Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter McEvoy (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   keep. Shereth 14:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Peter McEvoy (disambiguation)

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There is only one Peter McEvoy, this page is unnecessary. michfan2123 (talk) 06:22, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Really? I'm sure that there are many.  There are at least three to disambiguate: the two already listed (the Australian one is more commonly known as a producer rather than a journalist), and the one involved in the Walsh Street police shootings (who, per Redirect, warrants a redirect).  That's two things that would have articles by the title Peter McEvoy, and third that would have a redirect at that title, which seems to be quite proper grounds for a disambiguation article.  Uncle G (talk) 06:50, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There is only one article Peter McEvoy listed. Disambiguation pages disambiguate Wikipedia articles. The is/was no entry for the Walsh Street McEvoy when the page was brought forward for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JHunterJ (talk • contribs) 2009-07-06 12:17:29
 * Yes, there was. It's at Walsh Street police shootings, and as already mentioned, a redirect to it from the title Peter McEvoy is warranted per Redirect. Uncle G (talk) 13:02, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, Walsh Street police shootings existed. No, there was no entry for it on the dab page, which is what I said. -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:09, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually you said "entry", which can quite reasonably be read as "encyclopaedia entry", i.e. an article, especially considering that you were talking about articles in the immediately preceding sentence. &#9786; Uncle G (talk) 19:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Only one article linked from the dab page; Walsh Street can be handled by a hatnote on Peter McEvoy. -- JHunterJ (talk) 12:17, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That deals with only two of the three. What about the producer? Uncle G (talk) 13:02, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Things that don't have Wikipedia articles don't need to be disambiguated by Wikipedia disambiguation pages. I also did not deal with any of the infinite other possible "Peter McEvoy (some other occupation)" red links. -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:08, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The other infinite possible redlinks are not the issue, though. The issue is the specific subject asked about.  Uncle G (talk) 19:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete There is only one Peter McEvoy article on Wikipedia so this is totally useless. If it's ever needed it can be re-created in less than a minute. Drawn Some (talk) 16:29, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete G6 as this should be uncontroversial housekeeping unless anything new comes to light. Tavix | Talk  22:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * From the state of this very discussion page even at the time that you added to it one could deduce that it is not uncontroversial. It's always wise to read prior discussion before adding to it.  &#9786;  Uncle G (talk) 19:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete . Dab pages should have at least three bluelinks. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * At least two (base-name no-primary-topic dab might have just two). -- JHunterJ (talk) 23:03, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Changing my !vote as there are now three plausibly-related bluelinks on the page. I don't insist that the links actually have to be to articles with the name Peter McEvoy as long as there is some likelihood that a link somewhere else might go to the wrong Peter McEvoy and need to be disambiguated. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:41, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. I expanded the disambiguation page to three entries: primary topic and two others. -- JHunterJ (talk) 23:13, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Neither of the articles you linked to are likely to ever be titled "Peter McEvoy" or any variation thereof. At this time there is still just one article under that title. Drawn Some (talk) 02:00, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There are three articles linked on the dab page. One of the articles is about the primary topic entry. There are two other entries with no entry-blue-link or entry-red-link, but with links in the description. Yes, they are unlikely to get entry-articles of their own. Yes, the Peter McEvoys mentioned are still ambiguous with the primary topic. So, the disambiguation page is necessary. -- JHunterJ (talk) 11:07, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * As JHunterJ points out, ambiguity occurs when redirects conflict, just as much as when article titles conflict. There's clearly, as pointed out above, a case for a redirect from, say, Peter McEvoy to Walsh Street police shootings.  And even if Peter McEvoy the producer turns out not to warrant a whole article, there's clear indications in sources that he, too, will warrant at least a redirect somewhere.   Media Watch, perhaps.  (That currently links to Peter McEvoy, notice.)   Uncle G (talk) 19:47, 7 July 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.