Talk:Sock (disambiguation)

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Should this not go to the page on Socks, the item on clothing, that is probably what people mean to go to if they look up socks? Captain Octopus (talk) 10:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

The "What links here" for "socks" is certainly full of references to the sock article, so your point is valid. I'll make the move. +mt 14:10, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

merger

the dismbig page for socks has been merged with sock Helpfulweasal (talk) 02:45, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Requested move 10 January 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: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) echidnaLives - talk - edits 04:32, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

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Socks (disambiguation) → Sock (disambiguation) – Per WP:SINGULAR, article titles should generally be rendered in the singular. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:45, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Since a lot of these plural meanings only work as plural, and are not actually ambiguous with singular ones (beyond the implications of the dictionary meaning), I would rather we split these two disambiguations up (WP:SMALLDETAILS). --Joy (talk) 08:48, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Indeed, page history says it was split up until these edits that didn't really provide a rationale: [1] [2] [3]. --Joy (talk) 08:49, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Most DAB pages include singular and plural together. There isn't a need for 2 DAB pages here. Rreagan007 (talk) 16:29, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

• Support per WP:DABNAME if not split but per WP:DABCOMBINE splitting may not be a good idea as many are interchangeable. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:50, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

  Well, that doesn't seem to match the reality of the list - the clothing item is the primary topic both for plural and singular, but other than that, only sockpuppet (Internet) and sock (anatomy) seem like items that are referred to in both forms, while all other items here are specific to one form only. I don't see how it improves navigation to have readers wade through a combined, more complex list when it could simply be two lists (cross-linked to one another of course). --Joy (talk) 19:17, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

• Support per nomination and Crouch, Swale. Among the 18 entries listed upon the Socks (disambiguation) page, nine use the form "sock" and nine use the form "socks". Since neither form has a numerical advantage, the additional argument by Rreagan007 is convincing. Thus, also taking into account that Socks redirects to Sock, the current Sock (disambiguation) redirecting to Socks (disambiguation) should be the opposite. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 01:25, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
• Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:22, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
• Split per Joy. Yeah, most dab pages include singular and plural together; but neither of Socks Seibold, Socks Seybold, Socks Byrne, Socks (novel), SOCKS, Socks (cat), Socks (Blue Peter cat) or Socks Glacier have a singular form, nor have anything to do with "sock", including user search, so it's unreasonable to lump them together. No such user (talk) 14:07, 17 January 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.

Socks (cat) naming ambiguity

An editor has requested that Socks (cat) be moved to another page, which is related to the disambiguated terms covered by this page. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 20:27, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

"Socking" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Socking has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 29 § Socking until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 13:54, 29 December 2023 (UTC)