Talk:Gentlemen's agreement (disambiguation)

Requested move 27 August 2023

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: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – MaterialWorks 23:15, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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• Gentlemen's agreement (disambiguation) → Gentleman's agreement
• A Gentleman's Agreement → A Gentleman's Agreement (1918 film)
• Gentlemen's Agreement (film) → Gentlemen's Agreement (1935 film)

– No need for Gentleman's agreement to serve as the primary redirect to Gentlemen's agreement. The former can be the main title header for the disambiguation page and the latter can be the header for the entry delineating the agreement. As for the two films, closely related film titles such as these should be disambiguated by year, especially since there is also a third film, the 1947 Best Picture winner, Gentleman's Agreement. Another RM discussion centering upon WP:SMALLDIFFS disambiguation by year of related film titles is currently active at Talk:Blind Side (1993 film)#Requested move 22 August 2023. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 22:26, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose all. The current primary redirect is the appropriate target for "gentleman's agreement", and the films are already disambiguated per established convention. 162 etc. (talk) 23:08, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT. I agree with the above comment. Rreagan007 (talk) 23:40, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose all per WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT - this is a slightly different spelling of the same thing. What, are we gonna make Colour a disambiguation page? Red Slash 21:01, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

If the difference in spelling is positioned as a WP:ENGVAR matter, it may be noted that, as of this writing, the Gentlemen's agreement (disambiguation) page primary topic entry — "A gentleman's agreement is an informal agreement." — does not agree with the spelling of either the dab page main title header or even with the header of the article itself: Gentlemen's agreement. Also, the American novel and the Best Picture winner based on it are spelled "Gentleman's Agreement", not "Gentlemen's Agreement". —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 22:58, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Oh no, it's not ENGVAR, but it's analogous to ENGVAR. Red Slash 23:53, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Since Colour (which redirects to Color) was submitted as an example, it may be useful to emphasize that, among the eight entries listed upon the Gentlemen's agreement (disambiguation) page, five use the form "Gentleman's", while only three (the two diplomatic arrangements and the 1935 British film) use the form "Gentlemen's", thus indicating the basis for the proposed move of this dab page's main title header. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 01:09, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose all - This goes clearly against WP:SMALLDETAILS while the first one seems like needless overcomplication. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 23:15, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose 1st. Clear primary redirect. Support 2nd and 3rd. Clearly ambiguous. Our only aim should be to assist navigation by our users. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:55, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

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.