Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HMS Onyx

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The result of the debate was redirect. Woohookitty 11:23, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

HMS Onyx[edit]

Managed to duplicate HMS_Onyx_(S21)

Redirect to main article. --DavidConrad 05:32, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to HMS_Onyx_(S21) unless it can be made into a disambiguation. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:17, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to HMS_Onyx_(S21). Dab as per Dunc. --Blackcap | talk 20:05, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per above. Alf ^melmac 20:41, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong disambiguate - it would be extremely remarkable for the Royal Navy to adopt a name for that has not been previously used. Someone needs to do some research to find a list, that's all. Dunc|☺ 20:55, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- But there aren't any other articles regarding boats called HMS Onyx (search results). So, what would it disambig? It would just say, "HMS Onyx can refer to: HMS Onyx (S21). This is a disambig page." There's no point, unless I'm missing something. --Blackcap | talk 21:53, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - There are no other articles on other ships or submarines in WP. But that is irrelevant. The purpose of a dab page is so that if an article about something in the Great War links to HMS Onyx, they don't get taken to the 1960 built submarine, but a dab page explaining where the link ought to point, in this case, there was indeed another earlirr boat called Onyx, (see here), and others as well, such as a depot ship from 1892, and probably more even earlier than that. Dunc|☺ 23:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks for clearing that up. There's no need to call my point stupid, just make yours. --Blackcap | talk 23:37, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
This should be a disambig, ala HMS Orpheus. The Royal Navy just loves reusing their names, so good disambigs with the dates of founding are essential Ziggurat 00:07, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Disambig, appears to be the standard for this kind of page - unless someone can come up with a counter-example. Megapixie 10:15, 20 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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