right one.
Hog Farm (
talk) 04:23, 31 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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Wikipedia may be a common mistake for Wikimedia, but people might be looking for information about the organisation of Wikipedia itself rather than Wikimedia. CrazyBoy826 04:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose retargeting. The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to rebrand themselves to the "Wikipedia Foundation" - see
here. And even if they weren't, the term "Wikipedia Foundation" clearly refers to the corporation behind Wikipedia (i.e. WMF), not Wikipedia itself.
Spicy (
talk) 04:32, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose per Spicy. Those making this mistake obviously want to find the corporation behind Wikipedia. – Thjarkur(talk) 14:11, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose. Anyone selecting this redirect clearly wants the Foundation, and not everyone knows the difference between Wikimedia and Wikipedia.
Narky Blert (
talk) 15:45, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep it as it is per above (especially Spicy). --Stay safe,
◊PRAHLADbalaji (
M•T•A•
C) This message was left at 21:00, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep at current target per above, the Foundation is clearly the organization behind the Wikipedia projects.
Hog Farm (
talk) 04:18, 31 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Oppose retargeting. The redirect is just as valid now as when I created it in 2004. If anyone is indeed looking for information about the organization of Wikipedia, the redirect will take them to an article that has the
Wikipedia link in its first paragraph, and they'll be fine.
JamesMLanetc 23:48, 1 June 2020 (UTC)reply
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Estimate of the Situation
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The result of the discussion was retarget to
Estimate (disambiguation). There's no consensus between redirecting and deletion, but no one argued for keeping the current target so retargeting is more appropriate than the default status quo closure. signed, Rosguilltalk 22:30, 9 June 2020 (UTC)reply
I don't think we should assume that someone who searches for "Estimate of the Situation" on Wikipedia is looking for an article about ufology. —
S MarshallT/
C 22:02, 22 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Retarget Agreed. this is too general a term to redirect to one (rather fringe and minor) use of it.
Slatersteven (
talk) 10:04, 23 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete. This redirect is ambiguous (and badly capitalised) and may cause confusion.
Shhhnotsoloud (
talk) 12:11, 23 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
CycloneYoristalk! 01:19, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Retarget per S Marshall and Slatersteven. --Stay safe,
◊PRAHLADbalaji (
M•T•A•
C) This message was left at 21:03, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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Corona pandemic
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The result of the discussion was withdrawn. I didn't realize how much this term was used.
(non-admin closure)CrazyBoy826 01:37, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
No source I have seen has called COVID-19 'corona'. CrazyBoy826 01:18, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep (strongly). ...You might wanna do a bit more research – it was definitely a thing (albeit informal). A large portion of people informally referred to (and still refer to) the disease as "corona". (Like, search the word "corona" literally anywhere online). While most major news sources use the full name or official name, even some news sources call it "corona" too (which is kinda crazy, given how informal a term it is, but still). Before the name "COVID-19" caught on, the informal term "corona" (like the virus itself) had already spread like wildfire by March. While from the beginning it was a pet peeve of mine to hear it informally called "corona" (and still grinds my gears), these are helpful redirects. Over 5,000 people have used these redirects in the past 2 months (you can check the pageviews) — there's no harm in people getting more educated about the topic.
Paintspot Infez (
talk) 01:28, 30 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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