January 6

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on January 6, 2009

Hide the sausage → Sexual intercourse

The result of the discussion was deleted. --Aude (talk) 03:32, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Someone tell me how Hide the sausage could survive more than three years...--Avant-garde a clue-hexaChord2 23:42, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To keep things short, a native speaker should have a look at: [1] [2] [3] and [4] --Avant-garde a clue-hexaChord2 23:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Grow a pair → Testicle

The result of the discussion was deleted. krimpet 22:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just to keep you busy and the trend alive.--Avant-garde a clue-hexaChord2 22:54, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Stereotypes of Africans/Blacks → Stereotypes of African Americans

The result of the discussion was deleted. --Aude (talk) 03:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I found this redirect with a ((prod)) tag on it with the explanation "not the same topic". I agree with the nominator's deletion rationale (there are, believe it or not, a significant number of Africans/Blacks who are not American), but have brought the case here because redirects are not eligible for WP:PROD deletion. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:33, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Instruction manual (computer and video games)Instruction manual (video games)

The result of the discussion was kept. --Aude (talk) 03:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As with the previous redirect, it's too long and complicated to merit a redirect page. ZXCVBNM 22:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Combo (computer and video games)Combo (video games)

The result of the discussion was kept. --Aude (talk) 03:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

People will probably not type (Computer and video games) in parenthesis, they will just search for "Combo" instead and be directed to the page it's redirected to. This redirect is unnecessary. ZXCVBNM 21:58, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Creatures in the Metroid series → Metroid (series)

The result of the discussion was kept. --Aude (talk) 03:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PS: To be honest, I'm more saddened at the article for Ridley being deleted. Ridley is too awesome. ~GMH talk to me 06:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Creatures in Metroid Prime 2, Metroid Prime Hunters, and Metroid Prime 3 → Metroid (series)

The result of the discussion was Deleted. -- JLaTondre (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since this article was deleted for being too crufty, it's implausible that anyone would type in this title. ZXCVBNM 21:47, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Samus Aran's gunshipSamus Aran

The result of the discussion was Keep as resulting from a page merge.. Tikiwont (talk) 10:32, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt anyone will type in "Samus Aran's gunship" rather than use the search function for "Samus+Aran+gunship". This redirect is implausible. ZXCVBNM 21:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete per above. Tavix (talk) 04:45, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - content on this page was merged into the Samus Aran article, and the redirect has been kept to preserve its edit history. This seems like a valid reason to keep the redirect. --Aude (talk) 07:38, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Rock q Roll Train → Rock 'n' Roll Train

The result of the discussion was speedy deleted by NawlinWiki. --Amalthea 00:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - very obscure. Can't even imagine why this was created. Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Edmund WellsMonty Python

The result of the discussion was Retarget to Edmund Welles. (non-admin closure) Mastrchf (t/c) 01:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No reference to name in target article (A Google search finds the name was used in one of the comedy group's many skits). Delete as confusing, making search for other Edmund Wells unreasonably difficult (an article for Judge Edmund W. Wells, "Arizona's first millionaire", is currently under development has been recently created), and as a novel or very obscure synonym for an article name. --Allen3 talk 20:49, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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28 redirects → American Idol seasons

The result of the discussion was No consensus so defaults to keep. -- JLaTondre (talk) 18:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are 28 redirects that exist from contestants in seasons 4, 5 and 6 of American Idol that did not make the top 24 (and therefore have little or no mention on their season pages). Most or all should be deleted.

There are none pointing to seasons 1, 2, 3 or 7 other than semi-finalists or less-notable finalists (all of which should be maintained), due to fewer well-known or greater watch of contestants. Any other thoughts? CrazyC83 (talk) 20:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - should more redirects be created for some of their peers who never had an article created or proposed and some from season 7 that were in the same position? CrazyC83 (talk) 05:02, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Various pages → Leet

The result of the discussion was Delete all.Tikiwont (talk) 10:40, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All are very unlikely search terms/link targets, and many were created from vandalism/nonsense pages which should really have been deleted to start with. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 18:46, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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SP:NU → Special:Log/newusers

The result of the discussion was Delete. Lenticel (talk) 04:32, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cross namespace redirect to the "Special" namespace using a fake namespace abbreviation. Borderline CSD R2. While "WP" is a namespace, "SP" is not (Try "[[WP:]] and SP: to see the difference). In essence, that means that these redirects are in the article namespace, which is not a good idea for many reasons (search results, database exports and web crawlers). -- lucasbfr talk 16:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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SP:NP → Special:NewPages

The result of the discussion was Delete, the "keep" arguments are not enough to keep this redirect. Lenticel (talk) 04:30, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cross namespace redirect to the "Special" namespace using a fake namespace abbreviation. Borderline CSD R2. While "WP" is a namespace, "SP" is not (Try "[[WP:]] and SP: to see the difference). In essence, that means that these redirects are in the article namespace, which is not a good idea for many reasons (search results, database exports and web crawlers). -- lucasbfr talk 16:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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War of Northern AggressionAmerican Civil War

The result of the discussion was redirect to Naming the American Civil War --Aude (talk) 00:29, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also applies to:

Propose retargeting above redirects to Naming the American Civil War. Redirects originally targeted Naming the American Civil War, since each title is an alternate name for the ACW itself, and the article explains why such names exist. The ACW article does not get into detail like the naming article does. Some consensus at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/American Civil War task force#Redirect battle, as only one tenacious editor disagrees. Requesting a broader audience to gain a consensus for the target article. Tombstone (talk) 13:46, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is highly unlikely that anyone would type in "War of Northern Aggression" when they were simply looking for general information about the civil war. More than likely, they would want to know the origin of the term or its usage, information that they would not find if they were simply directed to the parent article. The proposed redirect makes much more sense and would be of greater benefit to the readers. Also note that nobody is proposing eliminating these redirects, and certainly not for NPOV reasons. --Loonymonkey (talk) 01:08, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Us simple southern folks use "will rise again" and reserve "shall" for jussive subjunctive translations, hortatory commands,and first person future indicative actives. I would say that most who live below the Mason-Dixon line don't believe anything about "rising". The fact is there is a large body of writing that exists today that uses this name. One reading that literature should be able to type the the name and arrive at the article. Pretty simple. Jes laik we laik it ;)Die4Dixie (talk) 02:30, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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