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This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on December 22, 2016.

Template:Request denied

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Race Differences in Intelligence (References)

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix (talk) 00:13, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

At one point, the information in the target article was structured such that these would make some sort of sense (I think). But now, I don't think they have any utility at all, and are only likely to confuse readers. "(References)" isn't disambiguating, and suggests a page of references, like a bibliography. --BDD (talk) 21:17, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Australias

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The result of the discussion was keep. The discussion has established that this is a valid historical name. Deryck C. 12:09, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not a plural. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 22:08, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not a likely typo--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:11, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@BDD: Searching "the australias" (including the quotes) brings up five results for me (viz. The New Traveller's Almanac, World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Bill Johnston (cricketer), Miss Satine, and Bunyip aristocracy). — Godsy (TALKCONT) 04:15, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Australo

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The result of the discussion was disambiguate. I'll create it at Australo- since it's a prefix, and retarget the other redirect there. -- Tavix (talk) 22:58, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTDIC article does not explain the meaning of the prefix. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 22:09, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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CDTD

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The result of the discussion was delete. The rough consensus is that although there isn't another topic on the English Wikipedia that can be abbreviated CDTD, the abbreviation isn't commonly used for this topic. Deryck C. 12:18, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Totally random, I'm not seeing any evidence that this is a common abbreviation for the album name, nor do we have any articles that mention this abbreviation. The problem is that there are many entities (notable or not) with this abbreviation and readers could be looking for anything, only to be mislead. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 10:11, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Category:'Adan Governorate

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The result of the discussion was keep. The general consensus is that we can keep this because this redirect resulted from a page move from an acceptable alternative name and category redirects have become commonplace in recent years. Deryck C. 12:12, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Patentical nonsense. GXXF T • C 19:30, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Category redirects used to be used very sparingly, but they seem to have been more common lately. This one was created by a page move, so I guess as far off as April 2015, this was happening automatically? I wish we could check a What links here to figure out if the target category has any other soft redirects.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BDD (talk) 16:49, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You can check the "what links here" as on any other page as a category redirect contains a templated link to its target. The only catch is that if any of the redirects have redirects of their own, these aren't going to be displayed: so if A redirects to B and B redirects to C, the "what links here" from C will not show A. – Uanfala (talk) 01:21, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia:SYSTEMICBIASISNOTPOLICYOREVENAGUIDELINE

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix (talk) 00:18, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:CREATINGASHOUTINGTITLEFORAONESENTENCEESSAYDEMONSTRATINGSOMEOBSCUREPOINTISDISRPUTINGTOMAKETHATPOINT. Two essays created at the same time with a gripe about the the value of essays which were later redirected to the the essay we already have on that topic, and which are unlikely to be actually typed out in a discussion. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:06, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I should add that the aforementioned gripe was entirely valid, only creating two shouting redirects for it was probably not. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:39, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@SSTflyer: you realize these are redirects, right? -- Tavix (talk) 21:15, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I do. These are not useful as redirect pages but may be useful as essays if reverted to a previous revision. SSTflyer 16:39, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
So your !vote should be interpreted as "revert", not "procedural keep". Redirects should not be listed at WP:MFD. -- Tavix (talk) 16:43, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Scientific religion

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix (talk) 00:36, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Obscure synonym, there is also Religious Science, Relationship between religion and science etc, all of which are specific topics. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 07:16, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Pindas

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 January 7#Pindas

A noodle

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The result of the discussion was delete. The emerging consensus is that, despite the fact that "a noodle" is sensibly used in certain contexts, it doesn't help to put the indefinite article in front of this common noun. Deryck C. 12:17, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody is going to search for this for we rarely talk about "a noodle" in a countable sense. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 06:49, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete common word that would not be served any use for having an extra "A" in front. Articles already exist for pool noodle and wet noodle. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 19:51, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Wins for Toyota — Safety Group

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix (talk) 00:33, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not mentioned in target. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 06:45, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Completely non-notable internal company program. --Slashme (talk) 09:01, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Simple rice

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix (talk) 00:30, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Almost all usages of this term are websites for recipes, hence WP:NOTGUIDEBOOK. I bet we don't have simple wheat, simple vegetables, simple noodles etc etc. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 02:40, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Vietnam Long Grain Rice

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The result of the discussion was delete. (Based on the former content, it should have gone G11 a long time ago.) -- Tavix (talk) 00:24, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOT a catalogue, almost all usages of this term were used in that sense. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 02:39, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Chaaval

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. I echo Uanfala's comment that deciding a target is difficult, as this discussion proved. Among other arguments, a general trend I've found was those wanting the redirects kept point out that they are simply synonyms for rice in Indian and Pakistani English while those advocating to retarget feel that more specific articles would suit readers better. Both are well founded arguments and both have been thoroughly countered, so I cannot find consensus at this time. -- Tavix (talk) 22:51, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No particular relation to whatever language this is, the closest I could find was Kadhi chawal, but I don't think that is a synonym. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 02:28, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget Chaaval to List of plants used in Indian cuisine#Cereals where "चावल (chaaval)" is the second entry and contains a link to rice. Thryduulf (talk) 03:13, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Lemongirl942: That is true, but they lack mentions at rice. I think it is more helpful to direct readers to where we have explicit information about chaaval and chawal. Best Regards, — Godsy (TALKCONT) 05:39, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, we generally don't. But it's not that rice has a strong affinity for India. It's that Indian English has a strong affinity for using Hindi derived terms for grains and vegetables.Plantdrew (talk) 21:50, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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2005 Sanriku Japan Earthquake

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix (talk) 00:22, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No related content on WP. This was a low intensity shock with no consequences. Of several hundred responses on the USGS' "Did you feel it?" reporting tool, none were higher than IV (Light) (This was a shallow undersea earthquake that occurred about 150 miles (240 km) from land). A 32 centimetres (13 in) tsunami wave occurred, but again, this is Japan (no stranger to destructive tsunami). Magnitude alone is insufficient information to judge the effects or intensity of an earthquake.

Dawnseeker2000 01:20, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Now that we know why it exists, the question then is whether this is something people are going to search for. Dawnseeker's description above is accurate. It received some immediate news coverage, but as far as I can tell it caused no damage. So I do not think anyone will come looking for information on the event, and if they do, they will be disappointed because it is not described in the article. So the link seems rather pointless. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:13, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Chinese region

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China (cultural region)

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 January 6#China (cultural region)

IPhony

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Fush

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The result of the discussion was delete, which seems to be the majority in argument as all other opinions were admittedly weak. I do have to applaud Uanfala's attempt to disambiguate though. -- Tavix (talk) 22:34, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Readers are more likely to be looking for some obscure topic than as a typo. We do have Abr Fush and Fush Yu Mang, but unsure if this is a plausible search term for either, a Google for this brings up many obscure neologisms. Also, this is equally a likely typo for Gush etc.- CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 00:25, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded, we don't usually make redirects for obscure typos, AFAIK. Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 00:30, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 17:58, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Gallophagia

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix (talk) 20:43, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This almost certainly is absolute nonsense, a Google shows only results that seemingly are mirrored from Wikipedia. - (NOTE:Combined for they were created on the same day by the same user) CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 00:10, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Boiled ham

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The result of the discussion was delete. -- Tavix (talk) 20:41, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

All not mentioned in target. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 00:04, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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