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 redirect to List of minor planets: 20001–21000. Courcelles 03:03, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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A search for reliable, secondary sources reveals an insufficient amount of significant coverage. This article fails Wikipedia's notability guidelines for astronomical objects; there has not been "significant commentary on the object". Other similar AfDs include Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/(20692) 1999 VX73 and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/18104 Mahalingam. Neelix (talk) 03:21, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Both of which ended up with redirection and no deletion. So what's different about this "similar" case that means that redirection is not an option and the article has to be outright deleted? Uncle G (talk) 05:15, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I was under the impression that AfD was the appropriate avenue for recommending deletion/redirection because merger discussions suggest that there is useful content for merger. I would be glad to simply redirect in the future if that is the more appropriate procedure. Neelix (talk) 19:27, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - AFD is for getting an administrator to use the deletion tool to remove a page and its entire edit history. Redirects, and even mergers (which is probably a good idea in this instance, since the "named for" information isn't in the list), can be just done. If one wants to do a mass of them for a whole load of astronomy stubs, but wants some confirmation of one's approach beforehand, then Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy/Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomical objects or Wikipedia:Village Pump or even Wikipedia:Requested mergers are the places to bring the subject up for comment by other editors. Uncle G (talk) 23:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of minor planets: 20001–21000, per WP:NASTRO. In general, I think these minor planets should be handled with a redirect FIRST, and then if the redirect is reverted, send to AfD. Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 14:10, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- For main-belt asteroids numbered above 10000, I would not object to a more generic mass re-direct. -- Kheider (talk) 15:49, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - That makes sense to me. Help on that front would be greatly appreciated. Neelix (talk) 19:27, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- No. If the redirect is reverted use a talk page, or request a third opinion at the Astronomy WikiProject. AFD isn't a hammer, and everything isn't a nail. Uncle G (talk) 23:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:21, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The way to do these is not quite clear: there seem to be multiple overlapping processes and multiple opinions about when to use them. My own take on this is that the normal editing mechanism should be used for redirects that are not expected to be controversial, but that if it is challenged and cannot be quickly resolved, bringing the article here is the most effective way to get an enforceable resolution to the question. DGG ( talk ) 02:24, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KTC (talk) 01:25, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of minor planets: 20001–21000 per WP:NASTRO. I mostly agree with AstroCog; we really should just redirect all of these to the lists. StringTheory11 (t • c) 03:01, 19 January 2013 (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.