Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 August 5

August 5
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on August 5, 2013.

Portal:Freeware



 * 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. (NAC) Armbrust The Homunculus 10:48, 31 August 2013 (UTC)


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

Freeware is not free software. Rezonansowy (talk &bull;&#32; contribs) 22:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. From the Wikipedia article on freeware: "According to the Free Software Foundation, 'freeware' is a loosely defined category and it has no clear accepted definition, although [...] it must be distinguished from free software."  That is clearly done at P:FS, so it's a good target for this redirect with possibilities. –   Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 08:59, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per Paine Ellsworth. Seems harmless. --BDD (talk) 16:16, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
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Joseph Gordon-Leavitt



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 * The result of the discussion was keep. --BDD (talk) 17:06, 12 August 2013 (UTC)


 * → Joseph Gordon-Levitt (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Page has minimal visits. A misspelling of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, by the time someone enters "Joseph Gord," the article is already shown, and his redirect only confuses users. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 21:28, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. Like many people I copy and paste things into search fields at least as much as I type them in. If Joe's name is misspelled when I copy and paste, then this redirect usefully sends me to the right article. –   Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 09:05, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
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Factitious



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 * The result of the discussion was Withdrawn. Non-admin closure. –   Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 13:50, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Delete all three: no need for any of these terms to redirect to "artificial". There is no scope for a dab page at Factitious because there are only partial matches - a historic term for Nitrous oxide (Factitious airs) and a group of medical conditions (Factitious disorder and various specific such disorders). These redirects serve no useful purpose. A reader searching on "Factitious" will find these entries; a reader searching on the other two should be using a dictionary, not an encyclopedia. Pam D  16:49, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * → Artificial (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]
 * → Artificial (links to redirect • [ history] • )    [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]
 * → Artificial (links to redirect • [ history] • )    [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]


 * I don't see what would be wrong with retargeting all of these to the article on Artificiality which I have stubbed in response to this mess. The article already discusses artificiality as a term of disrepute, and if expanded, should discuss this much more. bd2412  T 17:07, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Retarget to Artificiality per bd2412; these are valid search terms. Neelix (talk) 20:51, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: OK, seems reasonable - keeps the dab page clean, and I note that "factitiousness" gets a mention in the lead of Artificiality, so that seems a good way forward. Is there a formal way to Withdraw an RfD nomination?  Pam  D  22:25, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Withdraw by nominator: re-target per BD2412.  Pam  D  22:25, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
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