Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/OCT 31 = DEC 25

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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 of the debate was merge and redirect to Mathematical joke (makes more sense than redirecting to October 31). howcheng {chat} 20:16, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] OCT 31 = DEC 25

Maybe I'm missing something, but I really don't see the encyclopedic significance of this. Pharos 12:36, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete, but only to cover up Pharos's ignorance. Josh Parris#: 12:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Gee, thanks for the consideration!--Pharos 14:17, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. I also merge it into October 31. --Anthony Ivanoff 13:46, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion. Merges need to be finished with a redirect to attribute the original contributor. - Mgm|(talk) 13:59, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete — Math/CompSci trivia, along the lines of: if you saw DEAD people, how many people would you see? (Answer: 57005) — RJH 16:06, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect with Mathematical joke. --keepsleeping say what 18:23, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect per Keepsleeping. Good call. -- Antaeus Feldspar 23:28, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - beautiful riddle. 31 in octal = 25 in decimal. Love it. Of course, we don't celebrate Halloween here, but still great. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 13:48, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete --Ajdz 03:33, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Mathematical joke. No merge required, the joke already appears in that article. Zunaid 12:53, 21 December 2005 (UTC) Changing vote to Delete per Anthony Ivanoff below. Zunaid 14:38, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment. Why redirect - one will never type Oct 31 = Dec 25 in the address bar to be redirected to Mathematical joke. I know redirects are cheap but this is unnecessary. --Anthony Ivanoff 13:17, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment - I included the joke in to Mathematical joke (just added the few lines from here). By the way, the Mathematical joke page needs a massive cleanup, as the jokes would be great as their own sub sections. I am happy for it to be deleted now (so long as the joke remains). I think that a redirect from here is in order, as YES, I do think that there would be occasions when someone might type OCT 31 = DEC 25 in to a search engine. For example - when someone asks them how OCT 31 can equal DEC 25! Also could have a redirect from Halloween = Christmas too just to be sure. I think that everyone basically agrees with this (one way or the other) so I am hoping that this is seen as the consensus view. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 10:02, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
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.