Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Decemberists


 * 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   Closed – move request, not a deletion request. Danger (talk) 19:25, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

The Decemberists

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PaulGS (talk) 04:11, 22 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Why isn't the article The Decemberists the actual article for the band. The lack of a need for a disambiguator suggests that there is no need to place " (band)" in the article. The fact that I found this page while attempting a search for the band (after typing simply "The Decemberists" into the search field) means that this move, and the lack of redirection harms the usability of Wikipedia. I will remove the deletion and change it to a redirect. - 67.166.136.32 (talk) 03:09, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, the "Decemberists" are the primary topic for this word. Right now it's a bit of a mess. "Decemberists" redirects, properly to the Decembrist revolt, but the anon just moved "The Decemberists" back to the band. I'm sure this band is super awesome and all but the primary topic, with or without the "the", and regardless of minor variations in spelling, are the Russian revolutionaries that the band may or may not be named after. Not sure what this is doing at AfD.  Volunteer Marek   04:55, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * There's no need for (band) since there's only one topic with that title. While the Russian revolutionaries are more notable, their article is Decembrist revolt (not Decemberist revolt), which would redirect Decembrists to there. The spelling with the "e" should redirect to the band, with a hatnote for the revolutionaries. The reason this is here is because the current disambig page needs deleting before the (band) page can be moved back to that title. PaulGS (talk) 17:38, 23 January 2011 (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.