Talk:Abysmal

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Requested move 15 February 2017

Latest comment: 7 years ago8 comments7 people in discussion

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The result of the move request was: moved. Not what I expected, but there you go – a clear consensus in favour of moving. Jenks24 (talk) 08:02, 27 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Abysmal (album) → Abysmal – Abysmal currently redirects to the dab page Abyss, but this album is the only entry there that has this title, and I don't find it likely that most readers would expect to find it there. It would be better to move this page over the redirect and add a hatnote linking to the dab instead. --MASHAUNIX 20:19, 15 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Support per nom and WP:NOTDICT. — AjaxSmack 03:52, 16 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
Support per nom. The word "abysmal" may be related to "abyss" etymologically, but the connection is fairly obscure and archaic. Jellyman (talk) 21:58, 16 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
Support, per nom, WP:NOTDICT, Jellyman and WP:COMMONNAME, really. Anyone searching with "Abysmal" is probably seeking this page, and almost certainly not seeking anything named "Abyss", so leaving that redirect makes no sense whatsoever. --В²C ☎ 01:46, 17 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
Oppose I highly doubt that an album by an American metal band is what most people are searching for when they type in "abysmal". They're probably looking for the Wiktionary definition, which the dab page links too. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but Wiktionary is, and helping people find where they want to go is important. Abysmal is far too generic a term for COMMONNAME to apply. Disambiguation is the right way to go here because it gives the reader all of their options. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:11, 22 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
- Comment The dab page doesn't link to the definition for "abysmal", and I don't think it should. It would be better to add such a link to a hatnote in this article, along with a link to the dab.--MASHAUNIX 23:52, 23 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
Support It's the best way to have a hatnote that points to the right word on wiktionary.Homunq (࿓) 14:26, 26 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

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