--BDD (talk) 03:22, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
- {{no redirect|1 = Estados Unidos }} → :United States (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estados_Unidos&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2020-01-26&end=2020-02-24&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Estados_Unidos stats]) [ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:Estados Unidos|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Estados Unidos closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:Estados Unidos|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Estados Unidos closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:Estados Unidos|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Estados Unidos closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
- {{no redirect|1 = Etats-Unis }} → :United States (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Etats-Unis&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2020-01-27&end=2020-02-25&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Etats-Unis stats]) [ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:Etats-Unis|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Etats-Unis closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:Etats-Unis|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Etats-Unis closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:Etats-Unis|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Etats-Unis closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
- {{no redirect|1 = États-Unis }} → :United States (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C3%89tats-Unis&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2020-01-27&end=2020-02-25&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=%C3%89tats-Unis stats]) [ Closure: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|(@subpage)|[{{fullurl:États-Unis|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#États-Unis closed as keep}}}} keep]/[{{fullurl:États-Unis|action=edit&summary={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#États-Unis closed as retarget}}}} retarget]/[{{fullurl:États-Unis|action=delete&wpReason={{Urlencode:{{FULLPAGENAME}}#États-Unis closed as delete}}&wpMovetalk=1}} delete]}} ]
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Would Estados Unidos be an appropriate redirect to United States? Per WP:RFOREIGN, it says that redirects should be kept if the name is the countries native name. This one is not. I don't see anywhere in this policy where this redirect is appropriate. Would this be a case for WP:IAR? Interstellarity (talk) 16:25, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep although not an official language, Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the USA and is broadly relevant to the country's culture. The subject has enough affinity for the Spanish language to justify a redirect. SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 16:37, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep There is a very large Spanish-speaking population in the United States, and the language has been historically relevant to US culture. Hog Farm (talk) 16:50, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Keep per SMB and HF. Narky Blert (talk) 16:58, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
:Disambiguate. It's ambiguous with {{-r|Estados Unidos Mexicanos}}. Narky Blert (talk) 17:00, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
::{{rto|Narky Blert}} What about the two French names for United States, though? Doug Mehus T·C 13:47, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
- Question for {{U|SpicyMilkBoy}} and {{u|Hog Farm}}. What is your opinion on États-Unis, the French word? I won't nominate that one because I don't want to create separate discussions on the same topic.
- Comment. This whole area looks like the tip of a can of worms. There are also redirects like {{-r|Frankreich}}, {{-r|Schweden}} and {{-r|Zweden}} (categorised as {{tl|R from misspelling}}, but it's the Dutch name). Narky Blert (talk) 17:53, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- {{reply to|Narky Blert}} I'd say it's a case-by-case situation, with the judgment call being based on cultural/historical connections. Given the history between France/Germany, I'd !vote to keep Frankreich, but, for instance, if a user were to create a redirect for the German translation of Brazil (Google translate suggests Brasilien), then that would probably be deletable. Definitely a can of worms here. Hog Farm (talk) 19:02, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- {{ping|Hog Farm}} Brasilien is indeed German for Brazil.
:::Italie (French for Italy) and Italija (Croatian, with a historical connection) redirect to Italy, but Italien (German) to Comédie-Italienne. What.A.Mess.
:::There are some real oddities in redirects to countries. {{-r|Howdy partner}} -> Italy - really? Narky Blert (talk) 19:18, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
::No opinion here on {{-r|Etats-Unis}}{{sic}} - the diacritics are wrong, whatever the result of the discussion on Estados Unidos, which is a different issue. It's {{-r|États-Unis}}. (Actually, I do have an opinion on both of those; but it would a WP:DISCUSSFORK.) Narky Blert (talk) 00:58, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
:::{{ping|Narky Blert}} My mistake. I added the correct one. Interstellarity (talk) 01:31, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep both Spanish is widely spoken throughout the US, and French has a significant history and continuing presence for a handful of US states (Maine and Louisiana for sure, possibly a few others). signed, Rosguill talk 01:28, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep all per {{u|Rosguill}} and per WP:RLOTE. I would just add that your U.S. neighbour to the north is officially bilingual and, on that basis, North American maps are literally printed in both official languages, so Etats-Unis appears alongside United States on the 49th parallel. ;-) Doug Mehus T·C 01:34, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep both as countries that have had a major influence on the formation of the US. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:26, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
- Keep Estados Unidos and États-Unis per WP:RFOREIGN - cultures which spoke Spanish and French had significant impact on development of the United States and its culture, and there are significant populations of Spanish speakers throughout the country and French speakers in certain regions (Louisiana is named for a French king, for example). Keep Etats-Unis as valid {{tl|R without diacritics}}. No opinion on any of the other country redirects that have been mentioned here. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:34, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
- :This is the English language WP, not the United States WP. By this logic we should also include the Gaelic (multiple variants) names for the UK, aboriginal names for Australia and Maori names for New Zealand. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:41, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
- ::Uh, ... yeah. I agree. This is the English-language Wikipedia, on which we help English readers find the information they're looking for in any of the many reasonably likely ways they may search for that information. That's why we do have redirects like Y Deyrnas Unedig, Lloegr, Engelond, Epekwitk, Yootó Hahoodzo, and Nieuv Amsterdam, and why Aotearoa is a separate article from New Zealand. These redirects unambiguously target the correct articles, and deleting them makes things more difficult for some readers, for no discernible benefit to anyone. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:40, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Keep French is a language used legally in Louisiana. There are French government schools and French road signs -- 65.94.171.6 (talk) 09:05, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- :Again, this is the English language WP, not the United States WP. Whether Louisiana wants to use a different language is interesting in Louisiana, but totally irrelevant to language based policies. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 09:21, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- :: Louisiana is part of the United States, French is used there in legal usage, therefore French is a native language of the United States, thus the French language name is a native name of the country. Thus it is a correct use of a redirect -- 70.51.46.77 (talk) 20:02, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
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