Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 July 8

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This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on July 8, 2019.

Images of Saddam Hussein

• Images of Saddam Hussein → Saddam Hussein  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Images of Bianca Jackson → Bianca Jackson  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Images of Kanniyakumari → Kanyakumari district  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Images of Kanyakumari → Kanyakumari district  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Images of Rachel Corrie → Rachel Corrie  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Images of Saskatoon → Saskatoon  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Images of test cards → Test card  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Pictures of Jhelum → Jhelum  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Not within the scope of the purpose of redirects, and a Pandora's Box. The first is an old redirect to Wikipedia:List of images/People/Saddam Hussein (see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:List of images). — the Man in Question (in question) 23:44, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Scource of God

• Scource of God → Attila  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

This is just a typo for "Scourge of God", a nickname for Attila the Hun. An unlikely to be meaningfully reduplicated error. Most readers will have it corrected automatically in the search bar, anyway, and as it is not a misspelling of the target name, but simply of a nickname... Also, it could just as easily be a misspelling of "Source of God" and redirect to Existence of God. In short, not useful. — the Man in Question (in question) 23:34, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Christ Holy

• Christ Holy → Jesus  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Not an actual phrase. Very minimal pageviews (8 in the past 90 days). — the Man in Question (in question) 23:29, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Delete as vague. Closest target is a partial one: Christ Holy Church International --Lenticel ^(talk) 01:02, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Somatometry

• Somatometry → Category:Human size  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 
• Somatometric → Category:Human size  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

This is almost certainly a notable topic and IMO should be a redlink until an article can be written (perhaps at Body measurements). Another idea would be to redirect to Bust/waist/hip measurements, the current target of the Body measurements, although this is a subtopic of of the subject _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:59, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

• Retarget all to Body measurements if not too much of a hassle. Current redirects are unacceptable as cross-namespace from the mainspace. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:05, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BDD (talk) 21:07, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

• Comment another option is Anthropometry, of which this is a subtopic or branch topic. It depends on whether Body measurements is meant to be as comprehensive. Bust-waist-hip is a very superficial subset of measurements. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:22, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
• Retarget to Anthropometry, the measurement of the human individual. Add an explanatory hatnote along the lines of {{redirect|Body measurements|"vital statistics"|Bust/waist/hip measurements}}. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:02, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Steel1943 (talk) 23:25, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Revenge of the Mummy (Universal Studios Dubailand)

• Revenge of the Mummy (Universal Studios Dubailand) → Universal Studios Dubailand  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• King Kong (Universal Studios Dubailand) → Universal Studios Dubailand  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

Delete. The existence of these redirects infers that these things exist or existed: as the target article makes clear, they never did. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 14:05, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

• Keep. The existence of these redirects simply infer that there is content about this concept at the target. Someone searching for information on these rides will learn by following the redirect that these rides, like the park itself, was cancelled. -- Tavix ^(talk) 16:13, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Steel1943 (talk) 23:24, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

The Green Bag (magazine)

• The Green Bag (magazine) → The Green Bag (1889–1914)  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

The Green Bag is the name of two different magazines, the historical legal humor journal at The Green Bag (1889–1914), and the current journal located at The Green Bag. My retargeting of this redirect to the disambiguation page Green Bag, per WP:INCOMPDAB, was reverted without explanation by User:Jay D. Easy, so I bring this here to settle the question. bd2412 T 20:59, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

• Is a journal considered a magazine? If it is then pointing to Green Bag is best, or The Green Bag as a redirect from unnecessary disambiguation, assuming it's the primary topic. —Xezbeth (talk) 10:29, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
  • In terms of the publication format, I don't know what distinction can be drawn between a journal and a magazine. In this case, both are regular publications containing collections of relatively short pieces by varying authors. bd2412 T 11:37, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
• Retarget to The Green Bag. If we think there's no primary topic between the two publications, rename the current one and retarget to the disambiguation page. I would support either of these outcomes. --BDD (talk) 14:37, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Is there a primary topic?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Deryck C. 12:32, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

• Disambig I'm unable to identify a primary topic between the two publications mentioned above. Thryduulf (talk) 13:36, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
• Disambiguate at Green Bag and tag as {{R from incomplete disambiguation}}, though I'm happy for disambiguation at another title. I don't think there is a clear boundary between a "journal" and a "magazine", so it will be appropriate to disambiguate this title. Deryck C. 09:44, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
• Retargeting per nom seems fine to me, but my preference is probably: Retarget to The Green Bag (1889–1914) and add a hatnote on The Green Bag (1889–1914) "For the journal, see the The Green Bag." But I do think the distinction between journal and magazine is slight in terms of what readers might search for. — the Man in Question (in question) 23:15, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Steel1943 (talk) 23:21, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

ManiFold

• ManiFold → Manifold  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Random, unuseful capitalization. — the Man in Question (in question) 22:15, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Fuck a duck

• Fuck a duck → Fuck  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Previous RfDs for this redirect and similar redirects:

• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 January 7 § Fuck a duck → Avisodomy – No consensus

Not mentioned in target article. Now meaningless. — the Man in Question (in question) 22:13, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

President Snowflake

• President Snowflake → Donald Trump  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• T-rump → Donald Trump  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• The Trumpster → Donald Trump  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Commentary, not redirect material. — the Man in Question (in question) 20:34, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Retarget President Snowflake to Snowflake (slang) as there is a special section about the politicization of the term. Delete the rest as not used. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 21:22, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Sheikh Zubeir

• Sheikh Zubeir → William Shakespeare  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Really? — the Man in Question (in question) 20:32, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

The Flanneled One

• The Flanneled One → George Lucas  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Commentary, not redirect material. — the Man in Question (in question) 20:30, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

USSR 2

• USSR 2 → Union of Sovereign States  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

I get the connection, but this plan was never referred to as USSR 2 _signed, Rosguill ^talk 17:53, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

User:BrendonTheWizard

• User:BrendonTheWizard → User:Vanilla Wizard  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

Please delete this redirect from my former username to my current one. My former user page was originally moved without a redirect for good reason, but a user currently involved in a stale month-old discussion with me elsewhere decided to recreate it so people could "follow the conversations" with me. "User:BrendonTheWizard" is not a registered account and should not have a user page.  Vanilla  Wizard  💙 17:50, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Comment why was it moved in the first place? Many discussion were still open like the 2019 Venezuelan uprising move, a clear redirect to your user page seemed important.--MaoGo (talk) 17:53, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  It was moved without a redirect because that is the procedure for a global rename. It doesn't matter that a few requests for comments that I weighed in on haven't closed yet. Please do not recreate pages for unregistered usernames to link them to my current user page.  Vanilla  Wizard  💙 17:58, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  Please, may you point me to the WP guidelines on this. To me it seems important that your old username should link to the old one for a temporary period, to avoid problems with open discussions. I only knew about your name change because you changed usernames during a ITN discussion. Would you mind describing the rationale for your name change?--MaoGo (talk) 18:02, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  I submitted my request for a global rename in private and my reasons for doing so will remain private. My old name is duly and visibly on my user page, which is all that's required of me. There is no policy that says to leave a redirect, which is why it's procedural that stewards do not leave redirects when renaming accounts, and per WP:NOBAN you should generally respect users' wishes with regard to whether or not you should edit their user pages. I'm going through some things offwiki and I can't really deal with this unnecessary editwarring over my own userpage right now.  Vanilla  Wizard  💙 22:39, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  Sorry, I will not insist more on your motives. I suppose there is a Wikipedia guideline out there (?). I will not re-add the redirect if deleted, I wish you the best offwiki, I apologize if adding a redirect is not the standard way of doing this. My concerns on why a user is able to do so are still up, I hope somebody can address them.--MaoGo (talk) 07:18, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

• Delete. I think it's rather important that if a user no longer wants an old name, that old name be allowed to die. It's a shame it had to come here at all. — the Man in Question (in question) 22:43, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Stranger Things redirects

• The Storm (Stranger Things) → Stranger Things  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 
• The Secret Cabin → Stranger Things  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 
• The Pumpkin Patch → Stranger Things  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 
• The Palace (Stranger Things) → Stranger Things  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 
• The Lost Brother (Stranger Things) → Stranger Things  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 
• The Brain (Stranger Things) → Stranger Things  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 
• The Boy Who Came Back to Life → Stranger Things  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

Unless I missed something, these aren't names of Stranger Things episodes (and they aren't mentioned on the page). Gonnym (talk) 13:18, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• This might shed some light on it. Looks like they were episode titles that were either unconfirmed and/or later changed. PC78 (talk) 17:03, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

HP!

• HP! → HP1  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Previous RfDs for this redirect and similar redirects:

• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 January 23 § HP^ – Keep

HP! is not at all the same as HP1. If someone mistypes HP! for HP1 and hits enter, they will realize their mistake and fix it, the same way as if I accidentally typed WW@ for WW2, I would not expect there to be a redirect. — the Man in Question (in question) 10:32, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Keep per previous discussion and tag as a {{r from typo}} and {{r from ambiguous term}}. (Also, for the record, WW@ has redirected to World War II since 2012.) - Eureka Lott 13:53, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  Ha. Didn't know about WW@. Thanks for pointing that out. Yes, I was there at the 2010 discussion when it was redirected to HP1. Not a fan of that decision. — the Man in Question (in question) 19:31, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Abrahahm lincon

• Abrahahm lincon → Abraham Lincoln  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Abraham Lincol → Abraham Lincoln  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Previous RfDs for this redirect and similar redirects:

• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 December 24 § Abraham Lincol – Delete

Implausible. While an argument might be made for Abraham lincon as a repeat misspelling, the second h here makes it useless. These both were in fact deleted in 2009, but mystifyingly recreated in 2018. As for the second, to quote from an editor in the original discussion, "Why not leave off the final letter of any article title? Let's do that to George Washingto while we're at it." — the Man in Question (in question) 09:41, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Delete as implausible and per WP:PANDORA. No need to ensure that all instances of lazy or incomplete typing have redirects; for many users, the search bar should already be able to point readers to the correct title in instances such as these. ComplexRational (talk) 10:50, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia.

• Wikipedia. → Wikipedia  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Previous RfDs for this redirect and similar redirects:

• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 December 7 § Wikipedia. – Keep

Useless PANDORA error. Compare 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and many more. — the Man in Question (in question) 09:19, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Keep. I usually don't object to deleting redirects with trailing punctuation, but this one continues to get regular use, averaging 99 pageviews per month. Deleting it would be a disservice to visitors. - Eureka Lott 14:05, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  I would argue that its continued use derives solely from its existence, and that without it all of these searches would search Wikipedia directly without the searchers having any trouble at all finding what they were looking for. I imagine if "Wikipedia," were made again, it too would receive high traffic. — the Man in Question (in question) 19:39, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

αlpha and βeta

• Αlpha-Aminonaphthalene → 1-Naphthylamine  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• αlpha-Pyrrolidinopentiothiophenone → Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiothiophenone  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Αlpha-glucanase → Glucanase  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Αlpha-glucanases → Glucanase  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Αlpha-methyl-phenethylamine → Amphetamine  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Αlpha-methyl-phenyl-ethyl-amine → Amphetamine  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-Aminobutyric acid → Beta-Aminobutyric acid  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-Dihydroequilin → 17β-Dihydroequilin  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-Melanocortin → Beta-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-Melanotropin → Beta-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-Phenethylamine → Phenethylamine  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-Phenylethylamine → Phenethylamine  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-dihydroequilin → 17β-Dihydroequilin  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-melanocortin → Beta-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-melanotropin → Beta-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-phenethylamine → Phenethylamine  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Βeta-phenylethylamine → Phenethylamine  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

All of the Alphas begin with Greek α, not English A; all of the Betas begin with Greek β, not English B. No use to such mixing. See Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 January 6#Βeta. — the Man in Question (in question) 08:41, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Keep Delete, α and β in title not visible as explained by nom. This is exactly the whole point of a redirect: I cannot type an "α" on my en keyboard, so I geniunely expect that "alpha" should do. (for α-Naphthylamine). -DePiep (talk) 00:06, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

  I think you may misunderstand. Each of these does not begin with the word "Alpha" or "Beta", but with a nonexistent word "αlpha" spelled with the letter α, and a nonexistent word "βeta" spelled with the letter β. I quite agree with you, and that's not what's going on here. In fact, the point you are making is kind of the same one I am making. This is the same situation as Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 July 2#Маrchа dоs Реsсаdоrеs. — the Man in Question (in question) 00:26, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

  I now see for midlist βeta-Aminobutyric acid, but top Αlpha-Aminonaphthalene does not show this? (αlpha-Aminonaphthalene?). Anyway, of course a delete all for those actual situations you describe. -DePiep (talk) 01:16, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

  @DePiep: All instances above are as I described. You can check this by copying the first letter of any entry and entering it into the search bar. The search result will be the page for the corresponding Greek letter. — the Man in Question (in question) 02:33, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

  OK, so I changed into Delete all.

  Finally got it!: α and β are lowercase in Greek alphabet, and since wiki turns titles in uppercase-first αfoo and βbar change to ({{ucfirst:...}}) Αfoo and Βbar. As it happens, uppercase α and β in greek alphabet look the same as Latin A and B (see alpha). As wikilinks work, we can write lowercase and still get the blue link: αlpha-Aminonaphthalene. In that Redirect page itself, I added {{lowercasetitle}} which shows the alpha character nicely & legally.

  The first "A" in Αlpha-Aminonaphthalene is actually the Greek "A". U+0391 Α GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA is a different Unicode character than U+0041 A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A, so it might sort differently e.g. in categories (depends on wiki software). This point in your nomination, re "English A", is slightly incorrect (not fatal though ;-) ). -DePiep (talk) 08:37, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

aɪˈtælɪk

• aɪˈtælɪk → Italic type  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• andəʂ oːslʉnd → Anders Åslund  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• la.i.siˈte → Laïcité  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsʲjanəf → Mikhail Kasyanov  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• monteβi'ðeo → Montevideo  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• pɛsaħ → Passover  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• plaɪd ˈkəmri → History of Plaid Cymru  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• sɑrˈdɪnɪə → Sardinia  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• viktɔʁ maʁi yˈɡo → Victor Hugo  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• vwɔˈdʑimʲɛʃ tɕimɔˈʃɛvʲitʃ → Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Pronunciations do not valid redirects make. Compare: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 December 31#'nunu 'aɫvɐɾɨʃ pɨ'ɾɐjɾɐ, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 January 6#ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim. — the Man in Question (in question) 08:07, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Necromancing the Stone (Charmed Episode)

• Necromancing the Stone (Charmed Episode) → Charmed (season 5)#ep109  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

This is a case of miscapitalisation. In fact, there are no mainspace articles linking to this redirect, hence no concern regarding history. If ever the episode gets its own article, it will be titled "Necromancing the Stone (Charmed)". Kailash29792 (talk) 06:25, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Delete. WP:RDAB. — the Man in Question (in question) 21:57, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

What wp is not

• What wp is not → Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

I mildly support limited use of cross-namespace redirects, like How to edit a page, How to start a page, How to move a page, How to rename a page, and How to cite Wikipedia, because they may help potential new editors break in. But WP:What Wikipedia is not is hardly an entry search, and WP:NOT is an appropriate shortcut for editors, who know better than to go looking for WP in the article namespace. — the Man in Question (in question) 04:22, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

What is now the United States

• What is now the United States → History of the United States  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Unhelpful search term and potential Pandora's Box. — the Man in Question (in question) 04:17, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Delete It is a Pandoras Box. Not needed. AmericanAir88^(talk) 14:34, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Do i sounds gay

• Do i sounds gay → Do I Sound Gay?  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Implausible variant. — the Man in Question (in question) 04:14, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• How so? I made it because its what I had searched for in looking for the article. Thmazing (talk) 06:12, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  Sounds instead of sound. There is separately a Do i sound gay redirect. It's sort of like creating a redirect for "To kills a mockingbird". — the Man in Question (in question) 06:27, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

How to climb

• How to climb → John Long (climber)  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

John Long wrote a book called How to Rock Climb! This title, How to Climb, is not the name of the book, and is too generic. If it were to be kept, it would need to be retargeted to Climbing; but scroll down and you'll see my opinion on that kind of redirect. — the Man in Question (in question) 04:14, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

What is this thing called thinking

• What is this thing called thinking → What Is Called Thinking?  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Implausibly different than the correct title. As a Google Books search shows, What Is This Thing Called Thinking? is not an alternate version of the correct title. — the Man in Question (in question) 04:10, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

What not to wera

• What not to wera → What Not to Wear  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

Clearly just a typo. — the Man in Question (in question) 04:08, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

What is a museum

• Are elephants afraid of mice? → Fear of mice  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Can dogs see ghosts? → Pet psychic  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• Can you hear the shape of a drum? → Hearing the shape of a drum  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• How can a tram route cross a trolley bus route without short circuits → Overhead line  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• How many countries are there in the world → List of sovereign states  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• How many spaces after a period → Sentence spacing  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

• How old is the earth → Age of the Earth  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]

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Wikipedia is not a search engine. Wikipedia is not Yahoo Answers. Some question phrases are probably valid redirects, because the questions themselves are notable and have a life of their own, such as "Why is the sky blue?" or "What is the meaning of life?" I have not included any of those here (though I have included some gratuitous variants). Just because something is a common question, that does not mean it should be a Wikipedia redirect. For example, there should not be a redirect "How many ounces are in a pound?" (and there is not), even though that is the tenth most commonly asked question on Google; this is the job of search engines, not Wikipedia. Wikipedia does not need to offer question-style titles to the question-asking crowd any more than it needs to start offering peanuts and soda to the snack-seeking crowd; question-askers should go to Google, and snack-sneekers should go to the convenience store. Compare Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 January 2#What is wikipedia, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 December 1#What is islam. — the Man in Question (in question) 03:53, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Delete all You beat me to it. None of these should be in Wikipedia, because of Pandora's box: What is the population of New York City, How high is Mount Everest, every other possible question will surely follow, it is only a question of when. I am confident in !voting delete even though there have been prevous discussions of some of these, such as Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 April 28#When is Christmas, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 April 28#When was the Berlin Wall built. UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:16, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  And there have also been very successful deletion discussions on this topic. — the Man in Question (in question) 05:24, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

  Exactly. And thanks for adding that link. UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:07, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

• Delete all. Nothing to add to nom. -DePiep (talk) 14:19, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
• Delete all Wikipedia is not google. AmericanAir88^(talk) 14:33, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Settled tangent

Ultra Strong Historical Keep "Is interstellar space travel possible", this is a very early Wikipedia page by Larry Sanger, and its initial edit (which was only up or a few minutes) gives a historical look at some of the types of things Sanger was thinking over at the time. Please consider removing this one from your list and let it be. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:06, 9 July 2019 (UTC) (edit conflict) Wow, Is interstellar space travel possible was created in July 2001 by Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger, with the original version containing some interesting commentary on what should be an acceptable article title. Take a look. I'd be inclined to keep this just for the history. Or maybe it could be moved somewhere out of the mainspace to keep the history available? --Yair rand (talk) 00:11, 9 July 2019 (UTC) I agree, for its historical value alone. I have removed it. It would be nice if there was a way to move this kind of thing out of the mainspace. — the Man in Question (in question) 00:16, 9 July 2019 (UTC) Thanks, you have a good sense of history. And historically it's best to just leave it in mainspace. I would expect at some point that historians will be going over Sanger's early edits, which is where it could then be found. Jimbo and Sanger are two very historical figures of the 21st century, even if you can now grab a beer with them. Time travelers will want to do just that. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:47, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

• Keep a few of these redirects, even if most of them are redundant. Why does the Universe exist? probably shouldn't be deleted, since this is one of the central problems of metaphysics. Jarble (talk) 01:48, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

  Can you please specify which redirects you feel this way about, so we can discuss each one? As for the one you mentioned, I did not list Why is there anything at all and Why is there something rather than nothing? (both of which are mentioned in the target article) for this very reason, but I didn't think "Why does the Universe exist?" was so iconic a phrasing that it passed the not-Yahoo-Answers test. A Google Books search shows that this phrase is found in very few books, and in inconsistent contexts. (A simple Google Books search turns up many matches, because Google Books will approximate a search even if it is put in quotation marks; you have to actually check the individual entries to see if the phrase occurs.) But of course we can discuss the merits of keeping this and any other redirects. — the Man in Question (in question) 02:46, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

• Keep What is law? because the question is notable. There is a very large body of literature devoted to the definition of law and therefore to that question. It is possibly the most important area of the field of study that is called jurisprudence and has been a massive controversy in that field of study since the nineteenth century. James500 (talk) 03:58, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

  I think that's fair. — the Man in Question (in question) 04:18, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

• Delete trivial items “What_is_X ↳ [[X]]” but keep the rest. What happened to en.Wikipedia? In 2012 local people tended to keep even mojibake; when ru.Wikipedia-style deletionists gained ground here? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 06:50, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

  Nothing has changed. See old RfDs linked in nom. — the Man in Question (in question) 07:30, 9 July 2019 (UTC)