Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 September 11

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The result of the discussion was delete. JohnCD (talk) 12:59, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Devil’s Playground → Devil's Playground (links to redirect • history • stats)     [ Closure: keep/delete ] 

Deletion - looks circular, there is a disambiguation page, no need for this. Unless there's a punctuation difference I'm not seeing? Lexein (talk) 23:05, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• The redirect uses a grave accent instead of an apostrophe. Delete since I don't think many people type those in for apostrophes. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 23:12, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Delete - This seems like an unlikely mistake and, indeed, the stats seem to bear that out. It's doing little harm and pointing to the correct place but I don't think many people would miss it if it were gone. —mako๛ 00:15, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete a little stronger. English Wikipedia disapproves of apostrophes like that (see WP:PUNCT in WP:MOS) so it does seem rather unhelpful. And yes of course I can type back quotes and front quotes, EN:WP says straight quotes so to me the redirect is at best redundant and at worst unheplful. Si Trew (talk) 11:02, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was Delete. Lenticel ^(talk) 01:44, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Wikipedia:Moon landing → Moon landing (links to redirect • history • stats)     [ Closure: keep/delete ] 

Either delete this as it is cross-namespace or redirect it somewhere else but I'm not sure where. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 19:52, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, completely useless. --GW… 20:08, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete -- per nom. N2e (talk) 20:15, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete unless someone suggests a reasonable place this should be pointing. This gets basically zero traffic and doesn't seem to serve any purpose. —mako๛ 00:04, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - I concur. This is not needed. --Kumioko (talk) 00:17, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Useless since people would be searching for just "moon landing". --NavyBlue84 01:29, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. The article Moon landing was created in March 2005 as WP:Moon landing. 9 hours later it was moved into main space. Looks like an obsolete approach to creating articles outside main space and moving them when ready. Nowadays one would do this as a subpage of one's user page. Hans Adler 06:34, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Per above, Keep for sentimental reasons - the way things were. Just kidding. Delete. --Lexein (talk) 06:56, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Of course, Delete per above. Lexein is talking nonsense to say keep, I remember when there WASN'T a Wikipedia. Since then a load of contributors have made the best encylopaedia in the world essentially from nothing through hard work and diligence and constructive criticism. Shame he isn't one of them. (Of course, only kidding you back.) Si Trew (talk) 11:07, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Redirect is not needed. Tyrol5 [Talk] 21:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete. JohnCD (talk) 21:47, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Wikipedia:Flying monkeys → Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks (links to redirect • history • stats)     [ Closure: keep/delete ] 

Delete as it makes no sense Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 19:32, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete – Not only does it make no sense, it is extremely unused. Seems like one person's joke that went over everybody's head. –MuZemike 21:37, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Tony Sidaway, the creator of the redirect, was the main ArbCom Clerk in 2006 when this redirect was created, and I suspect he was alluding to some of the controversy that (somewhat surprisingly in retrospect) surrounded the initial creation of the Clerk positions. If people are curious, we can ask him. But whatever the reason for the redirect five years ago, I can attest based on a year as a Clerk and three as an Arbitrator that it has no current utility or relevance. Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:12, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • See User talk:Tony Sidaway for his explanation of where this came from. I don't think anyone disagrees that it can be deleted now. Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:02, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral - The only place it is linked to is from a clerks userbox on User:Avriette/UTS that claims that "this user is a flying monkey." Looks like an attempt at a meme that never real stuck. It's hard for me to get too excited about this either way. As a mostly failed bit of Wikipedia lingo, it doesn't really hurt to keep it around but it doesn't serve much purpose either. —mako๛ 00:10, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Presumably someone on the committee needs to wear the golden cap to command the winged monkeys. –xeno^talk 15:02, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Xeno, you of all people should be aware that the golden caps were replaced with our fezzes some time ago. (This, of course, facilitates those who wish to accuse all of us functionary types of "hat collecting.") Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:02, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Must have missed the board meeting =) –xeno^talk 16:05, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Oh no not the Flying Monkeys, how will we get aroung Wikipedia without them?. --Kumioko (talk) 16:15, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete The flying monkeys may contest this, but weren't they community banned in 1939 as being entirely imaginary and somewhat whimsical? Delete per NYB and MuZemike. Is it SNOWing? — Becksguy (talk) 08:21, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm pretty sure that fictitious primates cannot cause a change in worldwide weather, although I could be proven wrong. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 14:56, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete. JohnCD (talk) 21:50, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Ryan Potter → Supah Ninjas (links to redirect • history • stats) 

Links to actor's TV show, with no biographical inforamation on the actor himself. Subject was also previous AfD. QuasyBoy 18:07, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Ryan Potter is mentioned several times in the article so this shouldn't be surprising. If Ryan is otherwise notable enough to deserve his own article, create a stub which links to this article. Stats suggest that this redirect is getting hundreds of hits a day and, presumably, this is the best place for it to point at the moment. —mako๛ 00:13, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - all the target says about this person is that he has starred in this series. If there was something worthwhile to say about the person rather than the character then I would say keep, but there is not. When we have nothing substantial to say about a subject we should hold our hands up and not imply that we have. It appears from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Potter that he is not currently notable so a viable stub seems unlikely unless additional sources are forthcoming. There is the added complication that there are other 'Ryan Potters', without pages, that people may be looking for, and who will account for at least some of the hits. For example, the musician Ryan Potter, see The Horseman (film), the historian Ryan Potter, see Wolfville, the fighter Ryan Potter (possibly the same person), see Richie Hightower, the Canadian football Ryan Potter, see 1982 CFL Draft. Taking readers who want to know about a 'Ryan Potter' to this page would simply lead to frustration. Bridgeplayer (talk) 14:47, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Bridgeplayer and nom. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 15:23, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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