Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 December 8

December 8
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on December 8, 2014.

Abeh



 * 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 delete. -- Beland (talk) 14:48, 26 December 2014 (UTC)


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

Longstanding redirect to a dab page with no indication what an appropriate target would be. No incoming links other than from the talk page of the user who created it, who "loves creating disambiguation pages". No context. Ivanvector (talk) 17:23, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment "Abeh" appears to be quite a common element in Iranian place names, one of which, Abeh-ye Now, is listed on the dab page (why only one and why that one in particular I don't know). Thryduulf (talk) 01:03, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete The Iranian term may mean "town" or something equally generic, so unless it can be demonstrated that any of these places are known simply as "Abeh", they're only partial title matches. --BDD (talk) 16:07, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
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Koeboluzioa



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. -- Beland (talk) 18:05, 25 December 2014 (UTC)


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

There is no reason that we need a redirect from the Basque-language word for coevolution on the English Wikipedia. Ahecht ( TALK PAGE ) 16:13, 8 October 2014 (UTC) PAGE ]] ) 20:14, 5 November 2014 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.'''
 * Delete General topic not specific to Basque-language areas. - TheChampionMan1234 03:39, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - directs readers to the content they're looking for. No rationale presented for deletion.  Making content findable is a necessary thing to make an encyclopaedia useful. Wily D  11:09, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Seriously? We should keep a redirect from a random language version of a title that has nothing to do with the subject? Should every article have a redirect from the title in each of the 300 or so languages supported by Wikipedia? --Ahecht ( [[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK
 * Delete There's no logical connection between the idea of coevolution and the Basque community. --BDD (talk) 14:28, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ahecht (TALK PAGE ) 16:19, 8 December 2014 (UTC) PAGE''' ]]) 16:21, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment there is additional discussion (stemming from an improperly done relisting) on this redirect at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2014_December_4. --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a translation dictionary, this is English Wikipedia and the topic has no particular affinity for this language -- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 11:28, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


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Church mouse



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 * The result of the discussion was dabify. --BDD (talk) 16:02, 15 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Church mouse → Mouse (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Redirect is to article in which this term is never used or explained. A "church mouse" is not a "kind" of "mouse." It appears to be a literary expression, and as such it should exist as a red link here on Wikipedia rather than as a redirect to an irrelevant subject. KDS 4444 Talk  01:13, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * This seems to be derived from two expressions, "poor as a church mouse" and "quiet as a church mouse" (the latter isn't in Wiktionary), although both appear in quotes in en.wp articles. I'm torn as to what to do here, as there is possibly scope for a short article about the concept/expressions, we have the article The Church Mouse (a 1934 film) that would make a good target for the redirect and Poor as a Church Mouse (a 1931 film) that would be a good entry on a dab page. There is also Robert (Mouseman) Thompson (who did a lot of work for churches, and church mouse is the origin of his nickname) which might be an appropriate see also on a dab page. The current target is incorrect though - I'm sure of that much! Thryduulf (talk) 09:24, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Interesting points. I am finding that the expression "poor as a church mouse" has English language traditions that run as far back as the middle 17th century, and variants in German (arm wie eine Kirchenmaus) and Scots (puir as a kirkmouse) recorded in the 18th.  The films aside, it looks to me like "church mouse" really should redirect to an article titled Poor as a church mouse which does not yet exist.  Deleting this redirect frees up that possibility-- which I do suspect will happen someday.  KDS 4444'  Talk  14:10, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
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Unicode compat-aliases



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 * The result of the discussion was keep. Despite the unusual punctuation this appears to be a phrase in use. --BDD (talk) 16:04, 15 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Unicode compat-aliases → Unicode compatibility characters (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Implausible redirect made by a blocked editor. Mr. Guye (talk) 00:53, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. The redirect's author is short-term blocked (36 hours) rather than banned, and this was not created in violation of a block or ban, so this factor is not relevant to this discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 09:13, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * very weak keep the terms "compat aliases" and "non-compat aliases" (always unhyphenated it seems) do get google hits, primarily in things like bug reports, change histories and feature requests. The exact phrase "Unicde compat aliases" appears only here, but the context seems to be almost always unicode so I don't see that as a problem. I'm very much not a programmer though so I'd like to see input from someone who does understand the jargon before firming up my recommendation - I'll see if there is a relevant WikiProject. Thryduulf (talk) 09:31, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I've left a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computing and the target talk page. Thryduulf (talk) 09:37, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment/clarification I am the one who made the redirect. The initial revision seemed pretty useless so I figured a redirect would be slightly more helpful. I'm more on the engineering side of computers so I don't actually know what "Unicode compat-aliases" are or if/how the subject and the redirect target are related, but that was the only bluelink in the article so I went for it. Basically, do whatever.  23:33, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
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