Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 September 22

September 22
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on September 22, 2017.

Hinduism in Palau
Relisted, see Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 October 9%23Hinduism in Palau

Housing (mechanical)
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 * 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  . -- Tavix  ( talk ) 23:14, 30 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Housing (mechanical) → wikt:housing (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Housing_(mechanical)&action=history history] · stats)     [ Closure:  ]

See Wikipedia is not a dictionary. A page consisting only of a redirect to Wiktionary is not an appropriate use of either an article or a redirect. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:11, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete; I don't know if R3 would apply to this specific case, but the nominator's rationale of WP:NOTDICT definitely applies. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 18:12, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment oh ok. Is there another way to acknowledge/encode the fact that there is a term 'housings' in engineering? there's articles mentioning 'gearbox housings' etc. My thinking was that disambiguation was a better 'default'. I understand that wikipedia is not a dictionary but think how awesome this resource of text is (e.g. imagine foreign language speakers, using wikipedia with the hover cards feature which means you get a nice dropbox under links.. the more precise a link can be, the more value you can get from that). I had made modifications to other articles ('button' -> button (clothing), button->DAB; 'interfacing' -> 'interfacing (textiles)' ) for similar reasons . Hidden_headlamp mentions a housing. Whilst I don't have any specific content in mind for that article, maybe it would appear in time, from other contributors. 18:21, 22 September 2017 (UTC)MfortyoneA (talk)
 * Admin note - is blocked as a suspected sockpuppet of Fmadd. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:26, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment in its current form this is just a WP:Soft redirect that doesn't use the template so it is not at all inappropriate for those reasons. Thryduulf (talk) 19:20, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep in some form. Soft redirects to wiktionary are a pretty standard feature (the situations in which they're used are described at Template:Wiktionary redirect). This redirect is necessary for linking and the only question is its target. Ideally, this should be an article or a section yet to be written, and there might well be one somewhere, but until it is found keeping as a wiktionary redirect is perfectly acceptable. – Uanfala 20:24, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment: It really should be possible to write an article on this as a topic in engineering. bd2412  T 23:38, 22 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment I went ahead and created a quick-and-dirty stub on the topic. It can be found at Draft:Housing (mechanical).  I suggest moving it to mainspace and mooting this discussion.  Tazerdadog (talk) 07:58, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment housing (engineering) might be better to cover the electrical examples, but i've already linked housing (mechanical). I think it would be ok to redirect one to the other since 'engineering' would be a superset (mechanical, electrical). I suppose we can also consider housing (casing), housing (enclosure), which are more literal MfortyoneA (talk) 09:02, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I've gone ahead and moved the article into mainspace at Housing (engineering), and retargeted the redirect under consideration to that article.Tazerdadog (talk) 09:06, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete created by a SOCK of Fmadd. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 20:20, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - it seems the creator meant this as a disambiguator for mechanical structures which enclose something, such as a headlamp housing, rather than the sort of housing that humans live in. "Mechanical" unfortunately was a poor choice of disambiguator, as houses are also mechanical structures. Not sure what the proper disambiguator ought to be, but this one is WP:XY-level confusing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:30, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * On that note, housing (engineering) is also poorly disambiguated. Unless you think nobody ever engineered a human dwelling? Again, I don't know what the proper treatment is, but it's not that. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:32, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.

Blaster (weapon)
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 * 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 retarget  to Blaster. (non-admin closure)  f  e  minist  10:18, 29 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Blaster (weapon) → Raygun (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blaster_(weapon)&action=history history] · stats)     [ Closure:  ]


 * Blaster Pistol → Raygun (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blaster_(weapon)&action=history history] · stats)     [ Closure:  ]

Someone searching for this could conceivably be looking for raygun, Blaster (Star Wars) or Blaster (flamethrower), so this is a confusing redirect with no clear target. They are better off going through the disambiguation page at blaster. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 14:09, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Dabify Blaster (weapon), but delete Blaster Pistol; all three pages the nominator listed apply to the former, but not the latter. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 18:11, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Retarget both to the dab at Blaster. Blaster Pistol could refer to the generic science fiction raygun, gun-like toys, or (according to Wookiepedia's article a "common weapon used by both military personnel and civilians. [That] came in a variety of shapes, sizes, and capabilities.". All these entries are on the existing disambig. Thryduulf (talk) 19:25, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirecting blaster pistol to blaster can be said to be confusing, per WP:R. Assuming someone is looking for the Star Wars pistol, it will take them less time to be directed to it via search, than be sent to a disambiguation page and find it themselves.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 00:58, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The point is that there are several things that someone is equally likely to be looking for so disambiguation is needed. Thryduulf (talk) 11:39, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Retarget to Blaster. No separate page is needed. bd2412  T 23:39, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Retarget both to Blaster. Blaster pistols are hardly limited to Star Wars, it's a pretty generic sci-fi term. Patar knight - chat/contributions 05:07, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Retarget both to Blaster per everyone. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:06, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Retarget both to Blaster as the Other section explains it is used for all sorts of toys. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 16:06, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.

Rey gun
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 * The result of the discussion was delete  .   Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )  10:38, 30 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Rey gun → Raygun (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rey_gun&action=history history] · stats)     [ Closure:  ]

Implausible typo, has barely gotten any hits over a long period of time. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 08:33, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom; doesn't apply. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 18:09, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - stats indicate it's not a useful misspelling. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:07, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per above mentioned findings -- Lenticel ( talk ) 00:47, 29 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete searches point to Rey's gun in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and some random horses with the name, a likely pun on Reagan. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 20:32, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.

BerliCon
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 * The result of the discussion was deleted under WP:G7.  . Author voted delete, essentially making it fall under G7.   Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )  01:29, 23 September 2017 (UTC)


 * BerliCon → List of furry conventions (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BerliCon&action=history history] · stats)     [ Closure:  ]

This convention is not mentioned anywhere in the target. Most likely the convention was removed from the list due to lack of notability or use of primary sources. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 01:37, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Non-notable for now. No news sources provided to make it qualify for the discontinued or active lists. Reconsider when proper sources and notability is provided. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 02:20, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete in part because it is no longer active; the organizers have moved on. If the event is not notable enough for anyone to have mentioned it now, it never will be. GreenReaper (talk) 22:22, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per agreement with the above. bd2412  T 23:39, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.