Talk:Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye

Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye - Requested move 11 November 2023 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 discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye. (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 21:58, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply


Goodbye Little Darlin'Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. GoingBatty (talk) 03:06, 11 November 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. BegbertBiggs (talk) 00:10, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

To an administrator

Please change the title of the page to "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye", which is the title song was published under. This article was created by a Johnny Cash fan, who apparently released song as album track in 1959 under an abreviated title. I am updating the article to include cover versions and legal references, I just need help changing title. I will update Autry discography and singles list. Thanks


Goodbye, Little Darlin' Goodbye; from South of the border, w & m Johnny Marvin & Gene Autry. © March 15, 1940; E pub. 85120; Western Music Pub. co., Hollywood. 12737


Goodbye, Little Darlin' Goodbye; from South of the border, w & m Johnny Marvin & Gene Autry. © May 7, 1940; E pub. 85459; Chappell & Co., Inc., New York. 16143

Tillywilly17 (talk) 02:18, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Tillywilly17: You don't have to be an administrator to move a page. You've asked for the article to be moved to "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" (with no commas) and mentioned two sources listing the title as "Goodbye, Little Darlin' Goodbye" with a comma. Some of the sources list the title as "Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye" (with two commas). I don't know what the right answer is, so I've added the {{requested move}} template above for you. Happy editing! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoingBatty (talkcontribs) 03:06, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
I agree there with your observation re comma. I decided to submit with no comma when I uploaded scan of first record release, which had no comma (see article picture). I consent to title with the comma also, it could go either way. Thanks for your help. Tillywilly17 (talk) 19:12, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • Comment: Relisted to hopefully develop a consensus about the comma situation. BegbertBiggs (talk) 00:10, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • I'm the one who created the article, and I support the move. Sorry for not knowing Gene Autry's original, I will check it on YouTube.
    As for the commas, I don't have an opinion. I tend to use commas (in the articles' titles), but sometimes they are nowhere to be found when I search the net. (Sometimes I think that a title just looks better without commas. Not sure if this is the case here. On the original shellac releases, there are no commas. See Discogs → [1].) --Moscow Connection (talk) 00:51, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • Thinking about it, I'm inclined towards "Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye" (with commas). --Moscow Connection (talk) 21:07, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.