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Requested move 9 November 2022

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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: No consensus. The article was created at Hometowns, unilaterally moved to Hometowns (album) in 2014, and then unilaterally moved back to Hometowns in 2021. Therefore the default action in the case of no consensus is to retain the current title. King of ♥ 06:29, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]


HometownsHometowns (album) – Restore after undiscussed removal of (album) last year. Not primary topic of hometowns. Or just simply delete. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:18, 9 November 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. >>> Extorc.talk 14:33, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Strange that such an important concept has no article other than place of birth, but a totally obscure album does. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:45, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Crouch, Swale:, you're the geographer. Is native place only a concept in rapidly urbanizing societies? Probably yes. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:01, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I guess with that article the album is relatively obscure so disambiguation may be best though I'm not sure as per 162 I'm not sure if its synonymous. This isn't an oppose now and generally I'm in favour of disambiguating when there is a plural form like Dockers but it doesn't seem clear here. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:56, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Crouch, Swale: it may be an issue of the use of English in books largely published in Asia search "hometowns" in GBooks. I would have said home towns but the fact is enough books are saying "hometowns" and the album is not WP:PRIMARY against real world book usage. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:21, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
162, hometown can be pluralized, both in the real world and in en.wp. If plural people have plural place of birth then this exists. And en.wp is supposed to represent WP:RS reality, not Discogs. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:01, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Are you suggesting that Hometowns should become a primary redirect to Place of birth? They're not synonymous, you know. 162 etc. (talk) 14:57, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a nonsensical word, though — you could easily say "those two people have two different hometowns". Paintspot Infez (talk) 22:53, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's not "nonsensical". You could easily say "those two people have two different hometowns". Paintspot Infez (talk) 22:53, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Lowe's think it makes sense: [1]. Certes (talk) 11:01, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
search "hometowns" in GBooks In ictu oculi (talk) 13:19, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Relister's comment There seems to be no consensus at large unless you want to count votes. Even if a case in favor of Support is made, a larger consensus is required. Relisted >>> Extorc.talk 14:33, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: WikiProject Albums has been notified of this discussion. — Shibbolethink ( ) 14:34, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: WikiProject Disambiguation has been notified of this discussion. — Shibbolethink ( ) 14:35, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: no conflict with other notable topics, plus it already has a footnote directing back to Hometown (disambiguation) so it avoids confusion there. As No such user said above, this is a non-solution to a non-problem. QuietHere (talk) 00:52, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You say that but search "hometowns" in GBooks, and then see WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Book reality and obscure album collide. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:19, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
And? It only shows that the plural exists, but none of the mentions is a viable encyclopedic topic. Dab pages are not search indices. No such user (talk) 08:15, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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.