Talk:If I Remember Correctly

RFD discussion: June–July 2014
Kephir deleted If I Remember Correctly and If I Recall Correctly under WT:SOP and WT:redirects. We discussed it briefly (I have no idea how to link LQT threads here), and my request for these redirects to be restored fell on deaf ears of which I was rudely told to shut up. so be it. as far as I know, there is no justifiable reason for redirects of this nature to be prohibited, and their inclusion (which falls under redirects as the spelled out version of an initialism is certainly a different form of it) is allowed. The prime example that shows that this should be allowed is the redirect of as far as I know which is another form of AFAIK has existed since 02:50, 6 September 2008‎ (5.8 years ago). As such, I'm requesting either a discussion on the topic of why redirects to alternative forms of initialisms are not allowed despite the fact they improve search indexing making it easier to find a definition someone may be looking for or restoration of these redirects. Thank you.


 * I think that it is more likely that we would delete as far as I know. bd2412 T 18:00, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Definitely delete, apart from the bad capitalization, why have if I recall correctly redirect to IIRC, which then explains that it means if I recall correctly. Totally boneheaded. Renard Migrant (talk) 18:26, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Not restored. — Keφr 18:53, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * And I thought you were tech-savvy. Here is the link: Thread:User talk:Kephir/redirects. Comparison to makes more sense than to, I think. Still,  is atypical, because the "as ... as ..." construct is usually used for expressing some kind of proportion, comparison or analogy, but  does not draw a parallel to anything explicitly mentioned. While "he dislikes fish as far as I know" does not mean "his dislike of fish is directly proportional to my extent of knowledge", but "I can claim he dislikes fish, but note the limited knowledge I might have". But  seems more like straightforward conditional clause. — Keφr 18:32, 13 June 2014 (UTC)