Talk:Elvis (1968 TV program)

Latest comment: 5 years ago by StraussInTheHouse in topic Requested move 9 December 2018
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Singer Presents...Elvis attracted 42 percent of the American television audience when it aired 50 years ago today?
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Hello, Just to let you know that I, Rikstar, am also responsible for additions and corrections made by 62.136.54.181. A lot of them I know, but I hope you think they are objective and suitably expand this article.

I am about to change 'Elvis' to 'Presley' throughout to meet wiki convention re: names Rikstar 05:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Origin of "Comeback Special" title edit

I'd like to see more information on how and when this became known as the "Comeback Special," particularly because it was not the official title of the broadcast but is the title of the article. I wonder if it wouldn't be appropriate to retitle the article "Elvis (1968 television special)" with a redirect from "Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special"? Clconway (talk) 15:15, 27 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Isn't it called "Singer Pesents Elvis?" The Davison Library (talk) 22:02, 4 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

I ment "SINGER PRESENTS ELVIS!" The Davison Library (talk) 22:05, 4 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Renaming article edit

Per WP:COMMONNAME, this article should be called The '68 Comeback Special. It is almost *never* referred to by the article's current name, even if it is the original one. 128.151.71.16 (talk) 12:55, 17 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Well, '68 Comeback Special is the name which the show came later to be known as. The introduction pretty much clarifies that it is known as such. All of the 1968 publicity surrounding the show uses the original name. It is also not the only show in the Singer Presents... series (check for example, Singer Presents...Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass).--GDuwenTell me! 20:15, 24 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Talk:Singer Presents...Elvis/GA1

Requested move 9 December 2018 edit

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 section.

The result of the move request was: moved (closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 20:45, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Reply



Singer Presents...ElvisElvis (1968 TV program) – This request is to undo an undiscussed move and reinstate the long-standing title of this article, which was used from July 2009 to Jan 2018. This special has come to be informally and inconstently known by several other names such as "Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special", "Elvis NBC TV Special", and other variations, but the title at the time was simply "Elvis" under the "Singer Presents..." sponsor umbrella title used for a series of specials around that time. This move provides the least confusing title option. -- Netoholic @ 18:20, 9 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

  • (Ambivalent) support, mostly just due to WP:TITLECHANGES. I suspect a better WP:NATURALDIS title for this one could be tracked down, but I don't want to be on the hook to be the one who has to do that. But "Singer Presents...Elvis" is almost certainly not the WP:COMMONNAME, so the long-standing title should be restored (in the meantime)... --IJBall (contribstalk) 20:06, 9 December 2018 (UTC)Reply
  • Support - from the little I searched on this, the sources I found called this simply "Elvis". --Gonnym (talk) 20:28, 9 December 2018 (UTC)Reply
  • Support per nom and above. Randy Kryn (talk) 20:27, 10 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

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.