Talk:Brian L. Frye

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Lethargilistic in topic What's going on here?

What's going on here? edit

Hey, Lethargilistic, Liz, and Thryduulf—I'm looking at the edit history of this page and trying to figure out what happened. It looks like it should have been a straightforward {{db-move}} situation, but that hasn't been the case. Can one of you explain what happened? If I'm reading things correctly, Lethargilistic made a speedy deletion request, but the template was removed by Liz with an edit summary that I don't understand. Lethargilistic then brought the page to RFD. That request was closed by Thryduulf with a pointer to WP:RM/TR, but no corresponding edit was made there. Am I missing something, or are we chasing our metaphorical tails here? - Eureka Lott 23:06, 19 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

My only involvement was closing the RfD with a pointer to use WP:RM/TR not RfD for moves that cannot be completed if a redirect is in the way (per the RfD instructions). As I know nothing else about the situation I didn't make a request myself, I leave that to someone who actually thinks the page should be moved (I have no opinion). I think Liz is saying that instead of nominating the move target for deletion, the nominator should instead have made a move request for the source page. I'm not sure what relevance Twinkle has to that though (I don't use it). Why Lethargilistic interpreted that as "request deletion at RfD" I have no idea, especially as there are instructions in multiple places, including an edit notice, directing people to RM in such circumstances. Thryduulf (talk) 23:47, 19 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

I made the speedy delete request. Liz deleted the template and told me to use the Javascript gadget Twinkle to mark it for deletion. I used the Javascript gadget Twinkle to marks it for deletion. If the Javascript gadget Twinkle put the request on the wrong page, that's suboptimal, but shouldn't be a confusing issue, IMO. If any one of you would please delete this redirect, I could take care of the subsequent steps in less than five minutes. It's literally blocking a move from "Brian L. Frye (filmmaker)" to "Brian L. Frye". There's no disambiguation necessary, a clear G6 speedy delete. The "(filmmaker)" note is just an artifact from the Draft stage that didn't get sorted out properly. Thanks. lethargilistic (talk) 08:28, 20 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Resolved this confusion by using {{db-move}}. Be BOLD, etc., etc. lethargilistic (talk) 08:57, 21 July 2021 (UTC)Reply