Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 February 15

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The result of the discussion was keep. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 23:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Elling Woam → Bog body (links to redirect • history • stats)     [ Closure: keep/delete ] 

This would be very uncommon to accidentally type in search for the "Elling Woman" GouramiWatcher ^(Gulp) 23:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• I am confused. The pagehistory indicates that you created the redirect back in 2009 after doing just that. The page has existed for almost three years without causing confusion or getting in the way of any other content. While I agree that it is unlikely that anyone has created external links to the title during those three years, it is still possible. Recognizing that redirects are cheap and that link rot is bad, why should we bother with deleting the redirect? (Note: If kept, the redirect should be tagged with {{unprintworthy}}.) Rossami (talk) 07:53, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as notable search in Google. I was closed this discussion when the target was deleted. ApprenticeFan ^work 14:03, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was keep. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 23:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Википедиja → Wikipedia (links to redirect • history • stats)     [ Closure: keep/delete ] 

The last two characters are Latin, not Cyrillic. No one will ever type it. Delete it. Gorobay (talk) 22:05, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: such combinations are typical of ex-Yugoslavs living in Russia. Russian Cyrillic keyboard layout lacks letter "ј" (U+0458 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER JE), so they have to type "j" (U+006A LATIN SMALL LETTER J) instead. As "a" and "а" often look identical (do they?) the users just don't feel the need to switch even if they are aware of technical difference. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 19:36, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  I didn't know about those keyboards. This changes everything! Gorobay (talk) 22:15, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • I actually tried to persuade one of my friends to stop typing this way, even compiled a custom layout, but it didn't work. Can we consider this nomination withdrawn? — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 23:04, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • We can. Mixing scripts like this bothers me, but if it is attested, there is reason to keep it. That's why I didn't nominate ГIалгIай Мохк for deletion too. Gorobay (talk) 04:10, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The funny thing here is that it wasn't the motivation for this redirect creation: that day Merovingian created similar redirects for all the languages. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 23:13, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Per Czarkoff. Foreign alphabets can't be simplify in mother tongue. ApprenticeFan ^work 12:23, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 23:01, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• В поисах нежости → V Poiskah Nezhnosti (links to redirect • history • stats)     [ Closure: keep/delete ] 

This is a typo for В поисках нежности. It was recently created. It should be deleted. Gorobay (talk) 19:00, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• One character off and it's a c for ck. To an English speaker, that appears to be a plausible typo. (And this is the English Wikipedia so mistakes of that kind are possible as readers attempt to find the content they are looking for.) Is it harmful, confusing or in the way of some other content that belongs at that title? Unless there's a compelling reason to delete, keep because redirects are cheap. Rossami (talk) 07:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually, it's an с for an ск; it's also missing an н. Anyone who is able to type Cyrillic will know that. This redirect is not actively harmful, but I think it falls under reason for deletion #8: "Improbable typos or misnomers are potential candidates for speedy deletion, if recently created." Gorobay (talk) 14:47, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hmmm. I'd missed the second error. That makes the redirect far less plausible in my opinion. Still not a speedy-candidate but I withdraw my "keep" opinion. Rossami (talk) 23:16, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: to Russian speaker this seems to be a way too much. Compare IPA: [v poisɐx nʲeʐɛsʲtʲɪ] (redirect) to IPA: [v poiskɐx nʲeʐnəsʲtʲɪ] (notice that the "о" in the third word reads differently). Don't think that English-speakers with low to no understanding of Cyrillic do frequently type queries in Russian. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 19:27, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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