Talk:Chimp (disambiguation)

Requested move 23 April 2019

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 section.

The result of the move request was: Moved and redirected Chimp to Chimpanzee per clear consensus. No consensus on the issue of merging Chimp (disambiguation) with Chimpanzee (disambiguation) per the discussion between Netoholic and JHunterJ, in any event, a merge discussion can be started. (closed by non-admin page mover) SITH (talk) 18:25, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Chimp → Chimp (disambiguation) – This would free up the title "Chimp" to be redirected to Chimpanzee. Chimp is short for Chimpanzee and readers are probably searching for the species when using this term and should not have to run into a disambiguation page. In addition, type "chimp" in google and the Chimpanzee article is the first search. LittleJerry (talk) 15:53, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support, especially given that (almost?) all other entries are related to chimpanzees. -- Tavix ^(talk) 16:15, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per above, also noting that it doesn't seem any of the other entries are called "Chimp" so I don't think primary topic is even an issue, Chimpanzee seems to be the only topic we have called "Chimp" so it should redirect there by default. The 2nd and 4th (of which is a stub) entries are "The Chimp" and I don't see any evidence that the 3rd (also just a stub) and 5th are called "Chimp" either. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:11, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Note that this is also the dab for the titles Chimps and The Chimp. -- JHunterJ (talk) 18:51, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I would indeed suggest that the only (or at least primary) topic for "Chimps" is still Chimpanzee (since they are often referred to in the plural) but The Chimp should indeed be a redirect to Chimp (disambiguation). Given that this has been a long-standing redirect to Chimpanzee (apart from vandalism) until it was changed on the 13th and that Chimpanzee appears to be the only topic ambiguous with "Chimp(s)" we could probably just preform this move per WP:SNOW anyway. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:02, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. "all others are related to chimpanzees" isn't a criterion, but it would seem to be the primary topic by long-term significance and also reader usage. I would then redirect Chimps to Chimpanzee as well, but redirect The Chimp to Chimp (disambiguation). -- JHunterJ (talk) 18:53, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support per common alternate name, and above. Randy Kryn (talk) 20:25, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support - per above. Also suggest merging DAB into Chimpanzee (disambiguation) as everything on Chimp (disambiguation) is named in reference to chimpanzees. -- Netoholic @ 06:06, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose merging to one dab. "Named after" is not the same as "referred to as". Aside from the proposed primary topic, nothing in Chimp (disambiguation) is referred to as "Chimpanzee". -- JHunterJ (talk) 12:16, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:DABCOMBINE, chimp is just a shortened, variant form of chimpanzee as used there, just like the Fred/Frederick example given. --Netoholic @ 17:25, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, because many of the entries in the Fred/Frederick example given would be referred to both ways, which is why those would be combined and these would not. The advice is there to serve the reader, who would not be served by combining these. -- JHunterJ (talk) 17:49, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:ASTONISH. Very obvious primary redirect. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:18, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support, obvious primary redirect. Cavalryman V31 (talk) 15:14, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.