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December 5

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The nominated redirect was deleted. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 17:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Big Blue( F-Zero) → Big Blue (F-Zero) — this is a redirect for a typo that likely used to be on a linking page. The only incoming link there is now is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big Blue( F-Zero), which I created, since I foolishly didn't understand the difference between rfd and afd. It should be removed, too. Alan smithee 01:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete, unlikely typo relying on misplaced punctuation. I've speedily closed the AfD debate. And there's nothing foolish about the mistake... RfD isn't exactly well advertised. ^_^ — Haeleth Talk 01:47, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete per nom. BD2412 T 05:39, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
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The nominated redirect was deleted. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 17:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply] The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 17:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply] The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 17:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply] The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 17:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • HRH Prince of Norway → Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway. The prince was born; his name was not announced for several days; somebody wrote a placeholder article under the bizarre and pointless name "HRH Prince of Norway." The prince's name was announced; the page was moved; let's lose the unhelpful & meaningless redirect, a relic of this misadventure. Doops | talk 10:51, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete per nom - this individual is not the only Prince of Norway, so this redirect is too narrow, hence inappropriate. BD2412 T 05:39, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Speedy delete - the redirect is incorrect since the newborn prince does not have the title HRH. -Frodet 22:12, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 6

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The nominated redirect was retargeted to Taiwan independence to clear the double redirect. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 05:53, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Taiwanese nationalism → Taiwanese independence (effectively a double redirect) -- Taiwanese nationalism is not synonymous with Taiwanese independence. Taiwanese nationalism is the promotion of Taiwan as a nation, while Taiwanese independence is the promotion of Taiwan as a state. You can have a Taiwanese nation (such as by promoting a Taiwanese culture that is separate from Chinese culture) but no independent Republic of Taiwan, just like there is a Tibetan nationality, but no independent Tibet. We can perhaps say that the Democratic Progressive Party, in playing identity politics, favors a Taiwanese nation, but is not promoting Taiwanese independence through the Five Noes.--Jiang 00:41, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 9

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The nominated redirect was kept. Nomination was contested, and redirect is useful in any case. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 05:41, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply] The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted without objection. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted without objection. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted without objection. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted without objection. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted without objection. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

December 10

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The nominated redirect was deleted without objection. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

December 13

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Jitse Niesen (talk) 18:15, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply] The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was deleted. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was kept. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 00:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply] The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.
The nominated redirect was kept. The redirects were changed by User:Pilatus to point at List of city nicknames. This seems to be a valid retargeting, so no deletion is required. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 00:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Memfrica → Memphis,_Tennessee is a portmanteau combining the words Memphis and Africa that that is used locally to highlight and in observed cases exaggerate African-American citizens who demographically make up a majority of the population. From my own person observation, this term is used as a disparing remark against African-american citizens and the city, it's users attempt to blend what they perceive as negative(Africa and African-Americans) onto a city. A google search of the term provides examples of such usage. It is also commonly used in offensive jokes. Offensiveness not withstanding, does this term really need to redirect to Memphis? Is this Wiki quality? * Memphrica → Memphis,_Tennessee same as above --Kaoticvibe 23:32, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 14

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The nominated redirect was retargeted to Royal family. Thanks to sjorford for the suggestion. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:17, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:24, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was delete. The consensus at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Shpants was simply to delete the article Shpants. There was no consensus to redirect Shants. Cryptic's points are valid. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:30, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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December 15

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The nominated redirect was kept. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:31, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Rayce car → solar car. I don't see the connection. Thue | talk 00:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep, did you Google? 9,330 results, all about solar cars, their development, and racing them (which encourages more powerful solar cars, as that is a major problem with them.) Its a blended word - "ray" as in sun + "race", but has been around far too long and gained too much acceptance to be termed a neologism. Rayce is currently a redirect to Rayces, which explains this (poorly.) KillerChihuahua?!? 13:10, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:32, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Propane and propane accessories → Hank Hill -- The article on Hank Hill has nothing to do with "Propane and propane accessories." Further, there is no need for an article on "Propane and propane accessories" since any content would be better off on the Propane page. Also, there are no articles that link to Propane and propane accessories, and it has not been edited since its creation. Alexlockhart 07:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • While I understand the link, it is unlikely to be searched for, and is therefore an unuseful link. Delete. --LV (Dark Mark) 19:49, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete - potentially confusing redirect for people not familiar with Hank Hill. Courtland 23:35, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was kept. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:34, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Template:Main2, Template:Main3 and Template:Main4 → Template:Main — Templates not used. Replaced by {{main}} which now can take up to 5 variables. CG 21:17, 15 December 2005 (UTC) [moved from TfD 21:50, 15 December 2005 (UTC)][reply]
    • Keep. I don't understand why some people are so eager to delete harmless redirects that are likely to be used by editors unaware that the actual templates have been superseded. —Lifeisunfair 21:50, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep - As suggested, these are likely to be recreated and therefore should be retained to point at the preferred solution. Courtland 23:35, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 16

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:09, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:15, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:16, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted, with a history merge. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:26, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Bijan → given name -- Originally Bijan was a one-sentence stub stating it was a given used in Iran. Delete as misleading. Pilatus 17:36, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 17

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The nominated redirect was kept. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:08, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • X punk band → X (band) -- the target is a disambiguation page that contains references to two punk bands; there are no incoming links to the redirection page nominated; it is unlikely that a new edit would re-create a page entitled "X punk band". Courtland 03:14, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep - aids searches, doesn't hurt - David Gerard 19:03, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was kept. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:13, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • List of People suggested to have been involved in the Kennedy Assassination → Kennedy assassination theories -- this page was redirected only two or three minutes after was created. Also, the mover somehow erased the original article so that it cannot even be seen in the history. I feel that the original article should be reinstated. Hundreds of books have been written about the Kennedy Assassination and thousands of theories have been propounded as to who did it and why. Therefore, a simple list of the people named seems suitable and appropriate. Sam Sloan 06:30, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete because the article it redirects to is an obvious target for vandals and kooks engaged in character assassination Fred Bauder 22:29, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • The article in general will be, redirect or none. However, we have a non-crazy JFK assassination aficionado who's said on wikien-l that he'll be keeping an eye on it. Keep to discourage recreation - David Gerard 19:12, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:16, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was kept. Please note that RFD is not the place to resolve disputes about where a page should be located. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:18, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • The Alternative Factor → The Alternative Factor (TOS episode) — the bulk of content (consistent with that in all other Star Trek ep articles) is in the former article, but the other article was created afterwards, likely with Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek#Articles naming conventions in mind (and hence this request to move). The latter article is an unnecessary dupe: it has nothing that isn't already in the former. E Pluribus Anthony 14:01, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep - doesn't hurt, doesn't pollute a namespace, and discourages inadvertent recreation - David Gerard 19:03, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep - in fact (said without inspecting for consequences) it would be useful to move the target to the redirect title and delete the target after. Courtland 23:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was kept. Please note that RFD is not the place to resolve disputes about where a page should be located. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:31, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Midi-clorians → Midi-chlorians — This is a lingering issue for these endosymbionts in the Star Wars universe. An initial spelling, and few other mentions, indicate the former; most others – including the majority of canon and fanon literature in print and online – indicates the latter. The article was recently moved back to the former by a proponent, but a Wp consensus supports the latter ... and I'm unsure how to do it! :) E Pluribus Anthony 14:01, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep and lock the first spelling - David Gerard 19:03, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep - reasonably likely typographical error in search term. Courtland 23:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:31, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was kept. This is pretty much a textbook example of the "Other spellings, other punctuation" category of redirects as mentioned at Wikipedia:Redirects. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:36, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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December 18

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The nominated redirect was delete. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 15:05, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Charles_Yip → University_of_Sydney -- Delete because article does not mention redirected name at all... Looks like a student of the university trying to make a name for himself. novacatz 03:40, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 19

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:59, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sven → Sven-Göran Eriksson -- This name is way too common to redirect to one person - probalby too common even for a disambig page. SCEhardT 04:27, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete: I thought at first it might be needed to be kept for extraneous wikilinks that people create, but I was surprised to see that there are almost no items on the what-links-here page. Courtland 04:14, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was kept. Wikipedia is not censored for the protection of minors, so the fact that it's offensive is not relevant to its continued existence. And while think this is a pretty juvenile redirect, it is vaguely plausible that someone might type it in. Plus, having it as a pre-existing redirect may possibly prevent future mischief. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Huge cock → Human penis size -- Offensive. I'm not asserting that that's a good reason to delete it, so hopefully the smart people here can decide. Stevage 21:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Redirect to Cock_(chicken). My kid got an email advertisement saying that he could get a large cock. It would be nice if he could look up what that means on Wikipedia. --Peter McConaughey 00:26, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • I rather like this image. Pity it isn't licensed appropriately for Wiki. --Zetawoof 05:15, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete, offensive, at least to some, and not useful. Peter's suggestion made me smile, but I don't think that would be a proper redirect. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 01:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 20

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The nominated redirect was speedily deleted as a completely implausible redirect. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 05:49, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply] The above is preserved as the archive of an RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.

December 21

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The nominated redirect was retargeted by User:Stevage. No administrative action required by RFD. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:29, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Chucker → Muttiah Muralitharan -- Within the game of cricket the word "chucker" is a highly derogatory and offensive term aimed at bowlers who bowl with a suspect action. Whilest Muralitharans action is a major source of contention, quite obviously this redirect violates NPOV. 210.50.249.92 02:55, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:30, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Highcliffe/Temp → Highcliffe: Product of moving the temporary page to the real one after the copyright violating article was deleted. Zazou 12:38, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:32, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:34, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. I see no value to that redirect. It seriously can't be speedied? - Taxman Talk 17:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete bad naming context. xaosflux Talk/CVU 08:20, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was speedily deleted as per WP:CSD, R1. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 00:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:36, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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December 22

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The nominated redirect was speedily deleted by CambridgeBayWeather. → Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:02, 22 December 2005 (UTC) Melissa Hipkins → Narcissistic personality disorder -- Nonsensical, possibly offensive, of little use. 62.189.34.9 11:41, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:39, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Kept as plausible redirects: Michael jackson singer, Michael Jackson (singer), Michael jackson - singer. Deleted: All the rest.
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:38, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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December 23

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Page histories were merged prior to deletion. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 00:19, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 21:05, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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December 24

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Deleted all redirects that were malformed. Deleted all redirects with the article "The" in it. Deleted B word since it redirects to "Bitch" when it could just as logically redirect to "Bastard." Kept the rest. This discussion was resolved according to RFD policy, and should not be regarded as prejudicial or proscriptive for the AFD discussion which also relates to these redirects. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 21:26, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • ''h'' word, The h word, The ''h'' word, ''P'' word, The P word, The ''P'' word, S word, ''S'' word, The ''S'' word, The S word, The D word, D word, ''D'' word, The ''D'' word, The A word, ''A'' word, The ''A'' word, A word, The B word, The ''B'' word, ''B'' word, B word, The ''N'' word, ''N'' word, N word, The N word, F word
    This is a series of unused and mostly unusable redirects for euphemisms of certain profane words. The malformed redirects contain double-apostraphes (not quote marks) and, while they work in the redirect title, are interpreted as control characters in any link. They do work here. Even the ones that work correctly, however, are inappropriate attempts to create euphemisms. Rossami (talk) 01:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep. We have n word as a redirect to nigger and f word as a redirect to fuck, so should have these redirects as well. Robot32 01:03, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep the two Robot mentioned, delete the rest. Zach (Smack Back) 02:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Delete all except n- and f-word. Flyboy Will 03:25, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep; most of these are variants on euphemisms I've heard in use; they are generally not useful within article contexts (thus the "unused" comment), but they are useful for redirection of searches. User:Ceyockey 16:03, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
    Delete, no need to be coy. Pilatus 20:36, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep, familiar variants on euphemisms. 205.188.116.6 23:22, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep all the redirects. 64.12.116.6 16:43, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Delete the ones that don't work (the ones with double apostrophes). They serve no purpose. --RCS talk 08:07, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep, all are useful.BlairBBog 23:52, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep all except for the ones with double apostrophes. Foosher 15:14, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep but change the double apostrophe ones to non-double apostrophe ones with technical limitation tags pfahlstrom 00:36, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep the simple ones "F word", "S word", "H word" and delete the rest (with articles and punctuation). The entire point of Wikipedia is to look something up when you encounter it in speech or reading, and indeed these terms are sometimes known by these euphemisms. Demi T/C 18:53, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Delete all with "the" or weird formatting. Keep '[letter] word' patterns. Renesis13 19:12, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was expanded into a workable stub by User:Sjsilverman. No administrative action from RFD required. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 21:35, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Neuritis → Inflamation -- redirect doesn't make any sense. neuritis is an inflamation of nerves, which should have its own entry, but should no more be redirected to the article on inflamation than, say, tendonitis, which does have its own article. Sjsilverman 02:50, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep or retarget — If "Neuritis" does not have its own article, then redirection to "Inflammation" and labeling it with {{R with possibilities}} is an appropriate option. However, there must be a more suitable target ... User:Ceyockey 16:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 22:25, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 22:31, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was reversed. Weyl curvature now points to Weyl tensor. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 22:33, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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December 25

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The nominated redirect was speedily deleted by EdwinHJ. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 19:00, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Highland council area - deletion required in order to move the Highland (unitary authority) article into this title, as per discussion (and clarification by way of emails to the Highland Council itself on what it should be called) on its talk page. Someone recently moved it back to Highland against the consensus that was reached (and without giving any justification), so I request a quick deletion of Highland council area in order to move the article back to its proper place. (My apologies if this request is listed on the wrong page - if so, please feel free to move it). 80.255 01:37, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 26

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:49, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:50, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:54, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was speedily deleted as per WP:CSD, R3. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:54, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Lav aux → Lavaux -- There is no reason (either generally in French, or among the people who live near Lavaux) to write this word as two words; the redirect can only catch a very generic "space added by mistake", and there is no real point trying to catch these. Schutz 23:43, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was speedily deleted as per WP:CSD, R1. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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December 27

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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:28, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per above discussion. Ulflarsen 18:54, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, agree with User:Ponnampalam. Arvind 21:39, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, I concur. -- Elle vécut heureusement toujours dorénavant (Be eudaimonic!) 04:31, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:47, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per above discussion. Dlyons493 Talk 17:19, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per Biffeche AFD ×Meegs 00:07, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:50, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was kept. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:53, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Kidd of speed → Elena Filatova -- The redirect was created based on the subject's online screenname/website domain name (Kiddofspeed), but is not useful, as the screenname is never used by the subject with spaces. Seeing as the subject article itself has been questioned for notability, this incorrect alias redirect should be deleted. Renesis13 22:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Spaces in name are a common typo. I further beleive that Elena is notable, considering her widely publicized and debated claims about travelling through radioactive areas. Her online psuedonym is possibly more famous than her real name actually and a spaced typo is a foreseeable error. -- Shinmawa 21:33, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. It is worth noting that typing in "Esplanade Hotel" (with quotes) in the search box will get you the Esplanade Hotel article even without an existing redirect. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:58, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was kept. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 15:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. There are 103 Google results for the entire phrase - it looks like it is a common alias for the commission in New South Wales, used by those who do not know the exact name. The reason for this seems to be the use of that naming convention by many other countries like so: "Independent Commission Against Corruption of [Country]" - see ICAC, specifically this edit where a reference to the commission was corrected from that exact incorrect name. Renesis13 03:40, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Reply: Most of these "google results" are from mirrors of Wikipedia!! I can assure you it is not a common alias for the NSW ICAC. --Daveb 09:51, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Reply: I'm not saying it is/was a common alias - my point is that because other commissions around the world are named after that pattern, it has obviously been mistaken in the past that the NSW commission was named after the same pattern. Whether it has ever been known as that is beside the point. If someone looking for the Australian commission were to guess the name they would likely search Wikipedia for "Independent Commission Against Corruption of Australia" and this redirect would get them to the right page. To me, it seems like a valid and helpful use of a redirect. Renesis13 18:23, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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December 29

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The nominated redirect was kept as a plausible typo or misspelling. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 15:20, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete as per nom. --Daveb 08:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, per nom.--Sean|Black 07:43, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Common typo of "KiddOfSpeed". See below. -- Shinmawa 21:29, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Kept Kiddofspeed. Deleted KiddOfSpeed as redundant. Typing "KiddOfSpeed" will work even in the absence of a specific redirect as long as Kiddofspeed exists. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 15:45, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Kiddofspeed, KiddOfSpeed → Elena Filatova -- In addition to the above, I find it hard to justify using a person's screenname/web site name (even of a notable person) as a redirect at all. These two redirects, while correctly spelled, are not useful and not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Renesis13 06:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as per nom. --Daveb 08:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. This person is notable becuase of their internet activities, thus their screenname is a valid redirect.--Sean|Black 07:44, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Per Sean. Her nickname is probably more famous than her real name actually. -- Shinmawa 21:29, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was kept. While it's unlikely that anybody will ever type this in as a search term, it aids in keeping well-intentioned new editors from duplicating the article Trinity College, Oxford article under the proper, full name. See also Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion/Precedents. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 15:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Just because it is the full name doesn't necessarily make it plausible someone would search for it. It is quite different from Anthony Charles Lynton Blair even though I don't think that provides much benefit, either. Everything after "Trinity" is certainly too verbose for a title. Renesis13 16:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. While the general policy is to keep CamelCase redirects, they may be deleted if there are no external links which link to the page. Google shows no incoming links to this redirect. [2] Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 15:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. I guess this was an old CamelCase link, but no reason to keep it around. Renesis13 16:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 16:12, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • BJAODN. Clever. But certainly not useful! Renesis13 16:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was turned into a disambiguation page. The pages that link to Platt are filled with redlinks that no-one seems in a hurry to bluelink. So there doesn't seem to be an urgent need to redlink this redirect. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 16:38, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment Would it be possible to start an article? That would be much better than deletion. Renesis13 16:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 16:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Phil Sanford → Phil Stanford -- The person who created the origional article misspelled his name. I hope I listed this correctly, I tend to always mess up listing pages for deletion so I apologize in advance if I did. Davidpdx 13:32, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 16:47, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The nominated redirect was retargeted to McWords. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 16:50, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • McPaper → USA today --Seems as if someone doesn't like USA today, the only thing that links to it is List of English prefixes, which says 'Mc' is a prefix that is defined as: McDonalds-like, often derogatory Akako|☎ 20:12, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep. I created this redirect and several others based on McWords. The USA Today article explains the term: "…It was derisively referred to as 'McPaper' or 'McNewspaper' in a reference to the simplicity and fast-food of McDonald's (which now distributes it)." —Guanaco 20:16, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete. I don't think it's helpful or relevant, and it's hard to escape the derogatory stigma -- so it's not netural. Mikeblas 20:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      It's helpful to anyone who hears the term McPaper and wants to know what it is referring to. It is certainly relevant to USA Today. The term may be derogatory, but the deletion policy says that we should keep derogatory terms and phrases when explained in the article. —Guanaco 20:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Delete. I agree, it's POV. This is an encyclopedia, not a slang phrase dictionary. If the above logic is applied to all derogatory redirects, then anyone might as well explain any derogatory phrase on any subject page. In spite of that, having the derogatory phrase be an alias for the article is certainly POV Renesis13 21:13, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • The issue of redirects based on insulting names is covered under Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion/Precedents. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 23:06, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • We could redirect it to McWords instead. —Guanaco 04:36, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep. I remember at least one old Doonesbury strip which used the word McPaper without explicitly naming the USA Today (though it was clear from the context of other strips in the series which paper was meant). A reader could quite plausibly come across that or another reference in isolation and type it in here to find where it redirects. Jonathunder 18:20, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Both redirects were deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 16:56, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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December 30

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The nominated redirect was retargeted by User:Cedars to Electrical engineering. Redirect has substantial article history, and the original article was spun directly off from Electrical engineering. Content of original Subfields of electrical engineering article has since been split up into multiple independent articles, making history merging an extremely non-trivial affair. As all of the edit history for Subfields of electrical engineering relates directly to the Electrical engineering article, keeping the redirect to preserve GFDL requirements seems the best option. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:17, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - The historical content of this article might be useful. Maybe revisit deletion in 9 months time. Cedars 02:38, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was speedily deleted. This is an unnecessary redirect. Typing in "CARROT" in the search box will get you the Carrot article even without an existing redirect. In fact, for any single-word article title, you can type in any mixture of capitalized and lowercase words, and still get the article. "CaRrOt", "CARrot", "carROT", and "cARROt" will all bring up the Carrot article if you type them in the search box and hit Enter (or click "Go"). Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • CARROT → Carrot -- I think the average user would know to type in "Carrot" in the search box of Wikipedia, rather than, all in capitals, "CARROT". Kilo-Lima 16:58, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - You can never know, there are those people who write in all caps. They drive me nuts. --Thorri 15:59, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete and Comment should all Wikipedia entries have ALL CAPS redirects then? WIKIPEDIA does, but I'm not sure I agree with it. I haven't seen anything mentioned in the redirect guidelines. Mrtea (talk) 22:28, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as per nom. --Daveb 13:38, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was speedily deleted. See comments for CARROT above. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 12:44, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • SOUP → Soup -- I think the average user would know to type in "Soup" in the search box of Wikipedia, rather than, all in capitals, "SOUP". Kilo-Lima 16:58, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - I gave my reasons in the CARROT vote. --Thorri 15:59, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as per nom. --Daveb 13:38, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was deleted. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:23, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • "is not a democracy" → Democracy -- As with this AfD debate, I think the average user would know to type in "Democracy", rather than, ""is not a democracy"". And especially with the quote which makes it more exact; as well as being very hard to find on Wikipedia. It is also worth finding out why it says "Is not...", rather than, "Is a...". But overall, I think someone would know to type in "Democracy", more so that they would ""is not a democracy"". Kilo-Lima 17:13, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree. --Thorri 15:59, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was kept. Googling on "fishspinner" (no space) does indeed provide a Wikipedia talk page as the top link, singular. However, there are no other Wikipedia-related links on the resulting search page [3]. So whoever said that Wikipedia-related pages were the top links, plural, was in error. On the other hand, the same search result page features a few other hurricane-related hits which mention "fishspinner". Seems like a valid redirect. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:36, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Fishspinner → Tropical Cyclone -- If this edit was reverted because "the top google links are our own talk pages, so it's not notable enough to put here. neologism.", then there's not any reason to keep the redirect. Circeus 18:21, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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The nominated redirect was kept. According to the Bulwer's Petrel article, the genus does not, in fact, contain more than one species. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 14:40, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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December 31

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The nominated redirect was speedily kept. Redirects which differ from their target article only in "reasonable" capitalization are useful and are 100% in accordance with Wikipedia:Redirect. Ξxtreme Unction|yakkity yak 13:32, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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