Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Random page

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was Redirect to Special:Random page. Note: this has already been done, and is currently listed at Redirects for deletion. --Deathphoenix 01:24, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Random page
A prior VfD originally submitted by BmacD at 07:00, 28 Jan 2005. Possible speedy perhaps? -- Longhair 03:50, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete -- speedy. Nonsense. Longhair 03:50, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Just a title and weblink, no content. Speedy deleted. Fire Star 04:18, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, it's justly deleted now, but how about making it a redirect to Special:Randompage ? Radiant! 15:10, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * I like it. If someone searches for a random page, that's exactly what they should get. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 17:47, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Fine with me. Fire Star 02:27, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * A good idea -- Longhair 06:33, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. --[[User:BD2412/deletion debates|BD2412] 23:02, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, it doesn't leave the "Redirect from..." line, and is a cross-namespace redirect, which are usually considered harmful. As such, I've listed it on Redirects for deletion. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 12:09, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm curious, why is this 'considered harmful'? The user asks for a random page, and gets exactly that: a random space. It's not really cross-namespace, as special:randompage once more returns to a normal namespace. Radiant! 14:38, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and absolutely do not redirect it across namespaces. I thought the consensus against such redirects was clear. jni 12:47, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as a redirect. I could see using this to get a random page, as it is so easy to remember. The user gets what he asks for this way, and as Radiant said, it's not really cross-namespace. Jonathunder 07:09, 2005 Mar 15 (UTC)

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