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sources call it "corona" too (which is kinda crazy, given how informal a term it is, but still). Before the name "COVID-19" caught on, the informal term "corona" (like the virus itself) had already spread like wildfire by March. While from the beginning it was a pet peeve of mine to hear it
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a thing (albeit informal). A large portion of people informally referred to (and still refer to) the disease as "corona". (Like, search the word "corona" literally anywhere online). While most major news sources use the full name or official name, even some
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informally called "corona" (and still grinds my gears), these are helpful redirects. Over 5,000 people have used these redirects in the past 2 months (you can check the pageviews) — there's no harm in people getting more educated about the topic.
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The redirect is just as valid now as when I created it in 2004. If anyone is indeed looking for information about the organization of Knowledge (XXG), the redirect will take them to an article that has the
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too. If someone is looking for an "administrator" or a "bureaucrat," it doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that they might use the "user" prefix, so I think it's not completely out of the blue.
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Knowledge (XXG) may be a common mistake for Wikimedia, but people might be looking for information about the organisation of Knowledge (XXG) itself rather than Wikimedia.
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I don't think we should assume that someone who searches for "Estimate of the Situation" on Knowledge (XXG) is looking for an article about ufology. —
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and there's a global account behind this too, so the reasons you state aren't actually an issue. We also have a precedent for this kind of CNR with
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per Spicy. Those making this mistake obviously want to find the corporation behind Knowledge (XXG). –
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This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on May 30, 2020.
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per above, the Foundation is clearly the organization behind the Knowledge (XXG) projects.
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Agreed. this is too general a term to redirect to one (rather fringe and minor) use of it.
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Redirect to a page that doesn't mention the subject, or even the city involved.
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to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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No source I have seen has called COVID-19 'corona'.
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