Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/In-motion scale

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The result was redirect‎ to Check weigher. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:49, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In-motion scale

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I think this article may be redundant:

We have an article for checkweigher, and the in-motion scale article says is in-motion scales are "also known as" checkweighers. The checkweigher article says that automatic checkweighers are also known as in-motion scales. The checkweigher article is the older of the two, and it has sources.

What do you think? HenryMP02 (talk) 15:02, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Checkweigher and redirect to Weigh in motion. From some cursory searches, I can't actually find much use of people calling checkweighers in-motion scales online. More often, this seems to refer to a completely different device used to weigh trucks. Since that's the more common name, either a redirect with a hatnote 'or' potentially a disambiguation page would be sufficient. Definitely not worth the duplicate page though, since I can't find any distinction and duplicate pages are discouraged. Aamri2 (talk) 14:37, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Aamri2 (talk) 03:45, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting to see if there is support for a Merge with Check weigher.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:34, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Check weigher. There's no point in having two articles on the same subject, and of the two, check-weigher is in much better shape. There is really no material here that needs to be merged. I don't favour redirecting to Weigh in motion as this is a completely different application and scenario. Better to treat that as a "see also". Elemimele (talk) 16:41, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: We have contradictor guidance here on Merge and Redirection. Just seeking an opinion or two to settle this difference of opinion on target articles.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:55, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: As above.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 08:31, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to checkweigher, that seems like the more reasonable option to me. I don't really see much that would be worth merging. Actualcpscm^{scrutinize, talk} 10:48, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to checkweigher makes perfect sense to me. Jacona (talk) 18:50, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.