Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 December 31
December 31
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on December 31, 2009
Curse of 1969
Article already nominated for deletion on Dec 13, 2008 [1], neither its current target nor an earlier target (Sports-related curses) make reference to it Me Three (talk to me) 13:33, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.'septu@dZInt
Implausible. — The Man in Question (in question) 11:25, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete - Very implausible. Very strange, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 19:53, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Actually, I just realized it's in (inaccurate) SAMPA (accurate would be 'sEptu@dZInt). In which case, delete because SAMPA pronunciation is not a valid redirect (just as with all the IPA's below). — The Man in Question (in question) 19:59, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- SAMPA? Can't say I've heard of it, but my delete !vote still stands, per above reason, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 19:56, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
- SAMPA is pretty much IPA with ordinary keyboard characters. — The Man in Question (in question) 22:15, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
- Actually, I just realized it's in (inaccurate) SAMPA (accurate would be 'sEptu@dZInt). In which case, delete because SAMPA pronunciation is not a valid redirect (just as with all the IPA's below). — The Man in Question (in question) 19:59, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- dEl."i:t - unless we also have "baI.b@l and "dZi:zVs... --Jubilee♫clipman 19:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
'nunu 'aɫvɐɾɨʃ pɨ'ɾɐjɾɐ
- 'nunu 'aɫvɐɾɨʃ pɨ'ɾɐjɾɐ → Nuno Álvares Pereira (links to redirect • history • stats)
- 'pedɾu 'awvaɾiʃ ca'bɾaw → Pedro Álvares Cabral (links to redirect • history • stats)
- 'peðɾu 'aɫvɐɾɨʃ kɐβɾaɫ → Pedro Álvares Cabral (links to redirect • history • stats)
- 'sɐ̃tɐ 'kõbɐ dɐ̃ũ → Santa Comba Dão (links to redirect • history • stats)
- 'tɪldɘ → Tilde (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈaɪlənd → Island (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhəlm ˈniːtsʃə → Friedrich Nietzsche (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈhɑːt͡ʃɛk → Caron (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈjuzɛf ɔˈlɛksɨ → Józef Oleksy (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈkwɑːləlʊmˈpʊər → Kuala Lumpur (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈkəmrɨn ɨn → One Wales (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈlɛx vaˈwɛ̃sa → Lech Wałęsa (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈmʏnçən → Munich (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈrɛdʒɛp ˈtɑːjip ˈɛrdɔːɑn → Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈskaʊs → Scouse (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈsɛgɛd → Szeged (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈvɛstə → 4 Vesta (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈɛvərɨst → Mount Everest (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈʃtʊtgaʁt → Stuttgart (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈai ka.ˈɾam.ba → ¡Ay, caramba! (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈbaraŋgaj → Barangay (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈgøːtʊdaɲ̊kst → Gøtudanskt (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈisɔ → Esau (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈjuzɛf ˈzɨx → Józef Zych (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈkætəˌlæn → Catalan language (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈkɪəkəgɑːd, ˈkɪɚkəgɑɹd → Søren Kierkegaard (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈmaɐ̯tiːn ˈhaɪ̯dɛgɐ → Martin Heidegger (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈpau̯lu ˈko̯eʎu → Paulo Coelho (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈsipɔɪ → Sepoy (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈsotɕɪ → Sochi (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈsɛlɛbiz → Sulawesi (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈzaːɐ̯lant → Saarland (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈɦaːt͡ʃɛk → Caron (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈʎejðə → Lleida (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈaɪl → Island (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈdɔːsɪt → Dorset (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈhaɪəlaɪ → Jai alai (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈjoːhan ˈkrɪsti.aːn ˈfriːdrɪç 'hœldərliːn → Friedrich Hölderlin (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈleɾiða → Lleida (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈmɒ:ɒnæˌʋiːˀsn̩ ˈjylænsˌ pʰʌsd̥n → Jyllands-Posten (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈpɔznaɲ → Poznań (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈsjest̪a → Siesta (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈsœːɐn ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌɡ̊ɒˀ → Søren Kierkegaard (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt → Septuagint (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn → Isle of Man (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈɦorɲi: ˈbɛnɛʃof → Horní Benešov (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˈʎejðɛ → Lleida (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌsɚpənˈtɛəriəs → Ophiuchus (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌɡeɐ̯haɐ̯t fʁɪʦ kʊɐ̯t ˈʃʁøːdɐ → Gerhard Schröder (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌɪndəˈniːziːə → Indonesia (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl → Carnegie Hall (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌxɑːbəˈroʊni → Gaborone (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌɡæbəˈroʊni → Gaborone (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌɪndəˈniːʒə → Indonesia (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌkɑrtəˈheɪnə deɪ ˈɪndiəs → Cartagena, Colombia (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌɒfiːˈuːkəs → Ophiuchus (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌɪndoʊˈniːziːə → Indonesia (links to redirect • history • stats)
- ˌʁepʊ'bliːk ˌøːstə'ʁaɪç → Austria (links to redirect • history • stats)
IPA pronunciation is not a valid redirect. — The Man in Question (in question) 11:18, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete. I agree with all these as well as virtually any IPA representation and wonder if we can treat this is a class action without having to include every instance explicitly. By sheer coincidence I came across one such article, ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɐ giˈnɛ biˈsau → Guinea-Bissau (not listed above), an hour and a half after this Rfd was posted, and discovered that User:Joseph_Solis_in_Australia had created a bunch of them. I started putting db-r3 on some until I realized that db-r3 requires recent creation and also discovered this Rfd, so I've reverted those. I think it would be unusual for anyone to try to look up information using IPA renderings, especially given that no one would expect articles to be findable this way, and that expectation is realistic given that almost no article is. This argument is a bit circular, but there you are. —Largo Plazo (talk) 12:46, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Note that an IPA representation isn't helpful anyway unless the person looking up the word has the same pronunciation for it, the same accent, as was assumed by the person creating the redirect. —Largo Plazo (talk) 13:10, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above. Implausible, if not impossible, to type. Me Three (talk to me) 17:04, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete - What would possess someone to type IPA pronunciations when searching for something. Unless...are there keyboards using solely IPA characters? In that case it...no, no, ignore that, that's ridiculous. Delete, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 19:57, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete all per all above. Completely useless redirects. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:08, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- Dɪ'liːt as per all above, and that redirects from non-English alphabets should be used with care (even from other Latin alphabets with diacritics), and not mindlessly applied to any article one fancies. While I can see that it might be useful, for example, to redirect the names of Russian or Georgian or Serbian places from their equivalents in the Cyrillic alphabet, I can't see that it would be useful to redirect the names of Chinese foodstuffs in the Arabic alphabet, or whatever. It is a short step from that to becoming a (poor quality) translating dictionary. Si Trew (talk) 01:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- Delete - anyone feel like attempting to writing ʁepʊ'bliːk ˌøːstə'ʁaɪç rather than Austria? Nope, didn't think so... --Jubilee♫clipman 19:23, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
'erbal essence
Implausible redirect. — The Man in Question (in question) 11:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above. Me Three (talk to me) 17:05, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete - The product is probably pronounced like this in some dialects of English. But it's never spelled this way, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 20:15, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Certainly I pronounce it this way. That doesn't account for the apostrophe. Next we'll have 'our and 'eir and 'onor. — The Man in Question (in question) 21:10, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hence the delete !vote, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 11:01, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- Certainly I pronounce it this way. That doesn't account for the apostrophe. Next we'll have 'our and 'eir and 'onor. — The Man in Question (in question) 21:10, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per TMIQ (though I do pronounce the H in herb.) Si Trew (talk) 01:41, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
'fish out of wate
Implausible typo + needless apostrophe. — The Man in Question (in question) 11:08, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete nonsense character omission and punctuation Me Three (talk to me) 17:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete not even in any dialect I can think of --Jubilee♫clipman 19:06, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
'Zig'
No mention in target article + needless apostrophes. Not worth retargeting because of apostrophes. — The Man in Question (in question) 11:04, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above Me Three (talk to me) 17:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete - I did a Google search, and found that "ZIG" is some sort of starfighter in the video game Zero Wing. (see Zero Wing#Gameplay, it says "The player, a "ZIG" star fighter, has several ways to attack:"). But the apostraphes are needless. Searching Zig (without apostraphes) will bring up a DAB page, where Zero Wing will be suggested. This leads me to believe that the apostraphes were inserted to get round the already existing article, and create a redirect to zero wing. Did anyone understand a word of that? I'm not good with words, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 20:05, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Deleteper all. Incidentally, I believe "zig"is orwas mentioned in the quote section of the article...but the apostrophes are silly--Thinboy00 @066, i.e. 00:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)- Retarget to the same disambig as zig (or leave alone and put a hatnote on the All your base article): In the original text (see my link above), "zig" is always surrounded by apostrophes. --Thinboy00 @074, i.e. 00:46, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- Comment - could just as easily redirect to Zig and Zag. --Jubilee♫clipman 19:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
'The Well' created by Melvin Burgess
- 'The Well' created by Melvin Burgess → The Well (2009 television programme) (links to redirect • history • stats)
Implausible redirect. — The Man in Question (in question) 10:50, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete unlikely search term for title and author Me Three (talk to me) 17:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete - This article was originally named "The Well created by Melvin Burgess", as can be seen from the history. It was moved to the current title by User:PhilKnight, and so a redirect was born. Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 20:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Keep Harmless, use of single quotation marks might make sense in some bizarre dialect of English, redirects are cheap, this one is logical, etc. --Thinboy00 @067, i.e. 00:36, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
'The Web'
No mention in target article. Use of apostrophes makes it unworthy of retargeting. — The Man in Question (in question) 10:49, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above Me Three (talk to me) 17:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
'The Great White Hope'.
With apostrophes and period, implausible. — The Man in Question (in question) 10:39, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above Me Three (talk to me) 17:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
'The Godfather 1901-1959: The Complete Epic''
- [[:]] → The Godfather Saga (links to redirect • history • stats)
Implausible search term. The final two characters are two apostrophes, not a quotation mark. As can be seen above, it is not even possible to link without special syntax. — The Man in Question (in question) 10:12, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above Me Three (talk to me) 17:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete. My apologies. I made an error when I created this redirect, which should certainly be deleted. I should have figured out how to tag it to get it deleted. Thanks for your attentiveness! Cheers, Easchiff (talk) 18:26, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Speedy Delete - Does WP:G7 apply here? Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 20:12, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
'One'
One is far too broad a word to redirect to National Express East Anglia, and with the inclusion of apostrophes it is not worth retargeting to 1 (number) or One (disambiguation). — The Man in Question (in question) 09:54, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete The term "one"can mean anything Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 16:26, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above. Better to add as a link to the One page, if at all Me Three (talk to me) 17:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Note. "one" (my quotes, their lowercase) was the operating name for National Express East Anglia, the train franchise for where I live, until they realised their silliness when making station announcements for "the one train to King's Cross" (the one and only?), "the next departure on platform one is the eight twenty one train" (what time does it leave?), and similar ambiguities. Si Trew (talk) 01:47, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- The name as they rendered it, yes (—and interesting!). But the actual grammatical name was One (capitalized), as English grammar dictates. — the Man in Question (in question) 20:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
'New Year's Day' observed
Implausible + needless apostrophes. — The Man in Question (in question) 09:47, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above. Me Three (talk to me) 17:21, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete Incidentally, how did you find all of these redirects with apostrophes? --Thinboy00 @078, i.e. 00:52, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Division of Thai music
Redirect created due to improper naming of an article, which was moved to Division of Thai Music, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Humanities, Naresuan University then deleted due to CSD A7 and redirected to Naresuan University. This redirect was subsequently re-redirected to Naresuan University due to the double redirect, but serves no navigational aid and is confusing, and so should be deleted. Paul_012 (talk) 08:06, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete apparently unrelated. Also delete Division of Thai Music, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Humanities, Naresuan University as being absurdly long. --Thinboy00 @080, i.e. 00:54, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
J. Invest. Dermatol.
Delete. Completely misleading redirect for the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, which is published by the Nature Publishing Group. A redirect to the published (which was probably intended) doesn't make sense either, as the NPG publishes several journals. Delete for now. Recreate and target to Journal of Investigative Dermatology when that article isn't a redlink anymore. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 07:49, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as per above. Me Three (talk to me) 17:21, 31 December 2009 (UTC)