Talk:I Sing the Body Electric (disambiguation)

Primary topic

Clearly, all uses of this term refer to Whitman in some way and this article name should reside primarily at the Whitman article. It is, after all, his poem. Viriditas (talk) 10:52, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 27 October 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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result:
Moved per consensus seen below. The argument below for the Whitman poem as primary topic is difficult to refute and is therefore supported by the guideline and its community consensus. Thanks and kudos to editors for your input; everyone stay healthy! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 10:16, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

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• I Sing the Body Electric → I Sing the Body Electric (disambiguation)
• I Sing the Body Electric (poem) → I Sing the Body Electric

– Whitman's poem I Sing the Body Electric (poem) would seem to be the primarytopic based on it being the originator of the phrase and a quick gsearch Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:25, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

@Eddie891, I suppose you want I Sing the Body Electric (poem) to be moved to the base title, I Sing the Body Electric? – robertsky (talk) 05:49, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

@Robertsky, yeah, but I couldn't figure out how to format the second part of the request on twinkle Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:22, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

@Eddie891, done it for you. I can't remember the format offhand, but would usually go to WP:RMC and pick one existing multi-page request and copy and edit the format from there. – robertsky (talk) 15:13, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, very much! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:33, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose. While I agree that the poem would be the primary topic if we weighed based purely on long-term significance, its pageviews trail considerably behind those for the Twilight Zone episode. In some cases, a topic with fewer pageviews will still have sufficient significance to be primary anyway – the classic example here is Apple vs. Apple Inc. – but I don't feel that the significance gap here meets that threshold. Consequently, I feel that the best call is to leave the primary title at this DAB page. (Note as well that being the originator of the phrase is not determinative in and of itself.) ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 15:58, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Unlike ModernDayTrilobite above, I think the poem does demonstrate long-term significance, being still sought-after despite hailing from 1855, and being the originator of the phrase. I suppose having the 1972 album in the mix adds an extra level of spice, and I think the album has a lot more long-term significance than the episode too, but with the poem still enjoying robust page views - 2,231 per month on average compared to 4,079 for the episode and 1,880 for the album, I think I'd give it the nod.  — Amakuru (talk) 22:07, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.