Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Today's date

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 delete. The very few comments that favor keeping this as an article don't have much argumentative weight; they say it can be improved, but offer no indication of sources, and two weeks in the article still doesn't have any. The main focus of dispute has been over whether there should be a redirect. Since there is clear consensus against keeping and AFD is not the best venue for deciding about redirects, I'm closing this as "delete" but with no prejudice for or against the existence of a redirect. If someone wants to create a redirect at this title, they can; if someone else objects, they can take it to WP:RFD where there is more interest and expertise around the nuances of redirection. RL0919 (talk) 16:59, 21 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Today's date

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Today covers this article. Interstellarity (talk) 21:00, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect instead of delete. MoonyTheDwarf (Braden N.) (talk) 21:01, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete this article serves no encyclopedic purpose. I believe it's unnecessary to add redirects for every permutation of a term that is unlikely to be queried. Alpha⁴⁶¹⁵ _{(talk to me)} 21:50, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
comment it actually has some useful info. can it be merged to today instead? Hydromania (talk) 21:55, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Today. It doesn't have useful, accurate, info. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 04:55, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Don't redirect I don't see a suitable redirect target. Someone typing in "Today's date" wouldn't expect to end up on a page detailing different uses of the word "Today". Most people entering this term will want to know what today's date is, as would someone typing it into Google. Whether we should accommodate them by having a page like this giving today's date in multiple formats I am not sure.----Pontificalibus 07:34, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Don't delete but improve per WP:HEY.— Preceding unsigned comment added by RockingGeo (talk • contribs) 09:51, November 10, 2019 (UTC)
Don't delete The article can be improved. Nikoo.Amini (talk) 22:49, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Today.@Pontificalibus: The hat note at the top of the Today page should answer the question of people searching for today's date.4meter4 (talk) 09:56, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Can somebody please discuss this in terms an AfD closer can understand, such as V, OR, GNG and sourcing?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 15:14, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:NOT Lightburst (talk) 15:27, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per 4meter4. It's a plausible search-term for "today". FOARP (talk) 16:10, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - See Talk:Today's_date, perhaps especially Talk:Today's_date#Date_information_for_today_or_today's_date. Lhimec (talk) 20:06, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - See also Talk:Today#Today's_date. Lhimec (talk) 20:07, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Fifthavenuebrands (talk) 13:22, 15 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and merge - info already covered in Today. Cannot find any reliable sources that talk about today's date in general terms that is not about a specific day. --Darth Mike^(talk) 13:50, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and merge violates our sourcing rules. See delete and merge. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:33, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct, should have been Delete OR merge. --Darth Mike^(talk) 18:26, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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