Talk:Norwegian Wood

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was moved per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. See Andrewa's rationale below. --rgpk (comment) 16:44, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Norwegian Wood → Norwegian Wood (disambiguation) — Primary topic is Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), and most readers are looking for the song, most commonly referred to as simply "Norwegian Wood". This is reflected by the fact that all of the entries to current articles of the same name listed in this dab page refer to the song. Hatnote to disambiguation page should be placed at the top of the song article. After the proposed move is complete, "Norwegian Wood" should redirect to Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown). Viriditas (talk) 08:55, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

• Support move (would also support move of the song article to plain "Norwegian Wood", but presumably in the world of Beatles experts it's better known with the parenthetical addition!) PamD (talk) 09:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose. The fact other topics are named after the song does not make the song article primary topic. And Murakami's novel has comparable page view to the Beatles' song. --Kusunose 10:15, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

• Support. Faulks' novel On Green Dolphin Street has exactly the same issue. A lot of novels and films use popular songs as a reference point, and then consume them in recentism. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 10:37, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

• Support move and redirect, per principle of least surprise. The number of page views does not dictate the primary meaning of a topic; for all we know, people type this title while searching for the song, and are so surprised to learn that there is a novel by the same name that they click the link just to see what it is. bd2412 T 16:53, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose Many users of Wikipedia will no doubt be searching for Haruki Murakami's novel and its recent film adaptation. Though the song is still probably more well known, I'm not sure that it can currently be considered to be the primary topic. The Celestial City (talk) 23:29, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose The beatles song has it's built-in disambiguator, per wp:precise "use natural disambiguator" and making a (X dab) page superfluous. This is a case where it is best to land the reader at a dab is best, compare with Fight Club. ^walk victor falk ^talk 19:35, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
• Support. The song is clearly the primary topic. Gamaliel (talk) 06:41, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
• Support; clear primary topic. Powers ^T 14:49, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
• Support; clear primary topic. The novel is named after the song. Cjc13 (talk) 14:52, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
• Support, primary topic, and would enable the song's article to be renamed simply "Norwegian Wood", which is its common and recognizable name. (In fact even renaming it "Norwegian Wood (song)" would be an improvement over the present title.)--Kotniski (talk) 10:51, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
  • Agree. Vote below. Andrewa (talk) 15:03, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
• Support, and also support moving the article on the Beatles' song to undisambiguated Norwegian Wood. No evidence that there's anything lasting in the current flurry of interest in the film, and hence in the book as well. If this solidifies into long-term interest then revisit whether the song remains the primary topic at a later date; It's of course possible, but unlikely. Current article on the song reads in part Rolling Stone ranked it #83 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Quite independent of this, there's also significant interest in the use of the sitar in this song, see the article; This seemingly minor aspect led directly to sitar music becoming a major influence on the music and also life stories of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. No similar significance is yet evident for the novel or film. Andrewa (talk) 15:03, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

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Requested move 17 March 2019

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The result of the move request was: Moved. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:06, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

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Norwegian Wood (disambiguation) → Norwegian Wood – Currently, Norwegian Wood is a redirect to the song Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown). However, this article receives less than a quarter of all page views, and the novel alone receives twice as many page views as the song. Also, three quarters of the readers who search for "Norwegian Wood" apparently end up clicking through to the dab page [1]. The song is clearly not the primary topic with respect to usage, and it's not the primary topic with respect to long-term significance either: the fact that the names of the other entries ultimately go back to the song is irrelevant, and the concerns about recentisms expressed in the previous RM, albeit reasonable at the time (the RM occurred a year after the film was released), are hardly germane anymore given that the main primary topic contender is a book published 30 years ago. – Uanfala (talk) 23:24, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

• Support clearly no primary topic In ictu oculi (talk) 09:34, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
• Support per above. Honestly, I've only heard of the Murakami novel, and had no idea it was based on a Beatles song. If the song wasn't so important, the book would have a good shot at primary topic IMO. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 15:40, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
• Support, the novel gets twice as many views as the song and has longterm significance of its own, so no clear primary topic. PC78 (talk) 17:01, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
• Weak support Based on the fact that "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" is the actual name of the Beetles song even though it is the original in respect to the other, the page views show indeed that the Beetles song is clearly not primary by usage. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:46, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
• Support. Recent usage also indicates the novel is the WP:primary topic. Especially since the song is already at its best, longer, title, "Norwegian Wood" should be better used for the novel or for the dab page. Station1 (talk) 17:49, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
• Support. No primary topic here. The novel by Murakami is at least as important as the song. Esiymbro (talk) 08:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

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