User talk:Sbb1413/Archives2020/February

Nomination of Give him an inch and he'll take a mile for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Give him an inch and he'll take a mile is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Give him an inch and he'll take a mile until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 17:11, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

"Π meridian" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Π meridian. Since you had some involvement with the Π meridian redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 20:49, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Copyright violation?

Hi Soumyabrata, Could you please explain this edit to me? I had previously removed the quotation marks believing them to be unnecessary, but you characterized this as a copyright violation. How so? Also, thanks for subsequently adding a reference to make sense of the quote. nagualdesign 05:51, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

"P:b" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect P:b. Since you had some involvement with the P:b redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 04:41, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

"Spoken French" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Spoken French. Since you had some involvement with the Spoken French redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:47, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Before creating redirects...

...it's usually a good idea to check whether there aren't alternative targets to the one you've had in mind (Engrand, for example, is an alternative spelling of the French name Enguerrand). Also, at the creation page, you'll see the deletion log entries if that page has been deleted in the past; it's not usually a good idea to recreate redirects that have previously been deleted after a discussion. – Uanfala (talk) 19:46, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of One world, one language

A tag has been placed on One world, one language requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. – Uanfala (talk) 15:11, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

I've similarly tagged for deletion XVIXII. – Uanfala (talk) 15:43, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

XVIXII is not at RfD, you're welcome to participate there. Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 10:50, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

"466453" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 466453. Since you had some involvement with the 466453 redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. – Uanfala (talk) 15:36, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Some more redirects

Hi! I've nominated a few more redirects for deletion at RfD: Mean acceleration of the Earth, 1.000, 1'000, Lingwa, Latinish and Nautical units. The discussions are at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 February 24#Mean acceleration of the Earth and below, you're welcome to comment there!

I've had a close look at a portion of the redirects you've created and there are certainly many useful ones there. But, as you might have noticed, there a also quite a few that have been retargeted or have ended up nominated for deletion, by me or by others. Most of those cases have to do with ambiguity: the redirect was plausible for the target you had chosen, but it was also plausible for other targets. Assoc. for example is an abbreviation for "association", but it's also used for "associate". The Antikythera mechanism can be described as an ancient computer, but there are also other devices (even if less famous) that can be described as such, so a redirect to the most general article discussing the concept is much better than a redirect to one specific exemplar. Octonal is an alternative name for Octal but it's also the name of a chemical mixture. Latin diacritics can be used to refer to the diacritics used in the Latin language, but also for the diacritics of the Lain alphabet more generally. Kpm was a correct redirect to Gravitational metric system, but there was already an article about the specific unit at Kilopondmetre. Calq is a possible misspelling of Calque, but it's also a way to render CALQ. And so on.

Most of the time, having a look at the search results before creating a redirect should reveal such ambiguities. In such cases not creating the redirect is usually a much better option, as the possible targets will normally come up in the search results when any reader searches for the term. If on the other hand a redirect is created, the reader will be taken to one of the topics, and their route to the others will be blocked. – Uanfala (talk) 21:51, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Axiom Segment.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Axiom Segment.jpg

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"There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't." listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.. Since you had some involvement with the There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Polyamorph (talk) 09:28, 29 February 2020 (UTC)