Sara Hopkins (talk||history|logs|links|watch) (restore)

This page, which represents a plausible misspelling, was deleted without RFD, and has not even been recreated yet to talk about another person. --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:52, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I aim to have my ducks in a row, before creating the article. I was just clearing way for my edits, once they're ready.

While this is a plausible misspelling, doesn't such a redirect simply lull someone into believing that their mistake in another article isn't a mistake?

Should we not also create Sara Hopkinns, given that's a legitimate spelling of that last name? -- Zanimum (talk) 21:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Reply -

1. It is possible to create an article without deleting the old history outright, the latter of which is bad practice, especially without an RFD. Just create the page in draft space, then delete the article.
2. Redirects are WP:CHEAP, WP:R#KEEP bullet 2 talks about "redirecting a frequent misspelling to a correct spelling".
3. Be Bold!

--Jax 0677 (talk) 21:15, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• restore Out of process deletion with no clear purpose stated. Even if you are going to create a new article, there is no reason to delete rather than just start a new history in place. Almost certainly doesn't matter either way, but _if_ someone has an external link to this redirect, they at least have a chance of figuring out what happened if the history is intact. Hobit (talk) 02:20, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Restore Redirects for common mis-spellings are, well, common. They exist mostly as a navigation aid for people typing into the search box. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:19, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Restore. Out-of-process and without sound justification. Redirects like this serve a useful purpose as interim measures, both navigating to appropriate articles and guiding Wikignomes to misspellings to be corrected. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by administrators since 2006. (talk) 23:09, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Restore  Out-of-process deletion, personal use of tools.  Unscintillating (talk) 03:21, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Restore - Out-of-process, We always keep misspellings of names and although it may not be linked to anywere it's probably still serving a purpose. –Davey2010^Talk 20:06, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Restore But this should be a redirect to a hypothetical Sarah Hopkins DAB page for Sarah Hopkins, Sarah_Winnemucca, Sarah Hopkins Bradford. Given that real people use the name "Sara Hopkins" (including some covered in Wikipedia articles) and it's an incorrect spelling of a person charged with a serious crime, there's also WP:BLP issues at play. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 02:14, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• I've editorially recast Sarah Hopkins as a disambiguation page about the abovementioned women.  Sandstein  17:39, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]