Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/First ecuadorian astronaut


 * 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   speedy close. Deletion debate is moot now that the article has been redirected. If further debate is desired, it should take place at WP:RFD. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:51, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

First ecuadorian astronaut

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Unnecessary disambig redirect page that does not follow standard Wiki practice Rillian (talk) 14:38, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

*Redirect seems sufficient though the target article has issues of its own. Jasynnash2 (talk) 15:23, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It's now a redirect page, which seems good to me. Keep as redirect. RJFJR (talk) 14:48, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - this is a redirect, not a disambig page --T-rex 15:57, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

To expand on my comments, this is an unnecessary redirect page. It assumes someone will be looking for an article named "First ecuadorian astronaut". Simply entering those key words would retrieve the existing article. Is it common Wikipedia practice to create redirect articles for various possible search terms for an article? Rillian (talk) 16:04, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * That is not a reason to delete. As long as isn't malicious then there is no reason to delete it. --T-rex 17:18, 6 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment I think although not common practice as the creator of both articles is the same it could easily be a good faith error. Your nom calls it a dab page when in fact it was never a dab page (which I think is probably another good faith error). I don't think redirects cost anything but, other more experienced people may have more experience with whether they should exist so I'm changing to "Neutral". Jasynnash2 (talk) 16:19, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Agree that was a good faith edit to create the page (and that I should have said redirect, not dab), just an unnecessary page. It was my understanding that it's not common practice to take potential search terms and create redirect pages to articles, e.g. there is no redirect page for "First American astronaut". However, I certainly fine with keep the page. Rillian (talk) 17:51, 6 August 2008 (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.