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:The result of the discussion was delete
. There is unanimous agreement that the current target is explicitly inaccurate - Scottish English and the Scots language are not synonymous. Beyond that, there are broadly equal numbers of participants advocating retargeting it to Scottish Wikipedia or deleting it - but none of the proponents of retargeting have made any real arguments as to why that disambiguation is useful for this term, as "Scottish English" is not currently on that page, and is not really ambiguous in the way that "Scottish" as a language is. Taking particular note of BDD's point regarding how circuitous any mention of Scottish English would have to be on that disambiguation page, and the other contributions that emphasise how it's also misleading, I think the best informed consensus here seems to be to delete. ~ mazca talk 13:47, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- {{no redirect|1 = Scottish English Wikipedia }} → :Scots Wikipedia (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scottish_English_Wikipedia&action=history history] · [https://iw.toolforge.org/pageviews?start=2020-11-06&end=2020-12-05&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Scottish_English_Wikipedia stats]) [ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:Scottish English Wikipedia|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Scottish English Wikipedia closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:Scottish English Wikipedia|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Scottish English Wikipedia closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:Scottish English Wikipedia|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Scottish English Wikipedia closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
Scots language and Scottish English aren't the same thing, see the respective articles. I suggest retargeting this redirect to English Wikipedia. Soumya-8974 (he) talk contribs subpages 17:38, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
:Couldn't you just change the redirect to point to English Wikipedia? I don't see why deletion is necessary. Edge3 (talk) 20:54, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
::{{replyto|Edge3}} retargetting is what Soumya-8974 is proposing. Thryduulf (talk) 20:58, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
:::I'm just wondering why we're discussing this here at RfD if the proposal is to retarget. In any case, I agree with you and recommend that we delete, for the same reason that we don't have redirects for other variations of the English language (e.g. "American English Wikipedia"). Edge3 (talk) 21:05, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
::::RfD is redirects for discussion, not deletion. Nominations for retargetting are common. Thryduulf (talk) 22:46, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
:::::Oh I see. Thanks for the additional context. I don't comment in discussions that often so I was unaware. Edge3 (talk) 22:58, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
- Delete as misleading - there is no Scottish English edition of Wikipedia. Thryduulf (talk) 20:58, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
- Delete or retarget. Either works, but it shouldn't target Scots Wikipedia. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 23:39, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
- Retarget to Scottish Wikipedia, and add an entry for English for Scots (ie. English Wikipedia) -- 67.70.26.89 (talk) 19:55, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Seventyfiveyears (talk) 16:04, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
- Retarget to Scottish Wikipedia per IP. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 18:03, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
- Retarget to Scottish Wikipedia and add mention there of English Wikipedia, per the IP editor. A7V2 (talk) 05:19, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- Delete. There isn't a "Scottish English Wikipedia" in the same way that there isn't an American English Wikipedia or an Australian English Wikipedia. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:11, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- Except that there are Scottish English articles on English Wikipedia, as we have {{tlx|Scottish English}} advisory template for editors as to what WP:ENGVAR to use when editing/writing articles; just as we have for American English and Australian English, so arguably, there is an Australian English and American English Wikipedias, they are part of English Wikipedia, a selection of articles of which are written in those dialects. -- 67.70.26.89 (talk) 03:40, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, signed, Rosguill talk 22:54, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- Delete per Thryduulf. The only way a retarget to the disambiguation makes any sense is if we could add a link to the English Wikipedia, but I think that would have to be very tortured ("English Wikipedia, the Wikipedia of the most widely spoken language in Scotland"). --BDD (talk) 17:10, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
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