This is more likely to happen if the page does not exist in the Wikipedia of the redirect's language, and can thus hinder the creation of an article or redirect for the subject in the Wikipedia of the redirect's language. Due to how third-party search engines work, readers could be forwarded to the English Wikipedia without any reference to a page in their native language. In addition, having redirects from other languages gives readers the impression that a page exists in their native language. None of these meanings belong at Dam (disambiguation), so none would be appropriate as a redirect if English didn't have such a word. The word dam, in various languages, can mean stable, pond, checkers, price, and numerous other things: linguists call these meanings false friends. Having a large number of unrelated redirects in other languages presents problems for both our readers and editors.Ī major problem with non-English redirects is that the differing meanings that languages give the same spelling. Topics for which a non-English title is in common use even if that is not the common English, the official or the original name (such as Malines (French for Mechelen)).Direct translations where the native/original form of the title is in English (or a language other than the language of the redirect's title) (such as Non è un paese per vecchi (Italian for No Country for Old Men), עוגיפלצת (Hebrew for Cookie Monster), ラウドハウス (Japanese for The Loud House), or 生命之书 (Simplified Chinese for The Book of Life))Įxamples of redirects that may have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis include:.Common words or concepts (such as bodem (Dutch for soil), computadora/ ordenador (Spanish for computer), blyant (Danish for pencil), आग (Hindi for fire), ゴールド (Japanese for gold), or ប្រាក់ (Khmer for silver)).

(such as Aap Ka Himesh, Abax or Affenbrot)Įxamples of inappropriate non-English redirects include: Redirects that support administrative functions such as the merger or movement of content.Apparently foreign words which are used as the English variant word in some forms of English (such as serviette (French for napkin), which is the common term used in several varieties of English).Manifestations of culture with special significance in areas where that language is spoken (such as Kecap manis).Original or official names of people, places, institutions, publications or products (such as Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Banco Central do Brasil, Coalición Cívica, El Laberinto del Fauno, Maya y Miguel or 千と千尋の神隠し).Examples of appropriate non-English redirects include:

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