Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 May 12

May 12

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on May 12, 2008

Weds → Weeds (TV series)

The result of the debate was Re-targted to WED. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:28, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking for a former Yiddish radio station with a callsign reminiscent of Eugene Debs. While WEDS may not have been the right call sign, I was a little baffled at where I ended up. It was originally a redirect to Weeds, which makes more sense, but "weds" is a form of the verb "to wed", and I'm not sure that out of the options of where this redirect is to go, there's any clear answer. Prosfilaes (talk) 22:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's gotta redirect somewhere. I'm not sure about Yiddish stuff or not, but just make sure it actually redirects somewhere or at least to a disambiguation page, rather than just deleting it. JayKeaton (talk) 22:36, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The station I was looking for is actually WEVD, though I think that's a good example why that naming format for radio stations is not a good one. Not my wikiproject, though. Why does this have to redirect somewhere? If the search term doesn't match anything perfectly, and matches too much disparate stuff imperfectly, why not just leave it blank?--Prosfilaes (talk) 23:30, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - It has to redirect somewhere because wed is used commonly in the English language, for example a Google search for the exact term "newly weds" brings up over eight million results. JayKeaton (talk) 00:05, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - I don't understand why that means an arbitrary redirect is better than no redirect. Is there an essay or policy I'm missing?--Prosfilaes (talk) 00:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This should be a dab page. This could mean a variety of different things such as an abbreviation for Wednesday. Should be a dab page. I'm frankly a bit perplexed by it being a redirect to the show. JoshuaZ (talk) 01:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Dabify as "wed" as a verb could mean either "have a wedding" or "enter into marriage". It is also a common abbreviation for Wednesday (although not as common as Wed). 147.70.242.40 (talk) 01:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Unless someone can come up with a radio station with this callsign, I recommend restoring it to the version that redirected to weeds (which was actually a double-redirect and should have pointed to weed (disambiguation)). There are no current inbound links to give us clues but I think it is more likely that this will be intended as/used as a plausible typo of "weed" than either the verb from of "wedding" or the abbreviation for "Wednesday". Rossami (talk) 03:02, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I actually think a dab page is a good idea. I didn't think of Wednesday as Wed, or Wednesdays as Weds. As well as Wedding, and weeds. Certainly I think it was over zealous to bleet out "delete delete" when there are a few VERY common uses. JayKeaton (talk) 04:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's over zealous to ask for the deletion of a redirect when the consensus is the redirect should go away?--Prosfilaes (talk) 10:29, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[deindent] The redirect will go away, only instead of being deleted it will be turned into a disambiguation page. RichardΩ612 Ɣ |ɸ 16:06, May 13, 2008 (UTC)

- - - But the nominator didn't say he wanted the redirect to go away or to be moved, he said "why not just leave it blank" which means deleting it. JayKeaton (talk) 00:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - And you said "it's got to redirect somewhere", which doesn't include turning it into a disambiguation page. There, I can play the overly literal interpretation to make an argument game, too.--Prosfilaes (talk) 01:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless, I think we have consensus that the page will not be beleted but will be dabbed. JayKeaton (talk) 01:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Dabify as per the IP above, the redirect as it stands doesn't make sense [there are far more likely meanings] but a dab page with the various meanings that have been mentioned certainly would be helpful. RichardΩ612 Ɣ |ɸ 16:00, May 13, 2008 (UTC)
Redirect to WED, which seems to be what Richard and the IP who voted to Dabify had in mind but already exists. Olaf Davis | Talk 09:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to WED - a disambiguation page which contains most of the links already suggested. Creating another disambiguation page would also be possible, but difficult as there is no actual primary meaning for 'Weds'. Terraxos (talk) 01:22, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]