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The result was keep. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It Is What It Is[edit]

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None of these 3 works has a page, making this a complete dead-end of a dab. What's the point of a dab if it leads you nowhere? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:25, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I'm not entirely sure what to do with this; however, it would certainly be a plausible redirect to at least one of the three items. At an absolute minimum, it would be tagged with ((Wiktionary redirect)) rather than deletion. Ryan Vesey Review me! 00:30, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do we have WP:HEY for DAB pages? Ryan Vesey Review me! 03:18, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:39, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently I created this. I don't remember the circumstances at all, but according to the history I created it as a redirect and User:Topbanana turned it into a dab earlier this year. Can't say I care too much one way or the other, but I'm not so sure I agree with the contention that this is a complete dead end as each entry does have a bluelink in it, albeit one that does not point to an actual article by the name "it is what it is." I don't believe I have ever encountered this particular situation before, but it would seem to me that the central question to be resolved here would be "does this page help readers find content they are looking for?" Beeblebrox (talk) 01:43, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, there are enough articles that treat things with the title that disambiguation is appropriate. older ≠ wiser 02:17, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As stated above, this was a redirect until earlier this year. It was flagged up as having incoming links from very disparate subjects by an automated tool, and on inspection I found that it was indeed the target of links intended for three different topics. As there was no clear primary, I converted it into a (not wishing to debate the definition of a "DAB page") list of relevant uses of this term and repaired/removed/corrected incoming links. In it's current form it encapsulates useful information that is not present elsewhere, helping readers and editors alike locate a more precise topic for this ambiguous term. I'd say keep, but would be delighted if someone came up with a more elegant solution. - TB (talk) 06:56, 9 July 2012 (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.