Talk:Shannon Flynn (director)

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Discussions about the original soft redirect to IMDb

Soft redirect to IMDb[edit]

IMDbname is a listed interwiki link at M:Interwiki map so this should be OK to do. I haven't seen it done before so I don't know whether or not this breaks some rule I am not aware of. Geraldo Perez (talk) 00:04, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This article should not be speedy deleted as having no substantive content, because per the criteria Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#A3 "Any article (other than disambiguation pages, redirects, or soft redirects)... ". This is a soft redirect. --Geraldo Perez (talk) 00:35, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note. Page was deleted then restored as A3 is not valid for a soft redirect. Geraldo Perez (talk) 00:52, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This page should not be speedily deleted because CSD R2 applies to normal redirects, not soft redirects. Soft redirects were created specifically for interwiki links. This is not a cross namespace redirect as prohibited by R2. It is a WP:soft redirect to another site, a whole other thing. --Geraldo Perez (talk) 01:03, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is my understanding that Soft Redirects are used to forward to Wikipedia projects, not unrelated websites. If this this is wrong, please explain. Thanks... reddogsix (talk) 01:07, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That much is true, but as Mr. Perez points out, IMDbName is listed at M:Interwiki map, which would (I think) make it eligible? I'm not supremely knowledgeable about this topic. I'm just bringing that point back to the fore as relevant. - Vianello (Talk) 01:09, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)Given that IMDbName is in the list at M:Interwiki map, it looks to me like it is considered equivalent to another wikipedia project, not some random external site. That is why the soft redirect template worked. As I noted above, I haven't seen this done before so it may be an invalid use, as you noted. I would rather this be discussed at WP:RfD than speedy to get a reading on what others think. Geraldo Perez (talk) 01:17, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To add, it is my understanding that the main namespace (content) of other wikis is considered as main namespace and a soft redirect from wikipedia main namespace to another wiki main namespace is not a cross-namespace redirect for the purposes of R2. Geraldo Perez (talk) 01:50, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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