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On 6 April 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Sexual intercourse. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 6 April 2024

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: not moved. (non-admin closure) Alpha3031 (t • c) 10:56, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

– This is common article about sexual intercourse which should be renamed as sexual intercourse (in common) or sexual intercourse in animals instead of the article sexual intercourse which is about human only, thus should be renamed as sexual intercourse in humans. 202.134.11.235 (talk) 10:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. SilverLocust 💬 09:17, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: a move request at Talk:Sexual intercourse conflicted with this request and has been combined into it. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 20:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Instead, move copulation (zoology) to copulation. Sexual intercourse isn't a term that is normally used in non-human contexts. Copulation is normally used in non-human contexts, and most of the incoming links to copulation intend a non-human context. Note that copulation has substantial edit history; there should be a history-merge rather than a straight move if there is consensus to move. Plantdrew (talk) 16:30, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if Copulation (zoology) is moved to Copulation, then the hatnote at Sexual intercourse will have to be altered, as well. And a round robin page move procedure should be used with move targets that have significant edit history. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 15:39, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Sexology and sexuality and WikiProject Animals have been notified of this discussion. SilverLocust 💬 03:40, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for reasons given by Plantdrew. I'm neutral/undecided about what if anything should be done with the copulation basename. Perhaps better to have a separate discussion about that. Colin M (talk) 22:47, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. Ahri.boy (talk) 00:55, 22 April 2024 (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.