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This page was nominated at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion on 2014 December 25. The result of the discussion was keep.

Ricky Byrd listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Ricky Byrd to the article Rebel Heart (Madonna album). Please participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 08:48, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand the suggestion noted above - has it been mixed up with another discussion somehow? The suggestion in fact seems to be to delete this redirect. The history as I understand it, is as follows:

17 Dec 2007 - page is created for Ricky Byrd (former guitar player with Joan Jett and The Blakhearts)
22 May 2008 - the page was redirected, quite correctly I believe, to Joan_Jett#Joan_Jett_and_the_Blackhearts
24 January 2014 - attempts were made to hijack this redirected page to create a profile about the non-notable Ricky Bonard Byrd Jr.(CEO of Byrd Investments Group LLC, basketball player for Rome Gladiators, and an American actor), which had nothing to do with the previous content. Many continued attempts were made by a variety of different accounts. All these were reverted, but it became necessary to protect the page. The content added below with the infobox is another example of the persistent attempt to add content about Ricky Bonard Byrd Jr.

Because of this history, the request regarding this redirect does not make sense, and things are probably best left as is. The guitar player to whom the redirect correctly applies is not the self-promoter that is causing the problems. --_nonsense ferret 18:08, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Incidentally, the section with the infobox below I wrapped in a <code><nowiki> for formatting; it was invisible before because of the initial bar (|) in {{|Infobox ...}}}. Otherwise it's unchanged. Si Trew (talk) 18:51, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Protected

Page is protected. Why? Si Trew (talk) 08:44, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SimonTrew: see above --_nonsense ferret 18:08, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Could this page please be tagged with {{Rfd}} per the template's instructions? Thanks! Steel1943 (talk) 15:54, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Huon (talk) 18:16, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 16 September 2019

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Good morning, I have created a full, sourced independent page on Ricky Byrd and want to load it up on Wikipedia. However, there is this redirect to Joan Jett's page and it is protected. Only an administrator can delete the redirect. Byrd's career extends far beyond his work solely with Joan Jet and the Blackhearts, and this redirect needs to be deleted.

Here, by the way, is the page I created to validate my request: User:EllenZoe/sandbox/Ricky Byrd Please update this as soon as possible.

Thank you. EllenZoe (talk) 15:37, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done @EllenZoe: I suggest you list your page at Wikipedia:Requested moves and allow for a discussion period first. Prior articles under this title have been problematic, you may have solved that problem with your rewrite - and a RM discussion is a good way to show support for that. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:16, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

xaosflux I was unable to open/add a request for discussion on the Wikipedia:Requested moves. I am at a loss. Would it help if I loaded the new page as Ricky Byrd (musician)?EllenZoe (talk) 18:18, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@EllenZoe: OK, I guess RM process doesn't like that mechanism and suggested using 'submit' instead. I've tagged your page for review that can deal with it. It was the page content not the specific title that was the challenge previously, so no: do not just pick a new title. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:26, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux: Thank you. EllenZoe (talk) 19:02, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 27 September 2019

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I have written and sourced a page for Ricky Byrd, but cannot load it because of the page-protected redirect to the Joan Jett page. His career has extended well beyond the years with Jett. Here is the work: User:EllenZoe/sandbox/Ricky Byrd. Please help remove the redirect so this can be loaded. EllenZoe (talk) 14:48, 27 September 2019 (UTC) EllenZoe (talk) 14:48, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]