Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antarctic gyres


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The result was   nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 01:52, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Antarctic gyres

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This article is based on the subject of two different articles (Weddell Gyre and Ross Gyre). Separating it would increase the chances of being improved. The article's title (Antarctic Gyres) is not an actual term used to refer the two gyres. Rehman(+) 13:15, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and change to a disambiguation page. From a Google search, it looks like the term "Antarctic Gyre" has been used to refer to either of these, as well as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. There's also mention of an Australian-Antarctic Gyre. Why not have this article simply list the three or four gyres to which the term might refer? Pburka (talk) 00:30, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Search engines will of course show results for "Antarctic gyres". But, it is not a "term" used anywhere. For example, searching "cold area of earth" may show "Antarctica" as one of the results, but it is not a term. Kind regards. Rehman(+) 02:53, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed, but the first three results returned by Google are from Elsevier, Encarta and The Biogeography of the oceans. The other results are mostly academic sources, too. Pburka (talk) 03:33, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. But the results refers to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (which circulates around Antarctica; not the subject of the current article). Regards. Rehman(+) 04:52, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * In that case, a disambiguation or redirection page is clearly called for. If the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is also called the Antarctic Gyre, we ought to have a page with that name, since it's a likely search and link term. Once we create an Antarctic Gyre page, there should be no argument about redirecting Antarctic gyres to it. Pburka (talk) 14:09, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * "Antarctic gyre" and "Antarctic gyres" are just informal scientific ways of calling the Weddell Gyre and the Ross Gyre, (the only two gyres in the southern ocean). It sometimes also refers to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which is not scientific, nor formal, (as Weddel & Ross Gyres are gyres, and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is a current)... Regards. Rehman(+) 14:33, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * We have a redirect page for schlong which is, I believe, neither a scientific nor formal name. Surely it wouldn't be too onerous to have pages for Antarctic Gyre and a list of Antarctic gyres. I've rewritten the page in the hopes that it survives this AfD discussion. Pburka (talk) 18:26, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes i guess a dab page would do. :) But, shouldnt the page be forwarded to something like "Antarctic gyre (disambiguation)? Regards. Rehman(+) 02:50, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like an excellent name to me. Pburka (talk) 04:05, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Shall i move the page and remove the deletion tag? :) Rehman(+) 04:53, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * There are no Delete !votes, so if you'd like to explicitly withdraw the nom, I'll mop up. You can go ahead and move the page, as well, if you like. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 19:45, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes i withdraw the deletion nomination. I will change this page to a dab page as discussed. Regards. Rehman(+) 01:22, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.