Talk:All-seeing eye (disambiguation)

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All seeing eye → All-seeing eye – because it's correct McKay 04:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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Well, according to a Google test, "All seeing eye" is quite a bit more common, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. What's the specific reason that "All-seeing eye" is correct - grammar? Picaroon9288•talk 03:42, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, G:"all-seeing eye" and G:"all seeing eye" seem to be identical (as punctuation means little to Google).

Yes, the reason is grammar. eye is the noun here, and all seeing is it's modifier. It is an eye that is all seeing. It is incorrect to say it is both an all eye and a seeing eye which is what all seeing eye means. All is not actually modifying eye it is modifying seeing, and only together do they modify eye. So it is used thusly: all-seeing eye. This is the rule for how hyphens are applied. (the difference would show up in something like blood red blister vs. blood-red blister. In the former case, both blood and red are applied to the blister, meaning it is a blood blister, and the blister is red. In the latter case, blood is modifying red, so the blister may not actually be a blood blister, but the blister is blood red. McKay 06:40, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm happy either way, but the grammar argument for 'all-seeing eye' looks valid. Another question is whether this page really ought to moved to All-seeing eye (disambiguation) and the straight All-seeing eye changed to a primary meaning redirect to Eye of Providence. The other meanings appear to be derivative and much less significant. The key question: would anyone linking all-seeing eye in another article, expect to be linking to the Eye or the software package/band. -- Solipsist 07:52, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't be opposed to that either. If that's what we decide, we shouldn't need an admin to move it. . . . I looked through the pages that link here, and they're all really referring to the eye of providence. So my new vote is move this page to a disambig page (no admin necessary), and change the redirect of all-seeing eye to Eye of providence. McKay 13:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

That sounds right. So All-seeing eye, All seeing eye, All Seeing Eye, All-searching eye and All-seeing Eye all redirect to Eye of Providence. Meanwhile, All-seeing eye (disambiguation) is linked to from the top of Eye of Providence with the "... redirects here. For other uses, see..." message. If this is the plan, I support it. Picaroon9288•talk 18:20, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, it's done. We're moved. I just needed to be WP:BOLD McKay 23:00, 9 September 2006 (UTC)