Talk:The Doctor

al-Zawahri
Why was the link to al-Zawahri removed? If The Doctor is one of his nicknames, as his article indicates, surely that's sufficient reason to have a link here, isn't it? --Jay (Histrion) (talk • contribs) 18:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Hang on
My reasons for contesting this speedy deletion are as follows:
 * 1) The redirect does serve a purpose. Many of the entries now listed on Doctor are for things called The Doctor. I am mystified as to why a user would think that someone looking for, say, the film The Doctor should be sent nowhere instead of to a disambiguation page that lists the film, as well as the other topics by that title.
 * 2) Okay, I've figured out that you put the speedy delete template on the Talk page, instead of on the actual page, in order to avoid breaking the redirect. Is it REALLY so difficult to explain that instead of just doing something that makes no sense at all at first glance? Propaniac (talk) 19:27, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't understand what you're trying to say. This discussion page does not need to exist. The article was merged was it not? Unless you come up with a better reason to justify this talk page's existence, I will shortly put it up for speedy deletion again. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:02, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The speedy has already been challenged. You will need to consider other methods for addressing your concern. (See WP:DP.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:04, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Re-reading Propaniac's concerns, it seems to all be a misunderstanding. Think it can be re-speedied now or is policy enforced despite confusion? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Under what criterion? Your edit summary says "redirect serves no purpose", but this page isn't a redirect. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's part of the misunderstanding. I meant to say "talk page serves no purpose". Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I probably copy-pasted the edit summary from my tagging at Talk:Bolt (film), which was just deleted. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:18, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I deleted that one. :) The talk page in that case was moved, and the redirect does serve no purpose. But there is a comment on this page, and it is a legitimate comment on the contents of the page. It may prove useful again. While that talk page was a housekeeping clean-up, this one would not be. There really is no speedy criterion for deleting pages such as this. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:19, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Understood. Though that comment may go unanswered forever, I get what you mean ;) Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You're probably right, but G6 is only for deletions that don't really delete any content at all. Thanks for adding R from merge to the redirect page, by the way. Always a good idea! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:00, 6 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry for not being around to participate in the ensuing discussion. But yes, obviously I misunderstood the reasoning that "redirect serves no purpose" to mean that you were attempting to delete the redirect, not the talk page. I don't really care whether this talk page gets deleted or not. Propaniac (talk) 00:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * And thanks, User:Moonriddengirl, for your helpfulness here. Propaniac (talk) 00:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Discussion about this redirect
There's a discussion about this redirect taking place at Talk:Doctor. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:36, 27 January 2015 (UTC)