Talk:Dance with My Father (song)

Similarities Christina Milian's Song

The first 9 seconds of Christina Milian's "Until I Get Over You" sounds kinda like the first 9 second's of Dance with My Father. Could they've inspired either one or the other? (instrumental wise) 80.57.225.86 14:08, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Seven Years Old

Wow, he was really young when he lost his father. That is so sad.--Splashen (talk) 23:11, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 4 June 2016

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. After relisting, it seems consensus doesn't support the move, with the main argument being a lack of there being a primary topic. (closed by a page mover) (non-admin closure). Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:55, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

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Dance with My Father (song) → Dance with My Father – The song is the primary topic of the same name and more recognized by the base title than the album itself. If stats are necessary, here you go: the song page is more viewed than the album. The disambiguation page should be deleted, so the song can take over. George Ho (talk) 21:47, 4 June 2016 (UTC) --Relisting. Omni Flames (talk) 00:17, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose page views aren't everything. The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200, while the song only peaked at #38 on the Hot 100. SSTflyer 04:57, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Truth, SSTflyer: it debuted at number one; so did Monica's After the Storm the following week, pushing the other album out. I don't know why the albums debuted at number one, but that does not mean the album was the multi-platinum seller or anything like that. Also, even when the peak was higher than that, the album didn't have any other notable original tracks than the titular song; covers of oldies don't count. George Ho (talk) 06:57, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose. Is the album or the song by the same artist most important? Apples and pears. Does either article contain "long-term significance?" The ideal solution would be to keep (album) for the album, (song) for the song and delete and salt Dance with My Father. --Richhoncho (talk) 09:21, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Was the salting solution a joke or something, Rich? WP:TWODABS says a disambiguation page may be suitable if there is no primary topic of just two with the same name. George Ho (talk) 09:46, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

No joke, but George, are you saying the guidelines are now immutable rules? Not that I thought the "ideal solution" would fly, if we reduce the choice to two articles instead of three and both are clearly marked as to content, then nobody gets lost. If a genuine PT is created then we can RM the article. Maybe there are problems with the idea, but I am not seeing them yet. Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 13:59, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

I'm saying that we should respect that rule, even when not considered policy, Rich. I was gonna discuss enabling or disabling AutoComplete until I figured that you implicitly disregarded the primary topic proposal. If not moved (or no consensus), then the disambiguation page may (as I hate to admit) still be needed, especially for those who disabled the AutoComplete and when there is no absolute primary topic in question. Of course, you can propose a change to the rule at WT:disambiguation, but I wouldn't change one bit of it, even when I can do copy editing on it. --George Ho (talk) 18:48, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

To be fair George, I never expected anybody to take what I said said seriously. Thanks for doing that. --Richhoncho (talk) 22:26, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

• Support - per WP:TWODABS. Unreal7 (talk) 21:53, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Can you explain a little more, Unreal7? TWODABS normally discourages a disambiguation page when one of the two of the same name is the primary topic, but it still allows a disambiguation page when neither of two topics is the primary topic. George Ho (talk) 22:30, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

This IS the primary topic. Unreal7 (talk) 23:15, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose. The stats aren't convincing that the song is overwhelmingly the primary topic by usage. Chase (talk | contributions) 16:31, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

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