Talk:Shia (disambiguation)

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There seems to be some edit-warring over whether Shia should be a redirect to Shia Islam. This would appear to be consistent with the primary topic guideline. However, since there seems to be some dispute among editors, please discuss the pros and cons of this proposal below. If adopted, the current Shia page would move to Shia (disambiguation), and the title Shia would be redirected to the Shia Islam page. --Russ (talk) 13:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What edit war? The last time the Shia article was edited was ten days ago, and that was just reverting a pair of persistent vandals. --Kralizec! (talk) 13:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the edit history, it seemed there had been a couple of attempts to redirect the page, which had been reverted (not necessarily within the last few days). However, the editor doing it had not bothered to actually create a disambiguation page, and it certainly would be a mistake to lose the disambiguation content entirely. --Russ (talk) 13:48, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

While I am not sure I would call two edits from a month ago by a grumpy IP an edit war, WP:DAB#NAME would tend to indicate that Shia is the correct location for the disambiguation page as this spot is not already occupied by an article. --Kralizec! (talk) 13:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, fine, "edit war" was too strong. And I agree that if there is no primary topic, the current name of the disambiguation page is correct. The point on which I was hoping to generate some discussion is whether Shia Islam is the primary topic for this title. --Russ (talk) 14:16, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, you mean to redirect Shia to Shia Islam (or whatever name ends up being ultimately selected for the article), then moving this disambiguation content to Shia (disambiguation)? If that is the case, I have no objections as the non-Shia Islam articles disambiguated here are pretty third- and fourth-tier topics. Just do it! --Kralizec! (talk) 14:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would support that, now it's on WP:RM; but I have no objection to letting the usual few days pass first to see if anybody cares. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]