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. signed, Rosguill talk 18:31, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
These should point to the same place (and I note the term is mentioned in neither target so am leaning toward deleting both) * Pppery * it has begun... 16:21, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- Comment - I don't know if it would help, but if it does, both were attempts at articles that got redirected: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reality_shift&oldid=283621978 Reality shift] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reality_shifts&oldid=86870948 Reality shifts]. BOZ (talk) 10:38, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. The article content at Reality shift was a gloasary entry for the terms use in role playing games, that at Reality shifts was actually a half-decent stub about a completely different concept - however there is a previously deleted, much longer article about that at Reality shift (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reality shift). After skim-reading I'm not certain I agree with those who argued for deletion, but it was closed in accordance with the consensus of the discussion and the content at the plural title is at least arguably eligible for G4 deletion because of that. The content at the singular title (about the RPG term) was nominated for speedy deletion for failing to establish notability (correct), as a neologism (incorrect) and for being a potential recreation (it wasn't), it was then redirected to Reality shifts as a duplicate of that (also incorrect). Complicating matters further there are mentions of the term in several articles that are different to both. The term "reality shift" is used for multiple different concepts all of which are vaguely related to and/or partially overlap with at least one other use, and at least some of those are definitely notable. There is definitely scope for content here, but writing an article (or maybe multiple articles would better) about a messy bunch of overlapping concepts using the same terminology that brings enough clarity that it can survive an AfD nomination is going to be hard and I strongly advise anyone attempting that to avoid mainspace until it's already well developed. TL;DR: we don't currently have any content that would be a good redirect target and/or survive speedy deletion, and there is no Wiktionary entry to soft redirect to. Thryduulf (talk) 14:54, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
- Redirect to False memory#Mandela Effect which literally mentions the paranormal idea of a "reality shift" as the cause of collective false memories. If that would be too specific, it could at the very least be made into a disambiguation page. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:45, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Change both redirects into a disambiguation page. I can't inspect the originally deleted article at Reality shift to assess its notability, but I nevertheless mostly agree with Thryduulf's argument above. However, as a consequence, I would opt to change both redirects into a disambiguation page rather than to delete them (because deleting a redirect implicitly raises the threshold for (re-)creation, so most once deleted entries will never be recreated even if the term "as is" is notable and would warrant an article or redirect at a later stage). At present the disambiguation page would have two entries, but as we find other aspects or even types of "reality shift" discussed in other articles (like various kinds of schizophernic or psychotic conditions resulting in the distortion, shift or loss of reality) we can easily add links to these locations as well. Over time, one or the other sub-topic may evolve into fully fleshed-out sections or even actual articles (and if someone feels motivated to write an overarching concept article on Reality shifts s/he can always switch the disambiguation page into an article). So, keeping the topic as a disambiguation page would not interfere with any kind of further content creation while having the necessary infrastructure in place already for easier information structuring as well as for navigation. --Matthiaspaul (talk) 16:47, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, signed, Rosguill talk 16:54, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. None of the actual mentions of these terms [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22Reality+shifts%22&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22Reality+shifts%22&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1] are in articles that would make good targets. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:09, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
- Disambiguate per Matthiaspaul. BD2412 T 20:17, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris talk! 11:45, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
::Shifting realities is a fringe idea based on quantum pseudoscience, and that's clearly what these redirects are going for. It's associated with the idea that you can literally shift realities through positive thinking, in the manner of New Thought, based on a misunderstanding of the role of consciousness and the observer in quantum mechanics.
::As noted by ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ, it's also associated with the belief that the Mandela effect is a paranormal phenomenon caused by people having remembering an alternate past which they experienced prior to shifting into a new reality where those events occurred differently or not at all. However, although {{slink|False memory#Mandela Effect}} mentions "parallel realities" it does not explicitly refer to "reality shifts". While it could be incorporated, I doubt there are many if any reliable secondary sources which could provide an appropriate reference, and it might be an undue inclusion to section which is mainly focused on the sociology/psychology of shared false memories.
::In-fact, unless I've missed one, every explicit use of the phrase on Wikipedia that I've found actually uses it in a sci-fi/fantasy context. However, they're all far too specific to be disambiguated between or to work as new non-fringe targets. The only use of these redirects in article space seems to be a questionably relevant "see also" link, so that doesn't help either.
::: tl;dr - Delete, fringe topic and there are no good targets to retarget to or disambiguate between. Best to leave them as red links.
::– Scyrme (talk) 20:38, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
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