Talk:TAΓPOΓH

These are the Unicode characters Wikipedia uses (a mix of Greek and Latin), but I don't know why Wikipedia uses them. The references agree that the inscription is in the Greek script (ΤΑΓΡΟΓΗ), so this is like Mосква. I'll change the WP page to use Greek letters and see what happens... - -sche (discuss) 07:08, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * PS I made the same 'H'='N' thinko in my edit to WP, lol. - -sche (discuss) 07:33, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * This spelling can be deleted, right? It uses Latin "TA" and "PO" and "H". - -sche (discuss) 18:27, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Why not redirect it? —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 18:46, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I know we don't redirect from faux-Cyrillic to Cyrillic. (Anatoli made [[Mockba]], and I actually used to use that redirect, LOL, but it was deleted.) I don't know that anyone has tried half-faux-Greek before. Granted, it's almost certain no other language uses this combination of letters (and scripts)... but who would use such a redirect? Someone who could type gammas but couldn't be bothered to type alphas? I created it (before I moved it and you (re)created it) when I copied and pasted the word from Wikipedia, unaware Wikipedia was mixing scripts; I've since fixed the Wikipedia page. - -sche (discuss) 18:58, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * In case 'pedia reverts or the creator comes back and does. I don't know if you're active at en.wiki to watchlist it, but I know I'm not. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 00:50, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I am on WP fairly often, but even if I weren't, I don't think we should keep a mixed-script form just because some IP on WP might vandalise an article with it. - -sche (discuss) 03:22, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

TAΓPOΓH
This is part of the Buyla inscription, a Greek-script text thought to be in a Turkic language... but this entry uses Latin "ta", "po" and "h" rather than Greek "τα", "ρο" and "η". I created it in error when I copied the term from WP without checking the code points of characters; it turned out an IP had vandalised the article to used a mix of scripts (and read like an advert). I cleaned up WP and moved our entry, but Metaknowledge recreated it; see the talk page. In the past, faux-Cyrillic entries and redirects like [[Mockba]] have been deleted. - -sche (discuss) 03:32, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Er... I think you misunderstand. I think you can just delete this; I simply preferred to redirect it, but it doesn't make a whole lot of difference to me either way. The bottom line: if you're doing this RFD for my sake, just strike it and speedy it yourself. If you're doing it for your own reasons or because you think maybe we should in fact keep it, then go ahead. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 05:56, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Striking as resolved. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:52, 7 January 2013 (UTC)