Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 September 7
September 7
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on September 7, 2008
Canadian federal election, 2009 → Canadian federal election, 2008
I can't imagine a valid reason why a future hypothetical Canadian election in 2009 should be redirected to one in 2008. Best deleted until it's clear when the next election after the current one will be. Nfitz (talk) 22:27, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Delete as being unrelated and failing WP:CRYSTAL
- Keep: the election was scheduled to occur in 2009, but then on September 7th, Parliament was dissolved and it was rescheduled for this year. IT was recently in the news. This redirect should be kept for those who haven't heard that it's been rescheduled for this year. Deamon138 (talk) 04:22, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- Keep - Yeah, I agree, even though I doubt that they wouldn't know its this year. Pie is good (Apple is the best) 01:39, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- Keep the background section expaling the fixed eletion law clearly explains that the election was originally set for 2009 and expalins the reason the redirect was first created. --76.66.188.34 (talk) 02:27, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- Keep - article clearly states that had there been no dissolution of Parliament, there would have been an election scheduled for October 19, 2009 (as required by law); thus this is a foreseeable search term. If there is another dissolution after the 2008 election, the redirect can be overwritten very easily. 147.70.242.40 (talk) 20:57, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
The designations L Velorum, l Velorum and Lambda Velorum refer to 3 completely different objects. L Velorum is HD 83058 [1], l Velorum is HD 79917 [2] and Lambda Velorum is HD 78647 [3] (note SIMBAD displays these designations as "* L Vel", "* l Vel" and "* lam Vel" respectively). Redirecting L Velorum to Lambda Velorum is thus incorrect. Icalanise (talk) 19:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Delete as redirect since not workable as a redirect page. Please feel free to turn L Velorum into a disambiguous page. Suntag (talk) 21:09, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Delete as it is factually wrong 70.55.89.214 (talk) 07:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
- Comment I've rebuilt this as a set index. (below the horizontal line) 70.51.9.124 (talk) 06:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- Delete as it is a confusing redirect. Disambiguation would be an option only if there are multiple potential targets, but in this case, it is not a viable option. Neither is retargeting it to the article for the constellation Vela, as L Velorum is not mentioned in the text. 147.70.242.40 (talk) 19:48, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
- Comment data for both the two stars (L Vel and l Vel) is available at List of stars in Vela (l Vel/L Vel) 70.51.9.124 (talk) 06:59, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Auto Channel → Gordon
Page matter seems to have no relevance to "Gordon" to which there is no obvious disambiguation, and there are no pages linked to this page. Seems to be a candidate for deletion. billinghurst (talk) 07:06, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Delete as a redirect since no apparent relevance to Gordon. Comment A review of User talk:Mac shows many different discussions about redirects since February 2008. They may be the result of moves or just errors resulting from significant effort in creating redirects. Suntag (talk) 21:19, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Auto Channel (which appears to be worthy of its own standalone article) is owned by Gordon Communications. I've added a redlink/line to the Gordon dab page to encourage an article on the latter, but in the meantime, the redirect is a confusing one. If a standalone article cannot be written before close, delete the redirect. 147.70.242.40 (talk) 20:09, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Gordon Communictions → Gordon
Looks like created in error, and as a typing mistake. Nothing on disambig page relates to topic matter. billinghurst (talk) 07:03, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Delete - It doesn't seem likely that many people will mistype "Gordon Communications" as Gordon Communictions (with the "a" missing from Communictions). Also, there doesn't seem to be any reason why a reader looking for Gordon Communictions in Wikipedia would want to be directed to the disambiguous page Gordon. Suntag (talk) 21:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, missing a letter is a common (and foreseeable) error. If there were indeed an article on Gordon Communications (and not simply a line on a dab page), I'd recommend keeping it, but since there is none, it would be better to delete and wait until someone actually writes the article. In the meantime, I've boldly added a link for the Gordon Communications redlink in the dab page. 147.70.242.40 (talk) 20:03, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Afro-Native Americans → Black Indians
Neologism, not mentioned in any of the target pages sources or links. Unlikely to be searched by any user. Jimmi Hugh (talk) 01:48, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Comment From the redirect creator's user page, it looks like the redirect was created based on this website. Suntag (talk) 04:09, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
- Keep based on results of Google search of phrase. The use of "Afro-native American" appears to have gained traction in academia since its use in mid-1990s publications (see page 2 of the search results of the phrase with quotation marks). Thus it can be a useful search item. 147.70.242.40 (talk) 20:17, 9 September 2008 (UTC)