Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Strange

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The result was speedy keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:02, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Strange

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One of the two entries in this dab page is named "Pete" (no indication whether this is short for Peter or not). The second is a character in an obscure film. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:28, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This seems resolvable without a full AfD proceeding; follow WP:DAB, and/or redirect to whichever you think is the primary target, adding hatnotes where necessary. Also, I was notified as the creator of this page, but all I did was redirect it to an article I wrote; the work of turning it into a dab was done after me. Chubbles (talk) 07:51, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: (a) "Pete" is such a standard abbreviation for "Peter" that a reader looking for "Pete Strange" might well search on "Peter Strange", "knowing" that encyclopedias use formal full names; (b) another entry added to dab page, character in an eponymous film. PamD 08:34, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep 3 valid entries. All have an article or meet MOS:DABMENTION; it isn't relevant whether they are obscure, they meet the guidelines. Dabs are there to help readers find info in the encyclopaedia about a person etc. We have info on them, thus we have a dab. All would be valid redirects if they were on the only one. I'm not convinced alternatives to deletion were looked for here, such as additional valid entries. Pete is unlikely not to be short for Peter, but I've changed the intro to say 'Peter or Pete'. I am the creator but was not informed; it's often the case with dabs that the erson who created the page is not the creator of the article or dab. Boleyn (talk) 20:22, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I looked for other Peter Stranges who meet MOS:DABRL, MOS:DABMENTION or have articles and added 2 more entries. There are others, but I haven't added all of them. Boleyn (talk) 20:34, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw nomination. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:58, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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