The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎. When factoring in NmWTfs85lXusaybq's intent to withdraw and parsing the IP's !vote as neutral, there is consensus to keep this disambiguation page. (non-admin closure) Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 16:47, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Insta (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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This disambiguation page contains the primary topic and one other topic for the ambiguous title while the other entries here aren't valid. The AfD is issued after the PROD tag got removed. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 07:22, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 07:22, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: As the PROD'der, I support the deletion per the nom's stated reasons. UtherSRG (talk) 13:30, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  @UtherSRG, are you fine with the dab page after the update by Ca? I'm withdrawing this nomination once you change your vote. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 01:04, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Revert to the last revision, and I'm the creator of this page. Also, add insta- from Wiktionary, where insta means "instant", as seen in "instakill". 176.33.244.42 (talk) 17:49, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Anyway, dictionary definition doesn't count as a topic in the disambiguation page per WP:DABDICT. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 00:51, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I've added some valid entries. Ca ^{talk to me!} 00:57, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ca: Do you think any of them would ever be notable for their own article? If not, then we only have one notable term, and so no need for a disambiguation. - UtherSRG (talk) 01:10, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I took a look at the Wikipedia:Disambiguation guideline, and there is no such requirement afaik. This DAB page helps people locate info about terms. Ca ^{talk to me!} 01:18, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's not explicit, but it is implied in that the way disambiguations come about is when a topic has too many hatnotes that a dab page should instead be created. You only get hatnotes when you have articles, and you only get articles when you have notability. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:56, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm a bit confused with G14: Does an entry of MOS:DABRED count as one extant Wikipedia page in the criteria? If not, Insta (disambiguation) could be speedily deleted. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 13:10, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! That's even better. I've now CSD'd it. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:52, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@UtherSRG No, the question is "Would a redirect from this term, "Insta", to that article be compliant with WP:Redirect, especially WP:R#KEEP?" If the answer is "yes", and there happens to be more than one article for which the answer is "yes", then a dab page is needed (or hatnotes). PamD 09:21, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Discussion re-opened and relisted per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 November 27.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 17:31, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Rather obscure uses of the term outside Instagram, but I don't see a reason to delete it. Oaktree b (talk) 20:55, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - When there is only one meaning to a term and no article, but an obscure reference to an article with a different name, we sometimes create a redirect. The disambiguation page serves the function of those redirects, for unlikely but possible search terms. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:01, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This is a rather straightforward example of a disambiguation page properly disambiguating a term. BD2412 T 00:40, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.