The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Every entry here is a partial title match. Deleting all these entries leaves an empty disambiguation page. With no redirect target in site, delete is the only option left.
Oiyarbepsy (
talk) 02:28, 28 November 2015 (UTC)reply
Comment. All except Innotata have a Wiktionary entry (for the lower case word). Would replacing these pages by soft redirects to Wiktionary be better than actual deletion? DexDor(talk) 06:57, 28 November 2015 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, perhaps specifying the section (letter of alphabet) adding them where not already present -
Tinctorius is already listed there. I am going to suggest that the entries there for whole words, as opposed to prefixes, should include a link to {{in title}}, which would provide a useful service to readers.
PamD 13:14, 28 November 2015 (UTC)reply
Have now added Giganteus and Innotatus to that list.
PamD 13:31, 28 November 2015 (UTC)reply
Have now upgraded that list in sections A,B and C: takes a little time, what with following up side issues which crop up as I go. But I'll get it done.
PamD 14:44, 9 December 2015 (UTC) "D" now done.
PamD 15:51, 9 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Note I am okay with the redirect idea. I didn't know the list existed when I nominated. I'm maintaining a list of similar pages at
User:Oiyarbepsy/Species abbrevation and any editor is welcome to add to it.
Oiyarbepsy (
talk) 03:58, 29 November 2015 (UTC)reply
I concur with regard to
WP:PTM, the pages contribute very little over search engine output. Section redirects seem reasonable, although if we wanted to keep the navigation aid, we should also sprinkle {{in title}} in the list article. --
Joy [shallot] (
talk) 12:38, 29 November 2015 (UTC)reply
Back to delete I've reconsidered my comment above and concluded that a redirect would be worse than worthless to our readers. A reader encountering one of these words probably saw them in a species name, and to be redirect to a page that tells them it's used in species names is entirely pointless. The search function would serve readers better in this case.
Oiyarbepsy (
talk) 17:49, 29 November 2015 (UTC)reply
A redirect to a page which (a) tells them that it's used in species names, (b) links to Wiktionary, (c) explains its meaning and (d) offers an "in title" link to articles including it (as in my proposed enhancement of
List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, currently implemente at I-K), would be far from pointless.
PamD 12:29, 30 November 2015 (UTC)reply
But is it more useful than a page of search results? I would say no.
Oiyarbepsy (
talk) 12:40, 30 November 2015 (UTC)reply
I think it is more useful - and have enhanced section "A" of the list.
PamD 18:32, 1 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Struck duplicate !vote from nominator; the nomination is considered as your !vote. However, feel free to comment all you'd like. North America1000 06:22, 6 December 2015 (UTC)reply
A redirect is cheap, too (literally: as I recall a redirection actually takes up less server space than a deletion does). -
The BushrangerOne ping only 10:25, 6 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:23, 6 December 2015 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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