Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 May 23

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The result of the discussion was delete -- JHunterJ (talk) 12:42, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• CLOSE TO THE SUN → Close to the Sun  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

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• Comment It looks like Close to the Sun (video game) is often shown in marketing materials with the all caps name. In fact, that article originally started at the caps title and is why the page with caps exists. I don't know if this is enough to keep the redirect or not (and why this is not a !vote), but it is important context. - Paul^T+/_C 20:51, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• We do not normally create such all caps redirects based solely on marketing materials; thus there is no ALIENS or THE INCREDIBLES even though the titles are all caps on the movie's poster. UnitedStatesian (talk) 14:20, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was keep. all, except

talk) 16:12, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply

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

• Main page/ →
  talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete
   ] 

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

• Main Pag → Main Page  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

• MAIN PAGE! → Main Page  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

• Main PAge → Main Page  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

• MAin Page → Main Page  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ] 

• Portal:Mainspace → Main Page  (talk · links · history · stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]  Speedily deleted at author request.

Delete: These are completely unnecessary unlikely typos/punctuations, plus a cross-namespace redirect, and are particulary undesireable because they generate

• Comment whether they are useful typos or not, nobody is going to be surprised to end up at the main page (or in many, possibly most, cases even be aware they made a typo).
  WP:SURPRISE applies only when someone ends up at a target different to the page they were looking for, but in this case it's very clear that the main page is what they are looking for and that is where they arrive. Thryduulf (talk) 17:08, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Keep
  MAIN PAGE! per Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 March 2#MAIN PAGE! - this is harmless and unambiguous. No opinion on the rest yet. Thryduulf (talk) 17:22, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Keep all the other mainspace pages per Iridescent below. Still thinking about the Portal one. Thryduulf (talk) 19:35, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak delete
    Portal:Main page (which redirects to the Main Page) is much more intuitive. All this leaves me at "it's nearly but not completely harmless, and while it's not useless it's not very useful either" so on balance it's a very weak negative. Thryduulf (talk) 12:09, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]
• Keep all.
  Iridescent 18:54, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• The surprise it not that you got there, it is how you got there, since the explanation is missing. UnitedStatesian (talk) 19:08, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • With the exception of the Portal: redirect (which would probably benefit from being discussed separately) very nearly everybody using these is going to doing so after having made typo. They wont care how or why they got from MAin page to Main Page - many of them wont even realise they typoed so wont be surprised at anything. The only people who care about how they got to a particular page are either (a) also surprised at the target, or (b) experienced users who are familiar with redirects and will be curious but not surprised. Thryduulf (talk) 19:35, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep "MAin Page" and "Main PAge" as reasonably-likely typos. Weak keep on "Main Pag". Delete the rest as implausible. We shouldn't be trying to build a directory of redirects from every conceivable typo. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:22, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep All except for Delete Portal:Mainspace as Portal:Mainspace is a cross namespace redirect Abote2 (talk) 10:06, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep
  talk) 13:02, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• @InvalidOS: will you please CSD G7 the cross-namespace redirects you created and that you now feel should be deleted, to save us having to discuss them? Thanks! UnitedStatesian (talk) 13:08, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• (edit conflict) To clarify, I invited you as the creator of one of the redirects - all the other creators and significant contributors have not edited in years (in one case since 2004). Thryduulf (talk) 13:10, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• @
  talk) 13:12, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Keep "Portal:" redirects, as the main page is literally a Portal. (and it *should* be in portalspace, since Main Page is not an article, and is not about the topic of "mainpages") It is also in Portalspace in other language Wikipedias, so would facility cross-language travel. And create more redirects in Portalspace for various spellings. -- 70.51.201.106 (talk) 11:16, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was keep. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 00:54, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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

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• Comment Romania is a member of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Thryduulf (talk) 16:33, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: I started this redirect because French had been a major foreign language in Romania... https://mpnewyork.mae.ro/en/node/1180 WhisperToMe (talk) 16:45, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Although we wouldn't generally keep redirects from foreign languages, I think this redirect has value because of the country's identification as Francophone. Particularly since we have so many other links to slightly similar names such as Ruman, Romany, Roman, etc., which could be confusing to someone who is trying to find the country Rumania. BTW we have a redirect from
  Roumania already; no reason not to keep Roumanie. -- MelanieN (talk) 16:29, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Keep there clearly is a connection.
  b} 05:00, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]

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The result of the discussion was move

(non-admin closure) Steel1943 (talk) 21:11, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply

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