Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edgar Poe (disambiguation)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect to Edgar Allan Poe (disambiguation). (non-admin closure) RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 04:24, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Edgar Poe (disambiguation)

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A case of the tail wagging the dog. There are many Edgar Allan Poe entries (transferred by me to Edgar Allan Poe (disambiguation)) and only two Edgar Poes. Edgar Poe already redirects to Edgar Allan Poe, and I've adjusted the hatnote to point to the minor character rather than this page. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:03, 28 March 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   19:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 05:47, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Personally I'd be in favour of putting this page back to Edgar Poe where it started out and putting it back to Special:Permalink/18987835 as it started out in 2005. Uncle G (talk) 08:45, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Why? Only two entries are even remotely likely to be called Edgar Poe, and of those two, I've never heard of the writer being referred to without the Allan. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:27, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Because Special:Permalink/18987835 is quite obviously the right thing, given what you just said. Look at it.  &#9786;  Uncle G (talk) 13:35, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Edgar Allan Poe (disambiguation). Aside from the poet, the fictional character is the only topic with any chance of being referred to as "Edgar Poe", and the hatnote at Edgar Allan Poe is enough to resolve any ambiguity. The remaining entries are already listed at Edgar Allan Poe (disambiguation), where they belong. There's not nearly enough ambiguity here to require two separate dab pages. If the real question here is whether the dab page should be titled Edgar Poe or Edgar Allan Poe, that issue can be decided via an RM. The redirect is not particularly useful, but it does preserve the page history (and it's cheap). Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:32, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Redirect per Extraordinary Writ. Unnecessary DAB. SWinxy (talk) 16:58, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Extraordinary Writ and WP:CHEAP. No reason to have 2 essentially identical DABs. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 13:46, 12 April 2022 (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.