Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 August 12

August 12
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on August 12, 2011

Safe operating space



 * The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.


 * The result of the discussion was Keep — G FOLEY   F OUR!  — 15:33, 20 August 2011 (UTC)


 * → Planetary boundaries (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Delete. Redirects to empty section of the target article, and, even if a plausible reference, there are probably other uses of the term, which may be more notable. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep for now. Undoubtedly this empty section is a curiosity but its future is a matter for that page's editors. If the section is removed, without the concept being addressed elsewhere, then the redirect should follow. However, there appears an intention to expand the section and there are short references to 'safe operating space' in other parts of the article. The phrase 'safe operating space' is not used in a different meaning elsewhere in Wikipedia and 'planetary boundaries' appears, from the Googling I have carried out, to be the prime use. For example, an early hit is this paper from the hugely notable Nature, here. My view is that the way to fix matters is to fill out the section not to delete the redirect. Bridgeplayer (talk) 01:29, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, agree with everything Bridgeplayer says. Si Trew (talk) 09:12, 12 August 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.