Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 March 23

News from a list of countries and regions → Portal:Current events
The result of the debate was delete as cross namespace. John Reaves (talk) 04:15, 29 March 2007 (UTC) This page was started in 2004 as a "list containing entries listed under names of countries and regions in which local and national news or current events can be renewed periodically and archived". In only a few days, it was redirect to the current events portal (at the time located at Current events). It contains no useful edit history and has no significant incoming links, so broken links are not an issue. It is a cross-namespace redirect and, furthermore, an unlikely search term. Black Falcon 00:47, 24 March 2007 (UTC) 'The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.'
 * Delete per nom. Again, good job checking everything out. --- RockMFR 02:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

"Dogs Must Be Carried" → Dogs Must Be Carried
The result of the debate was Deleted by RHaworth (db-author). -- JLaTondre 19:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC) The page was originally created with the title in speech marks as a result of a search. I have since duplicated the page without the speech marks and wish to keep this version active. I would like to delete the original page with the speech marks as it is still appearing under certain categories. DMBC 15:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC) 'The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.'
 * Delete - Page history is identical to target so no sense in merging histories. &mdash;dgies tc 16:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Cockroaches of the sea → Australia
The result of the debate was no consensus to delete. However as the present target was agreed by all to be inappropriate, the default outcome is converted to disambig. WjBscribe 03:32, 31 March 2007 (UTC) I don't see why the former should redirect to the latter unless I'm missing something here. Berserkerz Crit 17:31, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to lobster per . Disambiguate per Black Falcon. -- JLaTondre 02:33, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, and don't retarget as suggested by JLaTondre, per this Google search. -- AJR | Talk 22:35, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Disambiguate, with links to lobster, minke whale, and prawn. According to the Google search, all three may be called "cockroaches of the sea".  Otherwise, redirect to "lobster" or "minke whale". -- Black Falcon 00:53, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, don't disambiguate. This is not a well-known or respected term which anyone is likely to search for on WP.  --Seattle Skier (talk) 05:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Actually, the reason I found this redirect was I was searching for a real Cockroach of the sea article after watching a documentary about a prawn/crab-like creature living in beach sand off the coasts of Philippine's Puerto Galera called Ipas. And searching the term in Yahoo and Google, there are other sea creatures labeled as Cockroaches of the sea, I just have a hard time finding good reliable sources. I hope somebody turns it into an article. Berserkerz Crit 13:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

'The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.'
 * Delete The redirect is clearly inappropriate. An editor is welcome to start an article of the same name on a different subject if there are sources showing the term applies. There's no need to decide whether or not that's the case here. --Shirahadasha 06:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Shorties → Child
The result of the debate was no consensus to delete, defaults to keep. Someone may wish to be be bold and convert into a disambiguation page if sources can be found for suitable targets. Discussion could also be held on the talkpage to agree a different target. WjBscribe 03:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Urban slang (with questionable notability) redirect; I see no precedent for this sort of thing. OhNo itsJamie Talk 21:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Bad faith nomination by wiki-stalker. Shorty, a movie. Shorties Watchin' Shorties, a TV show. Redirects are cheap. "avoid deleting such redirects if they aid searches on certain terms." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Doin' it for the shorties (talk • contribs).
 * Comment Monitoring a new user who's primary intention appears to be censorship is not what I'd call stalking. OhNo itsJamie Talk 22:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete AFAIK "Shorty" is used more frequently to refer to women than to children. In any case, it's not worth having. JuJube 23:58, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep In slang can mean either a child or a woman. If we could get a reference we could make a disambig page.  &mdash;dgies tc 23:04, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * CommentSources! Shorty, a movie. Shorties Watchin' Shorties, a TV show. It is used right there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doin' it for the shorties (talk • contribs)
 * Comment Keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a slang dictionary. Finding a few examples of one particular slang usage does not justify a redirect. OhNo itsJamie  Talk 22:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC)


 * And? JuJube 07:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we should fix this redir by retargeting it to some article on slang?  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  08:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete — not a likely search term. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 20:48, 28 March 2007 (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.