Talk:Bridges (disambiguation)

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The result of the move request was: consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. However, I would invite some of the supporters here to be more clear about their rationales for supporting future requests of this sort. Dekimasuよ! 04:32, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Bridges → Bridges (disambiguation) – Per WP:PLURALPT. I see nothing on this page to dissuade me from thinking that the clear primary topic of the term is the singular, which is by far the most important topic historically, and which the pop culture topics intend to evoke where they use that title. bd2412 T 22:03, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

• Copied and pasted per the editor's request: Support - and feel free to copy paste this support onto all similar moves. I think this is now a case for use of technical move rather than full RM. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:16, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support as per nom Gregkaye ✍♪ 07:17, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support, makes sense. Asturkian (talk) 10:28, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose this one. The dab page shows that "Bridges" is used for a number of things separate from the singular - a surname and multiple placenames - as well as many other entries. (See Talk:Walls for a similar situation.) It's thus more helpful to our readers to keep this as a separate dab page, per WP:PLURALPT. Dohn joe (talk) 13:15, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Reiterate support, bridges themselves are often plural constructions, and the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for bridges small b is not something other than bridges. In ictu oculi (talk) 03:05, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Obvious. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:38, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:PLURALPT and WP:NOTDICT. On the one hand, the dab page has numerous entries including places, people and media called "Bridges", and on the other, there is no evidence in the nomination that the structure is the primary encyclopeidc topic for bridges. —  AjaxSmack  02:55, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support bloody obvious what is the primary encyclopaedic topic. —innotata 05:49, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support per nom. kennethaw88 • talk 03:14, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose. I admit I'm surprised, but even the quickest look at the DAB must cast doubt on the assumption (that many appear to make above) that the primary topic of bridges is the singular bridge. A case needs to be made, and it patently has not been made above... the only attempt is the invalid argument that the primary meaning is the one which the pop culture topics intend to evoke where they use that title. And a more careful look at the DAB makes it seem unlikely that a valid case can be made. Happy to be proven wrong. Andrewa (talk) 15:28, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
  • None of the pop culture topics seem to have any significant influence, and none of the articles have over 2000 views. The most popular is this album. On the other hand, you've got one of the most important and basic types of structures that exists, one of the most core topics for Wikipedia. Never mind what the pop culture topics are trying to evoke, what should "bridges" point to in an encyclopedia, and what are readers looking for? Parachutes, say, isn't an absolutely clear-cut case, since there's a popular page on an influential album, but this ought to be. —innotata 20:12, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
• Support per WP:PLURALPT. The architectural structures seem like a clear primary topic. —BarrelProof (talk) 04:12, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

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Change request

Please add entries for

• The Bridges (band), U.S. rock band
• The Bridges, Calgary, urban development in Bridgeland, Calgary

to the list

-- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 14:39, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Already done: [1]. --JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 15:44, 18 October 2014 (UTC)