Talk:FinlanD

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 * FinlanD → Finland I suggest the first page is deleted instead of redirected, because the title is a typo, and it comes up first in a search!  --Janke | Talk 21:24, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Please see #4. Noel (talk) 21:45, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * This is not a CamelCase, it's a straight typo, probably not linked to from anywhere. (How can one check?) Would You write CanadA? --Janke | Talk 23:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I am not an incompetent cretin. Look at the history. The date of the oldest version (February 2001) is back when CamelCase was in use; support of the syntax for links only arrived in February 2001. Capitalization of the last character was the standard at one point; see CamelCase and Wikipedia for more. Noel (talk) 00:53, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * "I am not an incompetent cretin." Did I ever say that? But I'm a relative newcomer myself... ;-) A 2001 entry in the history says: Deleted in favor of Finland. Also looked at the links you mentioned, and still don't see why this typo can't be removed. It just looks so crazy when it comes up as the first item in a search for "Finland". Technical problem? Explain, please? --Janke | Talk 07:29, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, the policy of keeping CamelCase links is one I didn't help create, merely apply. You can see more about how (and why) that came to be at WT:RfD (sub-page and CamelCase redirects were dealt with in the same way, so all comments applying to one apply to the other). (And again, it's not a typo!) I don't have a strong feeling one way or the other about keeping them; were it not for the fact that they often contain interesting history from the very earliest days of Wikipedia, I personally would support getting rid of them. However, I have no interest in spending the energy to change the policy. (If I had it, I'd expend it on other more productive things (like User:Jnc/Disambiguation. :-). Noel (talk) 16:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep all CamelCase redirects. - SimonP 15:42, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete most CamelCase redirects. There is absolutely no reason to keep these after several years have elapsed since getting rid of the CamelCase misfeature of early wikis. It is not any official policy to keep these, just a convention and inertia followed by some old-timers and cranky extreme-inclusionists, who are as careful in guarding their favourite namespace anomalies than a Buddhist monk is avoiding killing a fly. If we can get consensus on this page to delete one, we can delete it despite any alleged policy saying otherwise. Note also that there is no meaningful history in FinlanD. jni 08:08, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * RFC the matter. It's been years since they were in use, so it's hard to tell if they're still linked from anything external. Since this case comes up rather frequently, it should be examined rather than people voting keep or delete on the general principle. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 08:24, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * RfC'ing this. My main concern is that it looks so amateurish when a CamelCase like FinlanD comes up in a search. --Janke | Talk 06:19, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete all CamelCase redirects except genuine alternative capitalisations. There has been long enough. Susvolans (pigs can fly) 17:01, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I have set up a poll at WT:RfD, and copied what I take to be the three votes here on the issue (SimonP, jni, Suslovans) there; others who wish to express an opinion on whether to keep or get rid of CamelCase redirects (as a class) should do so there. Noel (talk) 16:40, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete CamelCase, which is obsolete. &mdash; Stevey7788 (talk) 20:32, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * DeletE. Camelcase just looks like a stupid typo to people who aren't into wiki history. --K. Sperling (talk) 20:35, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Honestly can't see what the problem is.  If I type Findlain or Faindlin or FinDlaN I expect to see the Finaldn article.  That's a good use of redirects. --Tony Sidaway Talk  21:14, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep the redirect, fix the search feature so that redirects only appear below the articles they point to. dbenbenn | talk 16:46, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete pointless and weird-looking redirect, and fix the search feature. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 15:34, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This is not Bugzilla. If y'all want search fixed, someone should file there for it. Noel (talk) 01:21, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Since everyone is voting to keep stupid crap like George washington, I'm gonna vote to keep this one. Noel (talk) 01:30, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Count: Delete: 6, Keep: 4. No consensus to delete, keep. Noel (talk) 01:30, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

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I suggest this page be deleted instead of redirected, because the title is a typo, and comes up first in a search. --Janke | Talk 21:08, 19 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Sorry, messed up a bit (vfd / rfd). Should be right now... --Janke | Talk 21:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)