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May 21

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on May 21, 2024.

Brain rot

Brain rot does not seem to be a common synonym for Alzheimer's disease. Most sources use the term to refer to internet content that reduces its consumer's mental faculties, like attention span. Even if brain rot is taken literally, that term would span much farther than just Alzheimer's. Based5290 (talk) 23:27, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: FYI Brainrot also redirects to Alzheimer's disease. I can't see any evidence of the literal term brain "rot" ever being used in the context of Alzheimer's. See this journal which explains it. I think the redirect should be deleted but a new article about the more modern term could probably be written. Clearfrienda 💬 23:47, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bundling in Brainrot. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 00:30, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Brain rot is a term that casually refers to, quoting wiktionary, "The degradation of mental faculties, intelligence, common sense, or moral character." It does not refer to the literal rotting of the brain in a physical sense such as how meat rots if not refrigerated. Google shows a recent trend towards using this term to specifically refer to "brain fog or lethargy resulting in too much screen time", but the term brain rot has been in use for well over a century... prominently, for example, it was used to describe the effect of reading comic books. Given the meaning of the phrase, I can understand why someone would create the redirect, but it definitely isn't the best target... I feel like moral panic is actually a better target than Alzheimer's, given how the term is actually used, but I'm expressly NOT saying we SHOULD retarget to moral panic since we don't actually discuss the term there (although I would not object to it being added there and THEN retargetting). I'm unsure where this could be best retargetted to, and if pressed, I'd lean towards either a crosswiki redirect to wiktionary or delete it outright, but again, I'm unsure, so I'll leave it as a comment for now. I expressly do !vote against the status quo however. Fieari (talk) 01:24, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Soft redirect to wikt. It is commonly used enough term, but unless an article on the term is made, wikt provides an explanation. I oppose redirecting to Digital media use and mental health § Social media and mental health since the term appears to have a bigger scope than mental health. Ca talk to me! 01:30, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Battles of Bohorodychne and Krasnopillia

Editor-coined term for a since-merged series of events. Not in usage anywhere outside of Wikipedia mirrors. SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 21:55, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I use EMR

"EMR" is a dab page so this can refer to anything, and the destination is not primary. Not a likely search term for readers. Searching this redirect term comes up with multiple different "EMRs" being used while the East Midlands Railway article does not refer to this term. So delete. DankJae 21:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Macra (rivers)

As far as I can see, there's only one river known (in Roman times) as Macra, and that's Magra (and even that claim is unsourced). I've removed a claim at the translated page Maira (river) because it isn't present in the source of the translation [[1]]. And anyway Macra (river) is red, so delete both these redirects. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 19:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Wall (specifically from Nostalgia Critic)

don't see why they should have different targets. inclined to retarget the former to nostalgia critic cogsan (nag me) (stalk me) 17:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no, wait a minute
i was looking at the wrong article
disregard previous prompt, retarget the latter to doug walker (masayoshi shido lookalike) as it's not mentioned in the nostalgia critic article (and as the reception section it supposedly anchors to no longer exists)
my bad cogsan (nag me) (stalk me) 18:00, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

'Umar ibn Sahlan as-Sawi

I am not good at Islamic naming or there about but I can find any clue with this particular redirect. It is also a near close and unlikely when searched on web browsers. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 16:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Potassium heptafluoroniobate

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 withdrawn due to conversion to its own viable article. Huge thanks to User:Smokefoot who did so on short notice. DMacks (talk) 16:16, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Target does not mention this other chemical. It's been 8 years since redirect was created as a temp placeholder for an article. No prejudice against someone actually writing it at any time. DMacks (talk) 15:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. 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).

Template:Edit-Protected

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 withdrawn. Clearly the issue lies with the base templates and not with the redirects that point to them. Will refocus my efforts in that direction. Primefac (talk) 15:48, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These templates were all created before other editing protections were anything other than semiprot was available, but are now vaguely titled and (as far as I can tell) no longer used to actually request edits to fully-protected pages (I have yet to see one after about 2015). I retargeted these redirects to the dab template {{request edit}} and was in the process of updating usage but the action was contested, which is why we're here. I will of course fix extant uses if this goes through. (please ping on reply) Primefac (talk) 11:38, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. 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).

Mohamed ben Issa

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 Closed by nominator. Went for a disambiguation (non-admin closure) Викидим (talk) 05:28, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are multiple potentially notable Mohamed ben Issa known, both ancient and modern, so the references to al-Hadi do not use this abbreviation. I did not find a single source that had refereed to the target in this abbreviated way. Delete to avoid confusion. Викидим (talk) 05:05, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. 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).

Shinichi Tanaka (rugby)

Suggest deleting per WP:RETURNTORED. Only linked to from its own target. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 02:05, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Windows 8.2

Windows 8.2 does not exist, and does not refer to Windows 10. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 17:15, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per previous RfD. I know it was 9 years ago and Wikipedia:Consensus can change, but the arguments made back then are still convincing. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 18:19, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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