Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 May 21

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on May 21, 2012

Steve Sharpe



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 * The result of the discussion was Delete. Ruslik_ Zero 12:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)


 * → Oakland Athletics minor league players (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Former minor leaguer, didn't play last year and was on independent ball the year before, delete as confusing redirect per usual consensus Secret account 19:06, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Consider re-anchoring at Gambler (comics)? Dru of Id (talk) 10:43, 22 May 2012 (UTC)


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Photovoltaic engineering in Australia



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 * The result of the discussion was reverted to the proper article that lay beneath the redirect. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 19:00, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


 * → Martin Green (professor) (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Delete or redirect to proper target. Redirecting an entire subject to a single biography makes little sense to me. Either we should find a proper target or delete this. Joja lozzo  13:42, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. user:RHaworth speedy deleted this under criterion R3 (recently created implausible redirects). However the page history goes back to 2007 (it was an article until mid April) and so it does not meet that speedy deletion criterion. Accordingly I have asked RHaworth to undelete the redirect in favour of this RfD. Thryduulf (talk) 17:56, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
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Portal:Союз Советских Социалистических Республик



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 * The result of the discussion was no consensus to delete.  Rossami (talk) 00:50, 13 June 2012 (UTC)


 * → Portal:Soviet Union (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

What are the odds that someone is going to ever use this? You have to know "Portal:" in English, but then the long-form name of the Soviet Union in Russian? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:42, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. It doesn't seem like a particularly likely search term, but per WP:CHEAP this isn't doing any harm and deletion will not bring any benefits. Thryduulf (talk) 09:20, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Response Per WP:REDIRECT, one reason to delete is if "the redirect is a novel or very obscure synonym for an article name, it is unlikely to be useful." This is tremendously obscure and highly unlikely to provide any actual assistance to anyone navigating the encyclopedia. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:10, 22 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep you don't actually have to know "Portal:" in English to access that page. You can just use the generic namespace number. As it is the Cyrillic for USSR full out, it seems like it is the original language name for the topic, therefore not a novel or obscure title. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 04:34, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, Союз Советских Социалистических Республик is the original name, the English name being only a translation. It is like having a redirection from Deutschland to Germany. Sure, it does not harm. Moreover, the user can access the page Portal:Союз Советских Социалистических Республик by typing Союз Советских Социалистических Республик in the search, and ticking the box for the Portal space, and the user can very well have the search interface in Russki. --Nnemo (talk) 22:15, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
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