Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 July 27
July 27
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on July 27, 2014.
"Weird Al" Yankovicn
- "Weird Al" Yankovicn → "Weird Al" Yankovic (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
- Iran Air Flight 655m → Iran Air Flight 655 (links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
Delete per previous discussions (2013 November 20 and 2013 December 4) as recently-created redirects to implausible machine-generated typos. Gorobay (talk) 15:15, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Assburgers
- Assburgers → Asperger syndrome (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
- Assburger's syndrome → Asperger syndrome (links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
- Assburger syndrome → Asperger syndrome (links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
- Assburger → Asperger syndrome (links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
- Assburger's → Asperger syndrome (links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
- Assburgers syndrome → Asperger syndrome (links · history · stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
An editor posted to Talk:Asperger syndrome#Assburgers redirects here that the redirect is offensive, and ensuing discussion indicated that a wider audience would be useful. I have mixed feelings on this one, so this is a purely procedural nomination. - 2/0 (cont.) 14:14, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
- Keep - Because the redirect is a homophone of the target, it is a very likely misspelling that an average reader who is not yet familiar with the subject will enter in an honest attempt to find the actual article. Muffinator (talk) 17:54, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - Assuming consensus results in deletion due to offensiveness, the page should be reappropriated as a redirect to the South Park episode Ass Burgers. Muffinator (talk) 18:08, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
- Delete, sounds completely different to my ears. No need to keep a redirect from every obscure derogatory nickname. � (talk) 18:22, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
- In the original discussion, it was mentioned that the Australian pronunciation is different. Speaking as an American, "ass burgers" and "Asperger's" sound exactly the same to me. Muffinator (talk) 18:49, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - Perhaps instead of deleting all of these pages, it would be more useful to make a disambiguation page linking to Asperger syndrome, the South Park episode, and horse meat. Muffinator (talk) 18:55, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
- It should also be noted that both Assburger's syndrome and Assburger were kept prevously at a join RFD Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 January 23. and Assburger was kept a second time at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 March 11.--67.68.162.111 (talk) 21:20, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
The Rock
I propose re-targeting to Dwayne Johnson, professional wrestler and actor also popularly known by his ring name The Rock. From the page view statistics, Out of all the pages which could refer to "the Rock" (including anything called the Rocks), Dwayne Johnson has had 66.98% of the views in the last 90 days (more than 2/3!) and is ranked 369 in traffic on en.wiki. I did a similar count in 2013 where the percentage was 78.5%. Current stats below. starship.paint ~ regal 13:37, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Dwayne Johnson has been viewed 1862928 times in the last 90 days. From the Rock disambiguation page, other uses of "The Rock" in the last 90 days. Total of everything else is 918365. Total of all "The Rock": 2781293. Dwayne Johnson takes up 66.98%.
- Direct references
- Alcatraz Island: 259749
- Niue, an island near Tonga referred to as "the Rock" by residents: 169473
- The Rock (film): 128905
- Don Muraco (born 1949), professional wrestler also known as "The Rock": 32952
- Pedro Rizzo (born 1974), Brazilian martial artist nicknamed "The Rock": 23432
- Newark's Prudential Center, nicknamed "The Rock" due to Prudential Financial's logo: 26425
- The Rock or Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, former Class I railroad in the United States: 14018
- Monaco-Ville, the old town of Monaco and one of its administrative divisions, known locally as Le Rocher (The Rock): 11821
- The Rock, Georgia: 1118
- The Rock (The Frankie Miller Band album): 1653
- The Rock (John Entwistle album): 2071
- The Rock (Tracy Lawrence album): 1019
- The Rock (Rachmaninoff): 1375
- The Rock, New South Wales: 1948
- The Rock (Northwestern University): 1160
- The Rock (Michigan State University): 2605
- The Rock (rugby team): 1521
- The Rock (Radio station): 3285
- The Rock (play): 1642
- The Rock (stadium): 1952
- "The Rock," a nickname for the Knute Rockne Memorial athletic facility on the University of Notre Dame: 116
- "The Rock," a nickname for Kidd Brewer Stadium at Appalachian State University: 3306
- Foundation Stone, the rock inside Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock: 31761
- Indirect references / The Rocks:
- Rock of Gibraltar: 78708
- The Rock, instrumental song by The Who from Quadrophenia: 69906
- "The Rock," nickname of the athletic teams of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania: 11793
- ""The Rock", a song by Atomic Rooster from In Hearing of Atomic Rooster: 5699
- The Rocks (band): 751
- The Rocks, Sydney: 13879
- The Rocks, Inc.: 476
- The Rocks or Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick, a coastal formation: 6897
- The Rocks or the Scottish Rocks, a basketball team: 369
- The Rocks or McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, a borough: 7412
Tagging Niceguyedc, Flyer22 and creator Ed Poor. Also, comment on Part I of the proposal below.
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Also, Part II of the proposal. Move all other "the Rock" or "the Rocks" to The Rock (disambiguation). starship.paint ~ regal 13:37, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
- Support: Dwayne Johnson is clearly the most common use of "The Rock", although with so many other things using the name, Dwayne Johnson article should have a hatnote mentioning the redirect and linking to the disambiguation page. Muffinator (talk) 19:02, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Membrane Theory
- Membrane Theory → M theory (links to redirect • history • stats) [ Closure: keep/delete ]
Deletion. According to a discussion I have recently had with Polytope24 "membrane theory" is not an accurate alternative term for "M theory" and should not redirect to it. I do not know that there is any other topic to which it should redirect, therefore it appears a deletion may be the best alternative. KDS4444Talk 10:14, 27 July 2014 (UTC)