Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miami U

This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was redirect to Miami University. —Korath (Talk) 23:14, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

Miami U

Reason I recommended this article for VFD: This article is an unnecessary disambiguation. First off, the University of Miami is not known as "Miami U", it is known as UM, UofM or Miami informally. Only Miami University is known informally as Miami U. Secondly, both the University of Miami and Miami University articles have headers at the top of the page directing readers to the other article. This disambiguation page is inaccurate and unnecessary. —ExplorerCDT 21:42, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Delete as per my statement above. —ExplorerCDT 21:42, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. ExplorerCDT is correct as to the nicknames of U of Miami. Mike H 21:45, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)
• Well, if Miami University is known by this name, then just redirect this to there. Why on earth is this on VFD? sjorford →•← 22:03, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Because I recommended it. Do we need redirects for nicknames? I doubt people would look for nicknames if they are looking for information on either institution. So, for the time being, it's here, so deal with it without sanctimonious complaining. —ExplorerCDT 22:12, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect abstain, and hope for fewer misguided nominations. Kappa 22:16, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your self-righteous commentary. Voting would have been just fine, thank you. —ExplorerCDT 22:19, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • Sorry for the self-righteousness, but I dislike my time being wasted. Kappa 22:51, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
      • I gotta jump in on this one; if your time is being wasted by this VFD, then don't vote in it. Mike H 22:52, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)
        • I was thinking about other potential vfds, not this one, which is already here. Kappa 23:37, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
          • If that was the case, you should have kept your smugness to yourself. —ExplorerCDT 01:16, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
          • PS - Thanks Mike for jumping in. —ExplorerCDT 01:16, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect. Nicknames usually are. — Asbestos | Talk 22:32, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect. Agree with sjorford; redirect to Miami University and let the disambig there take care of anyone looking for University of Miami —Neuropedia 22:55, 2005 Feb 27 (UTC)
• Redirect, and in the name of all that is good don't feed the troll. Wile E. Heresiarch 02:31, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Redir. Yes, WP most certainly redirects from nicknames: Wikipedia:Redirect#What_do_we_use_redirects_for.3F--5.1 if they were numbered. Niteowlneils 05:15, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as disamb. According to multiple sources, such as [1] "Miami U" is part of the titles of at least two University of Miami team songs, so it doesn't seem as much of a stretch as I thot that people could be looking for either. Niteowlneils 06:03, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Niteowlneils' findings. Redirects and disambiguation pages are cheap. Rossami (talk) 08:10, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. No need for a redirect; otherwise we'd have "U. of" articles for every university. i.e. Harvard U redirect to Harvard University. —Brim 17:34, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect Users are not unlikely to search for a university by a popular nickname - redirecting keeps the site user-friendly. --BD2412 20:18, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect. -Sean Curtin 00:30, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect and move on. —RaD Man (talk) 02:07, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Unnecessary. Gamaliel 02:09, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• redirect --SPUI (talk) 02:58, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect. Redirects are cheap. -- AllyUnion (talk) 16:56, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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