Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 July 17

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. Ruslik_Zero 18:57, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Macedonian Army (Byzantine) → Army of Macedon (links to redirect • history • stats) 

Delete as implausible: No one refers to the Byzantine army under the Macedonian emperors as "Macedonian Army". And the Byzantine army has nothing to do with the army of ancient Macedon. Constantine ✍ 16:16, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What aboutt the Komnenion army? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellome456 (talk • contribs) 17:20, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First, there are authors explicitly using the term "Komnenian army", which is not the case for "Macedonian army". Second, "Macedonian army" evokes ancient Macedonia or the modern Republic, but not the "Byzantine army in the era of the Macedonian emperors". Third, unlike the Komnenian-era army, the Byzantine army under the Macedonian dynasty was not structurally different to the army under the preceding Amorians and Isaurians or the succeeding Doukas dynasty. In general, the period from the 640s to the 1070s is considered a single period in the Byzantine army's existence, the "Middle Byzantine army". This is pretty much the period that the main Byzantine army article covers. Please read up a bit more on these issues before creating new articles. Constantine ✍ 20:49, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was different because it was full professional force because it never used mercenaries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellome456 (talk • contribs) 22:02, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No. The themes which formed the mainstay of the army were certainly not a "full professional" force, and as for mercenaries, check out the Hetaireia and the most famous mercenaries of them all, the Varangian Guard. In fact, there is no period at which the Byzantines did not use mercenaries, to a greater or lesser extent. Constantine ✍ 22:37, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Taelus (talk) 21:48, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 retarget to Ghulja. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 19:53, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Yili City → Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (links to redirect • history • stats) 

Delete as misleading; this division is classified as a prefecture, not a city of any sort, and its seat is the city of Yining, not Yili. —HXL's Roundtable and Record 03:42, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment it's called Yili City by various people. For example [1] . 65.94.47.63 (talk) 05:15, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - actually it isn't; as your source states "Yili is located in the state N 80 ° 9′42 “— 91 ° 01′45″, latitude 40 ° 14′16 “— 49 ° 10′45″ . Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture for the sub-provincial level, ..." Bridgeplayer (talk) 13:51, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Taelus (talk) 21:47, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Retarget to Ghulja. Ghulja and Yining are alternative names for the same place. See also. Yili is a sub-division within Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture so this is by far the most helpful target. Bridgeplayer (talk) 17:20, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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. Thryduulf (talk) 13:01, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• 1st — George Washington → George Washington (links to redirect • history • stats) 

There are improbable redirects like this for each president of the United States that were formerly in Category:Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_succession prior to deletion. They are all unlikely names and also feature WP:DASH errors (substituting mdashes for ndashes.) I suggest that they should all be deleted. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:55, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Since the cat I created has been deleted, there is no more need for these redirects. I have listed this and the remaining 43 redirects that should be deleted on my talk page under the following heading List of redirects for deletion in order to better and easier facilitate the deletion process. – Paine Ellsworth ( CLIMAX )  17:48, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 retarget to power of two. Jafeluv (talk) 11:40, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• 2^32 → 1000000000 (number) (links to redirect • history • stats) 

2^32 is not a billion, not even close > 4 billion, redirect should go elsewhere (something computer related maybe?)

1000000000 (number) is the page for all 10-digit numbers that are not notable enough for separate articles. Peter E. James (talk) 09:22, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Retarget Power of two for an informative result. The current target contains only a trivial mention. ~ Ningauble (talk) 16:10, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Retarget to Power of two as the most constructive solution. Bridgeplayer (talk) 17:54, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 retarget to Kalhana. NAC. Bridgeplayer (talk) 20:09, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Kalhaṇa → Rajatarangini (links to redirect • history • stats) 

There is a bio article, Kalhana, about the same person as this redirect is referring to. That article links to the target of this redirect. Sitush (talk) 00:31, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget - it isn't clear why the original redirect was changed - maybe there could be a discussion about whether the articles should be merged, as only this work is mentioned in his article, but as an article exists about the author this should redirect to it. Peter E. James (talk) 00:49, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]