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Restyling

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 January 28#Restyling

Toneladas

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 retarget to Tonelada. (non-admin closure) feminist (talk) 11:18, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

although "tonelada" is Spanish for tonne, "tonelada" (or its plural "toneladas") are meaningless in English. The word is never mentioned in the article, therefore, there is no reason to be redirected there. © Tbhotch™ (en-2.5). 05:09, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Neither of which apply as the word is used in English. And please check this before issuing redirect deletes. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:26, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@In ictu oculi: This is Redirects for Discussion not Deletion. What are you talking about? Nowhere I asked it to be deleted, but to stop the incorrect redirection as it is meaningless in English (regardless how much you are stretching the "meaningful in English"; as Largoplazo said, quotations from Spanish texts are not valid). Secondly, "Tonelada" means the same in Portuguese, and the proposed Spanish customary units is not about Spanish-language customary units but about Spaniard customary units. Furthermore we are discussing a plural form, the fact you hadn't created Tonelada yet says a lot of what you do here. © Tbhotch™ (en-2.5). 18:28, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Then please tell the "Delete" vote below. At 07:41, 25 December 2018 I asked "How can GBook searches with "tonelada is" "tonelada was" "toneladas are" "toneladas were" be "Spanish excerpts"? So how at 18:28 can you asking the above? In ictu oculi (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:36, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
If he considers deletion is the best (it is a plural, not a singular) it is up to him. I checked the Gbooks. Those are hardly 50 specialized books, it makes little difference to the previous situation--that tonelada is meaningless in English. But it makes it clear you want the term to be a dictionary entry alone, as nothing at Tonne is about the Spanish name. © Tbhotch™ (en-2.5). 19:41, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, a search here for "tonelada" shows that it appears almost exclusively (a) within Spanish or Portuguese excerpts, (b) within direct quotations, (c) in articles about the units of measure of specific countries, and (d) in song titles, people's names, etc. Largoplazo (talk) 20:53, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Question: How can GBook searches with "tonelada is" "tonelada was" "toneladas are" "toneladas were" be "Spanish excerpts"? Is/was/are/were are English. And yes obviously "in articles about the units of measure of specific countries" because the tonelada was a unit of measurement of specific countries. WP:NOTDICTIONARY means "This page in a nutshell: In Wikipedia, things are grouped into articles based on what they are, not what they are called by. In a dictionary, things are grouped by what they are called by, not what they are." It doesn't mean that measurement words punto (unit) línea pulgada pie (unit) vara paso (unit) milla (unit) legua (unit) are not encyclopaedic content and must be deleted. On that basis inch would have to be deleted. We'd also have to delete tonelada from Cuban units of measurement if we're not allowing the measurement in en.wp. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:41, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Notice the difference between "a search here" and "a GBooks search". Largoplazo (talk) 11:55, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly; Not a significant difference, and our source is WP:RS, Wikipedia is not a source. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:33, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
NB a couple of those didn't have articles/redirects so I have created them. Pulgada is now a #REDIRECT to Spanish customary units But the point is if Spanish measurement units are banned from en.wp it's more than one redirect which needs deleting, weu'll be deleting Spanish customary units and all sub articles as well. And for other countries... In ictu oculi (talk)
That may be what is motivating this delete discussion, Shakira fans, but no - doesn't mean anything of the sort, as Spanish customary units indicates. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:28, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~ Amory (u • t • c) 17:02, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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ALL-CAPS with spaces redirects to Wikipedia:Protection policy

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. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 21:47, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

((R from shortcut))s are traditionally supposed to have no spaces in them. For all of these, their non-space versions exist. I do not see the usefulness of these since the versions without spaces will be used, and having to maintain these redirects is unnecessarily WP:COSTLY. (All of these were created by the same editor around the same time frame.) Steel1943 (talk) 02:29, 8 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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"Help" redirects to Help:Contents or Help:Help

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 retarget to Help:Contents. There's a lot to figure out here/below, but this does appear to be the consensus. In general, whenever an XfD discussion is underway, it's best to continue/engage in the discussion first. Moving and deleting pages, especially in multi-nom discussions, only serves to confuse and complicate matters. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 15:10, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's rather confusing that for one, Help:HELP targets Help:Contents instead of Help:Help, the redirect's non-caps equivalent. In any case, my primary opinion is that all of these redirects should target the same page. Steel1943 (talk) 17:03, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget all to Help:Help. Help:Contents has no useful information to justify redirecting, except links to other help pages. Jalen D. Folf (talk) 06:07, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I think all (except WP:Help page which should go to Help:About help pages) should be redirected to [[Help:Contents[[ and a hatnote on the top of this page like "Several titles redirect here. For more about help pages, see Help:About help pages." PorkchopGMX (talk with me - what i've done) 12:26, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I changed my mind, i think The Transhumanist's suggestion is better. PorkchopGMX (talk with me - what i've done) 16:10, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Sverbank

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 January 24#Sverbank

Philippine Americans

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The result of the discussion was retarget to Filipino Americans. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 21:48, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Surely this should point to Filipino Americans instead? The current target is an anomaly compared to all other "[demonym] Americans" article titles. feminist (talk) 16:10, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Maram language (Austro-Asiatic)

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 January 30#Maram language (Austro-Asiatic)

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