Talk:Plains (disambiguation)

Requested move 10 September 2017

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The result of the move request was: moved. Clear consensus and the page view count for "Plain" is 50 times higher than "Plains". (closed by non-admin page mover) — Za wl 13:34, 24 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Plains → Plains (disambiguation) – Seems like a clear case here; the base title Plains should be a redirect to Plain per WP:PLURALPT and WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT. Steel1943 (talk) 15:50, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Randy Kryn (talk) 19:04, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support — the most notable usages here come from places named "Plains" which obviously derives from, again, plain. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 22:45, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:NOTDICT and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC (i.e., plain ain't it). No evidence is given that readers searching for "plains" are searching for the plain article. At least for Americans, Great Plains is probably the primary meaning for "Plains". Jimmy Carter's hometown and George Winston's album also come to mind. — AjaxSmack 02:16, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Many of the other things mentioned in the dab are named after the geographical feature. Pppery 00:29, 16 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- That's prima facie irrelevant according to WP:DETERMINEPRIMARY ("Being the original source of the name does not make a topic primary. [Boston is about Boston, Massachusetts, not the English city that first bore that name]"). — AjaxSmack 01:33, 16 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Plains most commonly means some kind of large flat geographical feature, and we have an article on that very topic at Plain. — Amakuru (talk) 13:45, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support, same as Talk:Snowfalls In ictu oculi (talk) 21:36, 23 September 2017 (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.