Talk:Tube man/Archives/2017

Requested move 19 October 2017

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The result of the move request was: moved to Tube man. Jenks24 (talk) 01:22, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

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Air dancer → Tube man – This is a procedural request based on an off-wiki conversation. The concern is that "Air dancer" is not the COMMONNAME and could be confused with "AirDancer" the company. Every name I can find out there other than "air dancer", including "inflatable tube man" and "sky dancer" all seem to be in roughly the same quantities, though obviously since there's a company called Air Dancer it's getting more hits. Throwing this out there to settle the matter. Primefac (talk) 15:28, 19 October 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Primefac (talk) 11:29, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

• Neutral - I'm just the facilitator in this, so I have no preferences. Primefac (talk) 15:36, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
• I support moving it to "tube man" or "inflatable tube man". Air Dancer or Sky Dancer are not common parlance for it and are pretty much never used to describe it in common language, as far as I know._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 16:36, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
• [Edit per comments below]Tall Boy, its original name, which was given to it by the inventor, although Tube man, per ZXCVBNM above, is another, maybe more common-name, choice (which I'm surprised isn't linked here and will do so). Randy Kryn (talk) 17:41, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
• Support original name if it can be properly sourced. Oppose WP:MADEUP names. Support listing prominent brand names (air dancer, sky dancer, etc.) in the lede. -- DanielPenfield (talk) 17:45, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
  • Except that "tube man" is not a made up name, it's a WP:COMMONNAME that appears all over when referring to it._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 12:48, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Then you should be able to provide scores of reliable sources that use that exact name, right? -- DanielPenfield (talk) 14:01, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose until/unless we get a well-formed proposal for a better alternative. Dicklyon (talk) 03:03, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
• Support tube man; seems to be as good as we're going to get, and plenty common. "Air dancer" is too close to the brand name and trademark "AirDancer" and simply provides an [unintentional] promotional effect for a specific manufacturer, which is a policy problem.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  08:38, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
• Relisting comment - Tube man seems to be the front runner so far, so I am updating the nomination with that name. Please comment on the suitability of that title. Primefac (talk) 11:29, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
• Support using "Tube man" as a better alternative to the less clear "Air dancer". ╠╣uw [talk] 14:47, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

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