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On 30 October 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Happy (song). The result of the discussion was not moved.

24hoursofhappy.com is broken

The website https://24hoursofhappy.com still shows the title screen but never finishes loading and the video doesn't start. Does anyone know if this will ever be fixed or is it permanently abandoned? Mark Taylor (talk) 23:02, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 30 October 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. There is a consensus not to move. (closed by non-admin page mover) Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 04:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy (Pharrell Williams song) → Happy (song) – Likely WP:PRIMARYPDAB over all other "Happy" songs, per a ~5:1 pageview ratio with the seventeen other songs with articles combined and per long-term pageview statistics. JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 03:07, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose the passage at WP:PRIMARYPDAB reads: "Additionally, following a Request for Comment discussion, it was concluded in June 2016 that PDABs should sometimes be used for song and album articles when there are no other standalone articles sharing the same song or album name." There are a whole slew of "Happy" songs with their own standalone articles. Additionally, partially disambiguating this article to just "song" instead of "Pharrell Williams song" would serve no functional benefit - if it's got to be disambiguated either way, why not go the whole way instead of settling for partial? RachelTensions (talk) 03:53, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The mentioned quote relates to titles with only one song article (eg. "Basket Case" [song]). It does not relate to standard PDAB practices compiled at WP:PDAB#(song), to which this RM pertains. JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 04:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 5:1 ratio here would be an over 50% lower ratio than any of the other partially disambiguated songs at WP:PDAB#(song), the lowest being 11:1 for Imagine (song). I'll reiterate my statement that partially disambiguating this article would serve no functional benefit. RachelTensions (talk) 04:51, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: Likely? There is no prize awarded for most ambiguous successful RM result. Including the artist name in the title of an article about a song is not an insult. This 2013 song is one in a long string of "Happy" songs and there will be many more. The dab page already has about 20 articles and another 30 or 40 non-stand-alone entries. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 05:27, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose ~5:1 is surely nowhere near enough. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:15, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I actually do think a 5:1 ratio over all other Happys combined is remarkable but on balance it's not enough and I just don't find the proposal reasonable. With so many other Happys out there, the disamb is entirely appropriate. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 02:03, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per everyone above me - I see no reason to move given there's a whole ton of Happy songs and there will be more in the future no doubt. –Davey2010^Talk 22:14, 5 November 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.