May 29

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on May 29, 2014.

Greens (Montenegrin federalists)

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 16:18, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Leftover after move attempt. Greens (Montenegrin separatists) were moved here on 6 April 2014 at 11:45, and then moved back at 11:47 the same day. The name is unlikely search term due to parentheses and wild historical inaccuracy – Greens were heavily engaged into various attempts at cutting every possible tie between Montenegro with Serbia. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talktrack) 20:22, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Quotient Space

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The result of the discussion was retarget to Quotient space that, in turn, has been converted to a disambiguation page taking out of scope of RFD. NAC. The Whispering Wind (talk) 19:40, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No mathematical term for "Quotient Space" both words caps. 67.252.103.23 (talk) 19:34, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Quotient space currently redirects to Quotient space (topology). Steel1943 (talk) 04:57, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If I've read correctly, Quotient space at the time was the location of what is now Quotient space (topology), so the bot didn't really make things any worse. --BDD (talk) 00:13, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. And in general "quotient space" is nearly as problematic as "space". See also Talk:Space (mathematics)#Subspace; the same situation. Boris Tsirelson (talk) 14:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Applause (software testing company)

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 16:10, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Applause (application quality company) was resting under this name for 4 days. Unlikely search term, recent, has no useful history, orphaned in main namespace. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talktrack) 19:31, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Wphh

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. The default for redirects is to be kept except where they are harmful or for recently created misnomers (WP:RFD#HARMFUL). In this case there is no suggestion of harm. The deletion argument is that this shortcut is redundant to Template:WPHH. This is not a valid reason for deletion. Consequently the keeping argument that this is both harmless and used carries the day. NAC. The Whispering Wind (talk) 20:29, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

useless redirect to save on capitals The Banner talk 11:24, 10 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:WPHH exists as a redirect to Template:WikiProject Hip hop. Mark as ((R from alternate capitalization)), as above. It's not my fault the youth of today don't like typing caps, it's my fault for getting old and nobody speak proper now like wot I do. Our job is to help people find what they are looking for, not to make judgments on how they write or speak. I speak very bad Hungarian most of the day, and very bad French most of the night, but my friends appreciate at least I try. Si Trew (talk) 13:52, 10 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - There is an active discussion about this issue at WT:SHC#Template_shortcuts. Barring a change to something more suitable, this redirect does no harm now that it has been created. Though consensus may state otherwise at this time, I feel that in most cases, that we do not want a lower case redirect to point to a different location than its upper case counterpart. Additionally, we have redirects such as ((albums)) and ((songs)). Whoever nominates these should be obligated to correct them manually. --Jax 0677 (talk) 23:07, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
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Template:Wpuni

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The result of the discussion was keep. The default for redirects is to be kept except where they are harmful or for recently created misnomers (WP:RFD#HARMFUL). In this case there is no suggestion of harm. The deletion argument is that this shortcut is redundant to Template:WPUNI. This is not a valid reason for deletion. Consequently the keeping argument that this is both harmless and used carries the day. NAC. The Whispering Wind (talk) 20:43, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

useless redirect to save on capitals The Banner talk 11:23, 10 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See above, for all, not a crossname redirect Keep. It's not a question of whether it is right but whether it is a likely search term, and to me it is. Si Trew (talk) 13:01, 10 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - There is an active discussion about this issue at WT:SHC#Template_shortcuts. Barring a change to something more suitable, this redirect does no harm now that it has been created. Though consensus may state otherwise at this time, I feel that in most cases, that we do not want a lower case redirect to point to a different location than its upper case counterpart. Additionally, we have redirects such as ((albums)) and ((songs)). Whoever nominates these should be obligated to correct them manually. --Jax 0677 (talk) 23:07, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
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LED IPS

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The result of the discussion was Delete. Editors agree that the term 'LED IPS' is an abuse of terminology but there wasn't a clear consensus on what to do about that. I'm closing this as Delete for now but anyone who wants to fix the situation by creating an article or a link to an article section that explains the issue should feel free to do so. EdJohnston (talk) 14:57, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the reason for removing this redirect on the talk page of TFT: Talk:Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display.

Have explained my intention on May 4 before removing the redirect. In-plane-switching is a technique exclusively used for LCDs. LEDs are used as backlight of such liquid-crystal-displays, but don't have any relationship to the way information is displayed by the TFT-LCD panel. BBCLCD (talk) 05:33, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@BBCLCD: In this case, I suggest that you bring up the matter at WP:RFD, and I suppose that the discussion will be closed with a consensus to delete. KJ «Click Here» 06:01, 7 May 2014 (UTC).[reply]

Nominating for deletion.

BBCLCD (talk) 16:22, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but in-plane switching is used in many other things apart from LCD displays. Si Trew (talk) 17:36, 7 May 2014 (UTC) CEng, MIET, MBCS.[reply]
Where is in-plane switching used apart from LCD? Certainly not for Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).
BBCLCD (talk) 18:38, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the redirect is a bit wrong-footing in sending LEDs to LCDs. I am not sure about this. Modern flatscreen tellies are, at least in the UK, quite often advertised as being LED when they are actually LCD but with white LED backlighting – quite misleading, really. So I am not sure if that would qualify as it being a useful search term or are we just misleading people? The more-general In-plane switching redirects to the same target, so I am with you that to say "LED" is misleading. However, that section of the article is a bit of a plug for Hitachi and Panasonic. In-plane switching as I understand it (that a transistor in the plane of the printed circuit board acts as a switch) can be used for all sorts of things, but we don't seem to have a better target than where it stands; and if it has become associated specifically with LCD TVs then it's best left where it is. Si Trew (talk) 03:35, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You know, we could retarget it to co-pilot if we really wanted to be wry, I can't make up my mind with whether redirecting LED to LCD is a good idea or not. I know it is technically incorrect but lots of tellies are advertised as LED when they are really LCD with LED backlighting. Si Trew (talk) 04:04, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, Si Trew, I have to correct you: In-plane switching (IPS) is one of the different electro-optical effects in LCDs as are the alternatives Twisted Nematic (TN) or Vertical Alignment (VA). In IPS, switching does not refer to a transistor (TFT) used to address a pixel. Have a look at the schematic shown in IPS panel. I agree, that sometimes flatscreen are wrongly advertized as LED TV, etc. However, the combination LED IPS is really unsuitable.
BBCLCD (talk) 08:38, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I don't doubt for a minute that it is technically wrong; that is not the point: is it a likely search term? From throwing in "LED IPS" into My Favourite Search Engine I get:
  • "IPS vs LED". hexus.net. September 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  • "LCD vs LED IPS". 27 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014. [unreliable source?]
  • "What is difference of ips led and lcd monitor screensscreens". tomshardware.com. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
... and many others. I don't doubt that you are technically correct. It boils down to is it a likely search term? As an electrical engineer I should say it is: incorrect but it seems likely. Si Trew (talk) 01:10, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I read IPS Panel. Abbreviations like et. al and incl. do not help reader comprehension; this was written by someone who prefers to write instead of read. I'll WP:Wikignome that article, and include for example links to Panasonic and so on, once we have consensus. There is no need, for example, to say 90° instead of the normal English right angle: and in fact 90° redirects to right angle, and I can type the degree sign (Alt+2 4 8) because I have been doing it for years, but I can work in radians and mils as well; we shouldn't put our readers to that kind of trouble. It is not my fault it doesn't mention LED IPS: since it patently exists. In case I sound harsh, I thank you for your good faith and together we will make them all better I am sure. Si Trew (talk) 01:22, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Si Trew. I looked at some of the comments made on the blogs you mention. The ignorance about the functioning of LCDs of the competing types IPS, TN and VA is widespread. Questions about differences of these types of LCD panels should be redirected on WP to either LCDs in general, or specialized wikis like IPS panel or Twisted Nematic (TN). In my opinion, it would be wrong to support the confusion among these terms by redirecting combinations such as LED IPS, LED TN and LED VA to Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display. Keep in mind that AMOLED panels using OLEDs for image presentation (as an alternative to LCDs) are also using a matix of TFTs! AMOLEDs don't have anything to do with IPS, TN and VA, as these LEDs are generating the image , not acting as backlighting only.
BBCLCD (talk) 07:41, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@BBCLCD: Yes, I can see your bind: Wikipedia is enough a source of incorrect information without actively encouraging it. Would you think that IPS is used more-generally than the full term (and probably on the boxes and such) that that suffices for people to find information but that the full in-plane switching should be deleted, then? Essentially any silicon chip uses in-plane switching, so microprocessor or bridge rectifier is equally correct, but is it likely that someone searches that way? Si Trew (talk) 13:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think it should be kept. It's technically incorrect, but frequently used in advertising and on the boxes. Si Trew (talk) 20:55, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It should be deleted to avoid further confusion caused by advertizers sales pitches. BBCLCD (talk) 11:44, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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By all means, if it can be explained there, let's go ahead and keep. Si, could you lend your expertise? --BDD (talk) 16:20, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I probably could. If you shall allow me, deliberately I have not looked at the article. I do this on purpose so as to have an entirely unbiased (some would say ignorant, and I would agree: but the best meaning of ignorant) view.
A transistor, basicaally sends current and thus volts etc one way or another, it acts as a switch or amplifier. This was clear in 1956 but the things are so common now nobody thinks about doping to make an NPN or a PNP or whatever cos in the screens they are there in their millions and printed (literally, printed) into circuit boards. The reliability of flat screens and such we take for granted because of it. Comment This is a ramble I shall be told off for, again.
Now a transistor is essentially a switch or amplifier, which is the sam the thing only to a different degree... Stick 1.0 in at the front, let's say you get 0.7 out the back on one pin and 0.3 out the back on the other, total, 1.0. Actually you won't because of the second law of thermodynamics but you get pretty good efficiency and reliability, call it 99% and that's conservative, most are much much better than that.
Now, you have millions of them in a flat screen. A few go wrong but the odd pixel failing, its potential voltage is counteracted by the four, or eight, depending how you count, around it. So it is a local failure and not a global failure and so you get a black (or white) pixel on a flat screen instead of the whole set going down, due to the overvoltage. (And I use "due to" correctly for a change: other editors please take note: "due to" does not mean "because of": the voltage is *due* (owed) to the next-door transistor: see Fowler).
I will get into trouble for this exposition for WP:TOOLONG. I don't care, it is my swan song.
Where was I? So transistors have holes and so on to allow the electrons to kinda run into them, as if it was a golf course. This is a conceit but a useful one. Once the hole is filled the electrons spill over and start running around the circuit trying to find other holes. So essentially the whole thing gets flooded and the onlyu way they can get out is by going through an LED and emitting themselves as light.
Quod erat demonstrandum. "Which is what we see."; A Light Emitting Diode.
When a diode is placed in a square
Its physics thus are now laid bare
Electrons go thus,
They may swear, they may cuss
But the diode insists they go where
They should feel where they'd naturally go
Up and down through the circuit and so
Diodes act as a block, it's a gatehouse, a lock
And desparately they will say "No!
Although our small fate is not right
We shall thus emit us as light."
Does that help?
Si Trew (talk) 23:01, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I should add. Please excuse my temerity. BBCLCD is obviously the expert on this, but anything I could bung in to kinda make it less' technical, if you see what I mean: to make it at the appropriate level of technicality for whom is likely to search for it and its companions: I am happy to collaborate. I thought that what is what about. Three other admins think otherwise but that is their fault not mine. Si Trew (talk) 23:28, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Catassing

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The result of the discussion was delete. WJBscribe (talk) 15:40, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I really should've added this to the RfD for Poopsocking, another slang term for video game addiction not mentioned at the target page. This one should be deleted as well. BDD (talk) 16:49, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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473L Query

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The result of the discussion was keep. No policy compliant ground for deletion, typically one of the criteria in WP:RFD#DELETE, has been specified and since this term is mentioned at the target it is a relevant and useful redirect and there is no better target. NAC. The Whispering Wind (talk) 15:43, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

delete 473L Query and all its variants:

473L Query programming language
473L Query programming
473L Query language
473L Query (programming language)
473L Query (language)

as the group are an overextension of the redirect capability (if deleted, searches with all of the text strings provide a list with the target article at the top) 30 SW (talk) 16:10, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep all. Mentioned at target; likely rephrases of such. I have been told off already for suggesting alternatives so I won't; I checked but there aren't an likel alternatives or misspellings (374, with and without the L, and so on, in all the perms and combs) and there aren'r any: hence my bind is freed. Spellings or redirect targets, which I thought is what we came here for). Seems to me if someone is searching this explicitly for the L model, or to find the K or J model, which the L is a year mark anwyay and not a model number, that to disdain our readers for being a tiny bit out . If we do that, we might as well shut up shop.

Si Trew (talk) 23:51, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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WinFF

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 June 5#WinFF