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BTTT

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 15:49, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No longer mentioned at the target article; I can't find any other notable uses. -- Tavix (talk) 23:18, 19 July 2015 (UTC) Updated rationale below. -- Tavix (talk) 21:28, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Stage Races

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 August 18#Stage Races

Dichoptic (zoology)

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The result of the discussion was delete. The nominator's concerns were not addressed. --BDD (talk) 15:50, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as the wiktionary page for "dichoptic" doesn't contain any specific information about "zoology." -- Tavix (talk) 17:12, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Neither the Wiktionary page nor the article on dichoptic presentation has any specific information on "zoology." It doesn't mention animals or anything along those lines. That makes this redirect either incorrect or confusing. I don't think it's a good idea to "assume" either unless we know for sure dichoptic presentation is notable in zoology. -- Tavix (talk) 19:52, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Is it possible to expand Dichoptic presentation to the point where retargeting there would be clear?
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How many stars are there in the sky

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The result of the discussion was delete all. Just Chilling (talk) 17:52, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTFAQ - TheChampionMan1234 22:52, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The bullet point at WP:NOTFAQ that addresses FAQs is about writing an article in the form of a FAQ. This is different: a redirect that anticipates that someone might run a search in the form of a question, which isn't unheard of, and leads to a page that isn't a violation of the aforementioned bullet point. So I don't believe WP:NOTFAQ is pertinent here. However, how likely is it that someone will type in any arbitrary question that someone might anticipate that is related to a topic on which Wikipedia has an article? I dunno. I think that this sort of thing is to be encouraged. I'm just trying to decide how much harm it does. —Largo Plazo (talk) 23:06, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • What is a "FAQ question", as opposed to any other kind of question? Are you saying it would be OK if the questions are infrequently asked ones?
The very definition of a FAQ is that it is a pre-arranged list of questions. Every manner by which one can have a question answered isn't a FAQ. A customer support chat feature on a product's website isn't a FAQ. The Wikipedia reference desk isn't a FAQ. A natural language search engine that returns pages that answer a question one has asked in the Search field isn't a FAQ. If it isn't a pre-arranged list of anticipated questions, it isn't a FAQ.
Here, we're discussing a case where someone asks a question (whether frequently asked or never asked by anybody in the history of the universe) that somebody else happens to have created a redirect for, and one gets redirected. There is no list of pre-arranged or mutually associated questions here. There is no FAQ here. Therefore, this situation is referenced neither by the name of the shortcut WP:NOTFAQ nor by the explicit description of the prohibited situation to be found at that location. If somebody wants to expand WP:NOT by consensus to discourage the creation of redirects that are in the form of a question, that's fine with me. Right now, it doesn't cover this situation. —Largo Plazo (talk) 18:06, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Let's look at this from a navigational point of view, because that's what redirects are: navigational tools. Let's say you typed "How many stars are there in the sky" and got to the article on Stars that way. You might think that you'd be able to navigate Wikipedia in that manner, and be disappointed to find out out that most other questions aren't redirects. There's two ways to fix that problem: 1. delete all of the non-significant questions (because we are not a depository of questions, a la "FAQ") or 2. add in every possible question that you can think of, which is an impossible and onerous task. Looking at the options here, I'd much prefer #1. -- Tavix (talk) 18:27, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have no argument with the rationale you've just given. But I can't resist noting that avoiding inconsistency in navigation isn't a FAQ-related concern. :-) —Largo Plazo (talk) 18:57, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I would say they are related because I feel that WP:NOT is applicable to all aspects of the project, not just articles. WP:NOT was written from an article point of view. It is impossible to write it in a way that is "all-inclusive" to other aspects of the project (eg: redirects, templates, portals, etc). You could have a "strict constructionist" interpretation and say that WP:NOT only applies to articles. However, I have a "living tree" interpretation of WP:NOT in that it is shaped by and influenced from consensus, and consensus at previous RFDs have held that WP:NOT applies to redirects (especially WP:NOT#DICT, and there are other examples). Therefore, by saying WP:NOTFAQ, we can say that since Wikipedia is not a repository for Frequently Asked Questions, we should hold our redirects to that same standard and delete redirects that are (more or less) "frequently asked" questions. -- Tavix (talk) 19:46, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Each of these redirects is not a FAQ, it's an individual question. If the provision had been meant to apply to individual questions not in the form of a FAQ, it would have been worded to apply to individual questions whether or not in the form of a FAQ, rather than expressly limiting its scope to FAQs. —Largo Plazo (talk) 20:01, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The provision clearly doesn't apply to everything on Wikipedia because Wikipedia has WP:FAQ and WP:FAQ/Overview and WP:FAQ/Contributing and WP:FAQ/Blocks and so forth. So it doesn't even cover every FAQ in Wikipedia, only articles with FAQs in them. Therefore, I'm even more inclined to trust that its scope limitation is intentional and not meant to be interpreted as referring to "everything that looks like a question everywhere on Wikipedia". —Largo Plazo (talk) 20:12, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
By definition, a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) is a question that is frequently asked. An individual question can be asked frequently, hence making it a FAQ. You're thinking about a FAQ page, which is different than an actual FAQ. -- Tavix (talk) 20:16, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The focus of WP:NOTFAQ is lists of FAQs. There is no list here. —Largo Plazo (talk) 17:10, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I see a list of FAQs in the nomination. It contains 5 questions. -- Tavix (talk) 18:11, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I hadn't understood that the discussion was about whether to delete this nomination. —Largo Plazo (talk) 19:33, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, all of us want to delete this nomination and not the redirects in this nomination. -- Tavix (talk) 19:39, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The last item (How does one edit a page) is different from all of the others and should be considered separately. This is a very old page that predates Wikipedia namespaces. It eventually evolved into the page at Help:Editing, which has the content history back to the Phase I cache bug in 2001, Wikipedia's first year. This is the URL that people were sent to when they wanted to know how to edit a page on Wikipedia, before the early Wikipedians decided to separate the encyclopedia itself from the help pages and other peripheral material. This does not, by itself, prove that the redirect should be kept; that depends on the policy about old cross-namespace redirects, and I'm no longer involved in that sort of discussion. But this redirect certainly has very different claims to legitimacy than the others in this list, and it should be considered separately. —Toby Bartels (talk) 16:40, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia:SOFIXIT

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The result of the discussion was keep per WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) -- Tavix (talk) 05:23, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's possible to post this as a reply to someone's query and not come across condescending. Not a good redirect. Brustopher (talk) 20:02, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It certainly is possible to interpret this benignly, and it will always be possible to write [[Wikipedia:Be bold|So fix it]]. Moreover, it is commonly used. There is no reason to break links on hundreds of talk pages. Gorobay (talk) 23:59, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Project Fi

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 August 5#Project Fi

What is bikini bottom?

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The result of the discussion was delete all. Just Chilling (talk) 17:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:NOTFAQ The Traditionalist (talk) 14:24, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

With respect to @The Traditionalist: I have telescoped these into one listing, as being all on the same lines of reasoning. All or none. Si Trew (talk) 15:48, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@SimonTrew: I was thinking about doing this too.--The Traditionalist (talk) 15:51, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging eds who have already commented, as a courtesy: The Traditionalist Si Trew 67.70.32.190 Dispenser Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 18:17, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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What is the meaning of life

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. --BDD (talk) 19:08, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:NOTFAQ The Traditionalist (talk) 14:24, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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What is the matrix

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The result of the discussion was keep. --BDD (talk) 15:46, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:NOTFAQ The Traditionalist (talk) 14:24, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Takeba

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The result of the discussion was dabify. Technically, set-index-ify, but this is not a meaningful distinction for readers. --BDD (talk) 15:45, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ambiguous. Yukari Takeba is not the only Takeba on Wikipedia. Better to delete the redirect and let the search do its job. Reach Out to the Truth 03:39, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Number of planets

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The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 15:44, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Target does not answer this question. -- Tavix (talk) 00:13, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, it doesn't, at least not directly – so what is your suggested solution, Tavix? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paine Ellsworth (talk • contribs) 07:50, 26 July 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]
Since this is redirects for discussion, I'd like to see it discussed. -- Tavix (talk) 16:00, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not so: it was vague prior to the definition of planet being set by the IAU, subsequent to which Pluto did not meet the criteria. So we now know definitely whether a celestial body is a planet (by definition) or not. However, we certainly don't know how many of them there are in existence. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 01:58, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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