Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 February 24#0,9
=[[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 February 24|February 24]]=
==Receptor 1==
==0,9==
: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
:There was an even numerical split regarding {{no redirect|0,9}}, with no one advocating an outright keep, so a no-action "no consensus" would clearly serve no one. I took seriously the concern that 0.9 is an actual title, and would not properly be called 0,9 in some languages (in fact, it's a French work, and the French would write the number "0,9"!). Still, the redirect is just as plausible as a typo, and general guidelines tell us not to resort to deletion when there are reasonable alternatives.
:There were majorities to delete the remaining three redirects. Here we must balance that .9 does not actually equal 1 and trying to discern readers' intent, i.e., how many 9s do we expect them to type? Without any clearly invalid arguments, I find for the delete voters. This is rough enough that revisiting the issue would not be inappropriate, though since we already had quite a good deal of discussion here, I would strongly recommend giving it some time. --BDD (talk) 20:19, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
- {{no redirect|1 = 0,9 }} → :0.999... (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=0,9&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2019-01-09&end=2019-02-07&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=0%2C9 stats])
[ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:0,9|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0,9 closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:0,9|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0,9 closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:0,9|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0,9 closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
- {{no redirect|1 = 0.9 = 1 }} → :0.999... (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=0.9_%3D_1&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2019-01-09&end=2019-02-07&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=0.9_%3D_1 stats])
[ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:0.9 = 1|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0.9 = 1 closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:0.9 = 1|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0.9 = 1 closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:0.9 = 1|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0.9 = 1 closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
- {{no redirect|1 = 0.9=1 }} → :0.999... (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=0.9%3D1&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2019-01-09&end=2019-02-07&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=0.9%3D1 stats])
[ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:0.9=1|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0.9=1 closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:0.9=1|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0.9=1 closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:0.9=1|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#0.9=1 closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
- {{no redirect|1 = 1=.9 }} → :0.999... (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1%3D.9&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2019-01-09&end=2019-02-07&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=1%3D.9 stats])
[ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:1=.9|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#1=.9 closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:1=.9|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#1=.9 closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:1=.9|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#1=.9 closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
These are wrong formula, 0.9 is not equal to 0.999... (1) B dash (talk) 03:02, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Retarget 0,9 to 0.9 as a plausible typo. Keep the rest as the lead explicitly states "This number is equal to 1.". Thryduulf (talk) 20:04, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- This number is equal to 1 means 0.999...=1, but not 0.9=1. --B dash (talk) 16:05, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, but everyone searching for "0.9=1" is clearly looking for the target article which explains that it's 0.999... that =1 not 0.9 so it will correct any misnomers they have. Redirects don't have to be correct, these are probably best tagged with {{temp|R from misnomer}} or something like that. Thryduulf (talk) 17:18, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
- Delete per nom and consistent with similar redirects that also don't equal 1. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 16:44, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
- Delete all as misleading. UnitedStatesian (talk) 02:58, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
- Retarget 0,9 to 0.9, this is a plausible typo since many cultures use the comma instead of the decimal. Keep the rest. Since the target is such an abstract topic without an obvious name, there are several plausible ways to try to figure out what the article title may be, and I think these are reasonable guesses. While these may be the "wrong formula" (or more accurately, approximations of the repeating .9), the target explains what the correct formula is for those seeking it. -- Tavix (talk) 14:44, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
- Retarget 0,9 to 0.9 and delete the rest. Many Europe countries use comma as decimal separator. Despite we don't have an article for 0.9 (or 9/10) the number, better than nothing to retarget to the album . And may be add another hatnote to the article. BTW the existing hatnote should marked as: 0.{{overline|9}}, a repeating decimal. In my math book they teach to use dot on top not bar, but language description can eliminate such confusion. Matthew hk (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 2019-02-11T16:56:30
- Retarget 0,9 to 0.9, delete the rest as implausible. Rubbish computer (Talk: Contribs) 17:32, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
::I don't support a retarget of 0,9 to 0.9. It's WP:COSTLY, and we don't have 0,8 or 0,7 or 0,6... Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 15:57, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
:::We don't have articles for 0.8 or 0.7 or 0.6 either. We have 0.9 as article, despite not about the number. Matthew hk (talk) 16:16, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
Relisting comment: Looks like we may be getting into WP:TRAINWRECK territory here...
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Steel1943 (talk) 00:37, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
- Delete 0,9 as redirecting to the name of an album where it's clear that it is not stylized like that, and where it would be a surprise. Weak keep 0.9=1 but delete the others since they are never formatted like that especially 1=0.9999. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:53, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
- Delete all. If you've heard about the album, you'll know it uses a full stop rather than a comma, and if you've not heard of the album and you're looking for 9/10 with a comma, you'll expect the page to cover a number, not an album. As noted above, the rest are wrong; 0.9999 is close enough to work (you can't possibly type all of the zeroes in 0.999..., and who knows how many 9s there are in the actual title, without looking at it first), but merely one digit after the separator is too big of a difference, since someone will expect it to cover 9/10, not 10/10 written in an unusual manner. Nyttend (talk) 20:07, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ―Matthew J. Long -Talk-☖ 15:25, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
- Comment Since 0.9 (disambiguation) was created. I don't mind to take 0,9 as separate issue. First start RM to move the album away from 0.9 as it is not the primary topic in outside world and start a RM to move the disambiguation to 0.9 article title, and then discuss whatever 0,9 redirect to the disambiguation page or not. It still trainwreck of why 0.9 (disambiguation) existed and why not 0.8, 0.7 or 0.6. Matthew hk (talk) 07:21, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
- As above, retarget 0,9 and keep the others. I think {{u|Tavix}} and {{u|Thryduulf}} hit the nail on the head and are very convincing: 0,9 is, however you slice it, a very reasonable typo to make, and the others, while obviously not accurate, could never be mistaken for anything else. That's all we need for redirects, so let's make use of 'em. Not sold on the disambiguation. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 10:57, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
: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.