Talk:William Sydney Wicks

It doesn't make sense to redirect an article about one person to the article about another person, even if there exist some relationship. --Arch2all (talk) 10:34, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * , this kind of redirect is done all the time. There are many redirects of this form in Wikipedia.  I think most are from someone finding a redlink in an article and looking to see if they can write an article.  They conclude there isn't enough to write an independent article about the person so they redirect the name to an article that discusses the person rather than leaving a redlink where there is no possibility of an article.  At this point if you believe the redirect is inappropriate you have options.  There is the universal option, do nothing.  Another option is to turn the redirect into a properly sourced article.  If you want to do something but don't want write the article, you can nominate the redirect for deletion using Redirects for discussion.  There are two sections of that page that are very helpful, they explain reasons we delete and don't delete redirects.  If I were to make this decision, I would go with the do nothing option.  I do not believe the redirect falls into any of the reasons to delete and I don't want to take the time looking for sources to write a proper article.  ~ GB fan 12:09, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Look at Edward Brodhead Green and see what happens, if such redirects have been created: On this page there is a hyperlink to William Sydney Wicks. Actually this links back again to the page! Such redirects are disturbing. And the link better should stay red until a real page about the target is created, otherwise users will be only disappointed... --Arch2all (talk) 12:33, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Then nominate it for deletion using WP:RFD. ~ GB fan 12:54, 3 December 2017 (UTC)