Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 18

This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on January 18, 2025.

Nude spanking

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was keep. plicit 00:07, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Non-erotic spanking is also done to the nude buttocks. (NPP action) jlwoodwa (talk) 23:44, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak keep. Retargeting to spanking would make this a case of XY redirecting to X, which is generally unadvisable. I would imagine that someone who included "nude" in their search is probably looking for the erotic version. Therefore, I think that the current status is best, if only by a slight margin. Anonymous 23:02, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per An anonymous username, not my real name. -Samoht27 (talk) 18:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - While non-erotic spanking can (but not necessarily always) be done to nude buttocks, someone searching for this term expressly is far more likely to be looking for the erotic version. I'm thinking WP:PTOPIC holds sway here. Fieari (talk) 23:52, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Torpedo Edward

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was delete. plicit 00:08, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not listed at target. I couldn't find anything called "Torpedo Edward" in the context of Mario characters online. (NPP action) jlwoodwa (talk) 23:07, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's an enemy called Torpedo Ted in Super Mario World. Ted is short for Edward or Theodore. Otis the Texan (talk) 23:09, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Implausible redirect, as the name of the character, and consequently the only name by which is known, is Torpedo Ted. We consult WP:POFR: this is not a misspelling of a name, an alternate form of a name as found in reliable sources, alternative spelling, or likely misspelling. This is an alternate name for a character constructed from whole cloth. Any assertion by OP that this redirect helps clarify characters for themself must not be taken seriously, as they have admitted that this, as one in a series of redirects created, is a test edit. Iseult Δx talk to me 03:11, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Regardless of whether this was a test edit or not, the question should still be asked, "Is this helpful? Would it assist anyone in reaching their intended target?" And the answer in this case is no. While "Ted" might be a standard nickname for "Edward", Torpedo Ted does not seem to be known ANYWHERE as Edward, to the point where there is significant confusion when most people encounter this form of the name. It's unused to the point where my first thought would be that someone else must be named Torpedo Edward instead... maybe in a cheesy 70s dieselpunk production or something. So, gotta say delete on this one, unless anyone can find it attested somewhere significant enough that it would prompt someone to search it (unlikely). Fieari (talk) 01:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Alfre Mondad

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was delete. plicit 00:09, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At first I thought this might be some obscure, minor character from the movie, which would still probably not warrant a redirect. However, after looking through the page history and Google, it seems that the article on this alleged character — that later ended up becoming this redirect — was completely made up (at best, as some sort of fanfiction, at worst, as a hoax). I have no idea how it's survived since 2005. It feels like a time capsule to a very different era of Wikipedia. I'm not sure if any speedy deletion criteria apply here, but it seems more than possible. Anonymous 21:06, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Mdy

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Daask (talk) 20:21, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(I haven't tagged all these templates and am reluctant to put a visible notification in mainspace for this usually-invisible template at the top of articles.)

Part of the purpose of Template:Use mdy dates is to indicate to editors what they should do. Thus, readability is important. I propose all of these redirects be replaced with their target which is:

  1. More easily understood even the first time you see it.
  2. Standardized, and thus easier to quickly scan and read.

I intentionally did not include in this nomination Template:Use MDY dates or Template:Use DMY dates, which are sufficiently readable for my concerns.

Daask (talk) 19:07, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Daask: I'm not sure if this is an RfD matter, since you're not asking for changes to the redirects' contents. But a bot that automatically bypasses these redirects sounds like something that might get consensus at a village pump. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 19:22, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The reason these redirects exist is to make editor's lives easier. I'd be happy to bypass them by bot if there's community consensus.
Please also note that if these redirects were deleted, loads of history becomes less readable. I think you would need to find a better use for the template names to convince e otherwise. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 20:05, 18 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]
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Emacs pinky

Does not seem to be mentioned at target; Repetitive_strain_injury#Society appears to be an alternative. 1234qwer1234qwer4 16:20, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BA flight 83

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was keep. Jay 💬 11:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

38 is the correct flight number, not 83. THISGUYtalk 13:51, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: @TG-article: I added it because the China Daily had, in an article, mistakenly called it "BA flight 83": http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-01/19/content_6406182.htm : "Thirteen people were injured when BA flight 83 from Beijing[...]" WhisperToMe (talk) 17:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but a retarget is possible if an occurrence involving "BA83" occurs. A Google search for "BA Flight 83" does show that initial reports referred to the flight as being "Flight 83". So even though it is the incorrect flight number, for now, I see no need to retarget/delete the redirect. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 12:14, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Red Movement

Not mentioned in target article, nor does the target section exist. Seems the section target may be intended to be Red#In politics, but with there not being any specific mention of this phrase in the target article, at the least, there may not be a guarantee that readers searching this phrase are intending to locate information about politics. Steel1943 (talk) 18:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget to Red Power movement, which seems like the most likely intended destination. Anonymous 20:21, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jay 💬 13:18, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Triple dub

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was delete. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 18:11, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It appears to be an outdated slang term that saw some use in the earlier days of the Internet but has largely faded into obscurity. A Google search shows three entries on Urban Dictionary for the phrase, and essentially nothing else. It also appears to be the name of an obscure rapper, which may well be a slightly more popular topic. Regardless, this redirect has gotten a whopping zero page views in the last month, so the course of action seems clear. Anonymous 02:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris talk! 07:28, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Notified of this discussion at the suggested target.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jay 💬 13:05, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Anonymous: Can you provide a source on the more popular topic of the obscure rapper? Jay 💬 20:36, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jay: [7], [8], [9]. Clearly non-notable, but that doesn't mean that no one would attempt to search anyway. It's anyone's guess as to whether people are more likely to search for an artist who doesn't seem to have gotten any media coverage or a piece of slang from twenty years ago. — Anonymous 20:51, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Doo (pseudonym)

There is no mention in the example of "Doo" being used as a pseudonym. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:20, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lukas Miklos

Redirected at AfD in 2009, no longer mentioned on the list of characters from this series, or anywhere on Wikipedia for that matter. Utopes (talk / cont) 00:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris talk! 09:04, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fédération de la Fonction Publique Européenne of the European Patent Office

The FFPE is a union that has a subsection at the European Patent Office. This page redirects to the European Patent Office article, which doesn't even mention the FFPE. I just don't see the point of this redirect. Aŭstriano (talk) 04:10, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. The statement that "the European Patent Office article [...] doesn't even mention the FFPE" doesn't appear fully correct. The FFPE is mentioned in the "External links" section. Per "WP:RPURPOSE" "Subtopics or other topics that are described or listed within a wider article. [...]" (underlining added), this redirect does not appear useless. Of course, ideally the "Employees' representation and labour relations" section should mention the FFPE. --Edcolins (talk) 12:27, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris talk! 09:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Benedict (Churchill)

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) CycloneYoris talk! 09:29, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely variant formatting. Rusalkii (talk) 04:22, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Rusalkii This actually is fairly common amongst articles referring or about Orthodox bishops, i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_bishops_in_the_United_States_and_Canada Alexthegod5 (talk) 04:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Huh! On reflection that makes sense, if they are not usually referred to by their last names. Withdrawn. Rusalkii (talk) 04:26, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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British independent

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was delete. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 05:12, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brexit doesn't necessary mean British independent, also when I google the term, it prompted out The Independent and British Independent Film Awards, so this redirect is ambiguous. A1Cafel (talk) 04:16, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Lasalle College, Bogota

No mention of a "Bogota" branch at the target article. The only content that made it to the main page was immediately reverted in 2013. People who are looking for the Bogota branch of LaSalle College will not be able to read about it at the target page without a mention. Utopes (talk / cont) 15:35, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Varoke

Relisted, see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 25#Varoke

LGBTQ topics and Judaism

There are many LGBTQ topics other than homosexuality. The current target article doesn't even cover the full scope of the "LG" part of "LGBTQ", as there's much to lesbian and gay Jewish culture that doesn't fit under "views on homosexuality", like the existence of LGBTQ synagogues or organizations like Keshet. That's before getting into the "B" and particularly the "T", the latter of which is covered somewhere completely different, Transgender people and religion § Judaism. That's currently linked by hatnote, but that is an incomplete solution. "LGBTQ topics and Judaism" is not just a viable topic, it's an FAäble one, so I suggest we either delete per WP:RETURNTORED or—a bit unconventional, but allowed—retarget to {{LGBTQ topics and Judaism}}, a navbox I just created, and mark as an {{r with possibilities}}. This is a strong opinion regarding the "LGBT(Q)" redirects, and a normal-strength opinion regarding the "Lesbian and gay" ones. Gender and Jewish studies is another possible target, but it actually doesn't say much about LGBTQ topics as currently written -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 00:06, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget - I agree that the nominated redirects are poorly targetted, yet they do have some utility and are therefore better than dead (red) or no links at all. The guiding light here is to fulfill Wikipedia's purpose. Our mission is to provide knowledge, and linking to that knowledge is often the first step. In regard to the mission, it's better to have on-target redirects, even if the destination is a navigation template and not an article. And therefore, I support retargetting to {{LGBTQ topics and Judaism}}.    — The Transhumanist   03:37, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was delete. Jay 💬 11:18, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely search term: Kyiv is Kyiv city, surely? It is independent from its Oblast, but there's no Kyiv inside a Kyiv city. Cremastra (uc) 00:06, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm it’s kinda a good point but I may or may not have searched it before created the redirect… Yh ik it’s probably a bit unnecessary Waited2seconds (talk) 07:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, kinda funny though ngl Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 10:56, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Are you referring to WP:NOM? How does that apply in this case? I of course haven’t yet completely red the policy, however I don’t think it concerns redirects. Waited2seconds (talk) 21:49, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Waited2seconds Wikipedia discussion jargon. It's short for "nominator". I'm the nom, so "delete per nom" means "delete per what I said in my nomination statement". Cremastra (uc) 22:33, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh ok, thanks for explaining! Waited2seconds (talk) 06:32, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, unlikely search term. -Samoht27 (talk) 19:12, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as unlikely per nom and Samoht27. Carguychris (talk) 18:49, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
this is a lot of kyivs for me xd
Delete per nom, and in fact I would even potentially argue that this is some weird kinda vandalism. User:Someone-123-321 (I contribute, Talk page so SineBot will shut up) 02:51, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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