Talk:American Smooth (poetry collection)

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This page is very blank and needs more detail. In saying that, I would like to add a section where it gives viewers a better idea of what the book is about. I would also like to look into the critiques of this book and even add more reviews. Aschr3 (talk) 21:52, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 12 September 2016

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The result of the move request was: Moved all — Amakuru (talk) 12:20, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

– This is an effort to get consistent disambiguators for collections of poetry, as currently there's no consistency. WP:BOOKDAB recommends we "add the type of literary work in parentheses", but doesn't specifically mention collections of poetry. As such, my first instinct is to suggest moving these articles to "(poetry collection)". The current list is just a test case from Category:American poetry collections; I'll add something to BOOKDAB depending on our findings here. I excluded a few books that contain things besides poetry (Babel (book), Beginnings (collection), etc.) as well as those that need the author's name for further disambiguation (eg Poems in Prose (Smith), which distinguishes from Poems in Prose (Wilde)).
Other options may be using "(collection)", which is more concise but may not be recognizable enough, or simply "(book)", which may be insufficiently precise. At any rate, the articles would benefit from consistent disambiguation. Cúchullain ^t/c 18:38, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why would you move Cathay (poetry collection) to Children of Paradise (poetry)? (RM above). Several of these are already at (poetry collection), apparently. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:35, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- That was my error, thanks for catching. I included the ones already at "(poetry collection)" in case there's consensus for another disambiguator; the main thing is to get them consistent, as they're inconsistent currently.--Cúchullain ^t/c 10:59, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - the author name would be a lot more use than (poetry collection) in terms of finding books. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:25, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- I suppose that's another option, but it's not how we typically distinguish books, unless there are multiple of the same name by different authors.--Cúchullain ^t/c 10:59, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Added All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (collection).--Cúchullain ^t/c 13:06, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Specificity is useful here, particularly in this modern age of literary materials being made available in formats other than the traditional "book". If the "(book)" title is available, it can redirect to the "(poetry collection)" title. bd2412 T 20:11, 13 September 2016 (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.