Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 December 9

December 9
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on December 9, 2018.

Vern Watts
Relisted, see Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 December 17%23Vern Watts

Electability
Relisted, see Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 December 17%23Electability

Election in absentia
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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 Keep as stub  . Much obliged to ! ~  Amory  (u • t • c) 02:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Election in absentia → Election (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Election_in_absentia&action=history history] · stats)     [ Closure:  ]

The subject of this redirect doesn’t seem to be explained or identified at the target. Steel1943 (talk) 06:20, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's an R with possibilities. About 10 articles link to this; from those a list of people who have been elected in absentia could be created. – wbm1058 (talk) 11:23, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * That rationale falls in line for deleting this redirect per WP:REDLINK. But, now that a draft stub has now been created at this title, that satisfies the WP:REDLINK rationale. Steel1943  (talk) 15:49, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment started a stub. Dunno how far it will ever progress beyond an WP:EXAMPLEFARM. 59.149.124.29 (talk) 12:28, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Added to stub a (failed) example from the current Spanish constitutional crisis. Wakari07 (talk) 13:53, 9 December 2018 (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.

American settlers
Relisted, see Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 December 17%23American settlers

Duology
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 * The result of the discussion was soft redirect  to duology. ~  Amory  (u • t • c) 15:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC)


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

The target no longer exists (and hasn't been replaced or renamed). Dan Bloch (talk) 14:52, 1 December 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Soft redirect to wikt, since there's no wikipedia page. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 15:13, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Galobtter (pingó mió) 04:23, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Soft redirect to Wiktionary as page view statistics show that this has usage. feminist (talk) 04:03, 17 December 2018 (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.

A ralph epperson
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 * The result of the discussion was delete  . ~  Amory  (u • t • c) 02:07, 17 December 2018 (UTC)


 * A ralph epperson → A. Ralph Epperson (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_ralph_epperson&action=history history] · stats)     [ Closure:  ]

No precedent for creating redirects for lower case versions of names. There are only 3500 in "redirects for miscapitalizations" and most are more plausible because they are things other than people. MB 00:00, 1 December 2018 (UTC)


 * No comment on keeping or deleting, but Category:Redirects from miscapitalisations is relatively new, having only been created in 2016. You will find substantially more human name miscapitalisations in Category:Redirects from other capitalisations. &mdash;Xezbeth (talk) 05:41, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * For one, the redirect isn't just for a miscapitalisation, it also has an absent period. At the very least, I think that there should be a redirect for the title without the period. Also, as far as I can tell, redirects for lower case versions of names may not be universal, but they don't seem to be uncommon. A survey of a couple random people seems to suggest to me that this is the case. There doesn't seem to be any issue with having redirects for miscapitalization of other people's names, so I don't really see why there'd be issue with this one.DinoD123 (talk) 02:30, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Galobtter (pingó mió) 04:17, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. a. ralph epperson and A Ralph Epperson might both be useful, since no-capitals titles are often useful (many of us search Google without specifying capital letters, and probably many people use Special:Search that way as well) and it's good to create redirects for absent punctuation, but the chances of both errors occurring simultaneously are a good deal smaller.  Nyttend (talk) 23:38, 10 December 2018 (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.