Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 April 19

April 19
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on April 19, 2008

Redirects from specific dates
The result of the debate was Deleted. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:52, 26 April 2008 (UTC) The following redirects are from specific historical dates to more general articles on individual dates. All of them have been orphaned and none have any useful page history.
 * January 14, 2007 → January 14
 * January 16, 2007 → January 16
 * January 23, 2007 → January 23
 * January 23, 2008 → January 23
 * January 25, 2008 → January 25
 * January 26, 2008 → January 26
 * January 31, 2007 → January 31

While some redirects from specific dates are quite useful (e.g. January 19, 2038 → Year 2038 problem), redirects from every random date are not needed. First, they are individually extremely unlikely search terms, and their retention sets a precedent for creating ca. 1,5 million redirects for the past 2000 years (750 thousand in "Month Day, Year" format and an equal number in "Day Month Year" form).

Second, their existence encourages violation of WP:MOSDATE, which specifies that the Month-Day and Year should be linked separately so that full dates are displayed according to user preferences. Typing  essentially overrides user preferences. Deleting these redirects would mean that anyone who types this type of combination would encounter a redlink and be prompted to fix the link; keeping the redirects would mean that anyone who types this type of combination would encounter a bluelink and would mistakenly think that there is no problem.

There are approximately 125 other redirects of this type. If there is consensus for their deletion, I intend to fix any links to them (per WP:MOSDATE) and subsequently nominate them at RFD. Black Falcon (Talk) 20:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete as unlikely search terms for the target articles. It seems that, aside from this deletion discussion, the only page that links to these redirects is User:SQL/Months. Should these be deleted, SQL should be notified of the decision. B.Wind (talk) 03:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have actually been working based on SQL's list of articles, which he generated based on this bot request. Black Falcon (Talk) 03:46, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

'The above is preserved as the archive of a RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.'
 * Delete as low utility redirects and unlikely search terms. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 04:14, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as unlikely redirect.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 08:59, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unnesecary, and if we did this for every date, there would be a hundred thousand redirects.

RS Tips → RuneScape
The result of the debate was Deleted. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:56, 26 April 2008 (UTC) Also the following: All seem very unlikely search terms. >< Richard  Ω6  12  11:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC) Seems an extremely unlikely redirect. It is very unlikely that someone would search for 'RS Tips' looking for 'Runescape'. Richard Ω6  12  11:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC) 'The above is preserved as the archive of a RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.'
 * Nechryael - No links
 * Dark bow - No links
 * Runey - No links
 * Dragon Two Handed Sword - No links
 * Runescapian - No links
 * Tree Gnomes - No links in articles
 * Abyssal whip - No links
 * Nature rune - No links
 * Run Escape - No links in articles, speedy deleted as nonsense.
 * Runescape house - No links
 * Delete RS Tips as ambiguous ("RS" could refer to so many other things besides RuneScape) and per WP:NOT. No comment on the others since I don't really know much about RuneScape. Black Falcon (Talk) 21:08, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete all. None of these terms appear in the target article. B.Wind (talk) 03:37, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete all - not useful as redirects. Terraxos (talk) 18:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Lenalee Lee → Lenalee Lee (D.Gray Man)
The result of the debate was Move performed as this seems uncontroversial. Next time please use WP:RM as intended, however. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC) Even though I changed the redirect to redirect to the new page, I realize that it has become useless because of that page. A search tells me that there are no other characters/people by this name. The only unrelated page is the surname Li. There are no linked pages to the redirect. itzjustdrama still new to this (talk) 06:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment In that case, Lenalee Lee (D.Gray Man) should be moved to Lenalee Lee. Is that what you're asking for? Because that's performed through WP:RM. --Closedmouth (talk) 06:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Not exactly what I was asking for. But that is a better idea. Hope I'm doing this right. I withdraw my nomination and I wish for the pages to be merged or the latter moved. I'll look into that. itzjustdrama still new to this (talk) 19:57, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I tried to move it to Lenalee Lee but could not. This will require admin intervention to do this. Admin, move target article to Lenalee Lee and close this discussion. B.Wind (talk) 03:43, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

'The above is preserved as the archive of a RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.'