Talk:Ipa (spider)

Requested move 20 October 2018

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The result of the move request was: moved (page mover nac) Flooded with them hundreds 07:05, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

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Ipa → Ipa (spider) – This is a surprising page for a reader looking for pages listed at IPA, which are more notable than this. I propose moving to Ipa (spider) and redirecting this page to IPA. Danski454 (talk) 17:09, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

If the article were moved, it should be to Ipa (spider), as this is the convention for spider genera needing disambiguation. Peter coxhead (talk) 20:07, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

• Support moving to Ipa (spider), this article receives a consistent ~100 views per day and I highly doubt any of them were looking for a spider genus. —Xezbeth (talk) 05:10, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

  In fact only the page history from March 2017 onwards should be moved, since this term was a stable redirect for about 13 years. —Xezbeth (talk) 05:13, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

  @Xezbeth: possibly the best solution is to copy the existing content to a new article at "Ipa (spider)" (which should have been created in March 2017), attaching the {{Copied}} template, and revert this one to the redirect. Peter coxhead (talk) 08:47, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

  • Erh?? That would be a cut-and-paste move?? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:24, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Not really, since as noted above, for most of its life this was a redirect, so we would only be reverting, and then copying the incorrectly added material since March 2017 to where it should have been, with appropriate use of the {{Copied}} template to track the recent page history. You could call it a split, if you prefer. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:39, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

It's trivial for an admin to delete an article, restore part of it, move that part, then restore the remainder. No need to do any copying. —Xezbeth (talk) 11:38, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

@Xezbeth: ok, fine, then I suggest you do this now – there's very unlikely to be any dissent, as there are currently few spider editors. Peter coxhead (talk) 15:56, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

• I have updated the move request to Ipa (spider), revert if RMCD bot breaks. --Danski454 (talk) 08:40, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
• Support - hello, WP:DIFFCAPS my old friend. I hope to never see you again (and until this policy gets revoked, WP:IAR). --Gonnym (talk) 18:00, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Comment DIFFCAPS, disambiguating between a hyphen and a dash and a space, disambiguating with "The"... UGH. -- 65.94.42.18 (talk) 04:33, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
• Support and yes WP:DIFFCAPS needs fixing later. This is a prime example of why. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:30, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
• Support and agree that DIFFCAPS needs fixing, but part of a more general need for fixing our use of caps (we use them at times we shouldn't, and not when we should). Andrewa (talk) 21:20, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.