Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic Airlines (1979–1986)


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The result was Move more complete article to more appropriate title per WP:ENDASH -Djsasso (talk) 06:03, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Republic Airlines (1979–1986)

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Article already exists (Republic Airlines (1979-1986)), this one just has a larger dash in it's title. RightSideNov / talk / contribs 02:47, 22 December 2008 (UTC) Are we talking about the same exaclt article in two places? I don't think we need an AfD to take care of that... but maybe I'm wrong? ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:36, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy redirect to the more complete article Republic Airlines (1979-1986). --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:52, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Reyk  YO!  03:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: Having an endash in the title is gramatically correct, Republic Airlines (1979–1986) should be deleted to clear the way for a move of Republic Airlines (1979-1986) to that page. An endash indicates a timespan, which this year-to-year series is. It's the same situation with season articles for sports (ie: 2008–09 NHL season). – Nurmsook!  talk...  03:55, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep I'm confused about the first couple comments. Is there another article? Two other articles? If they're on the same topic then they need to be merged. The airline is clearly notable and was bought out by Northwest Airlines. Why wouldn't a well established airline be notable? What am I missing? ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:34, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * RESOLVED? It appears someone already took care of the redundancy as there is no AfD template and I can only find one article. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:37, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The two articles were not the same; the one with the long dash in the title was a sourceless stub and I have changed it into a redirect. That's why the AfD notice isn't visible anymore. The one with the short dash in the title is a mediocre but unoffensive article and nobody is objecting to it. Discussion now seems to be whether which title is more appropriate- if it's long-dash then we need to delete the redirect so that the content at short-dash can be moved there. Confused? Join the club. Reyk  YO!  05:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


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