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Requested move 2007

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Since the name of this is a proper noun, all words but "a" should be capitalized. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/MUSTARD#Capitalization. I ^{(said) (did)} 11:19, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support - per nom ~ JohnnyMrNinja _{talk} 17:44, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 02:20, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's technically not true. Articles aren't capitalized in titles, but neither are prepositions, and "like" is a preposition here. That said, for better or for worse, longer prepositions such as "about" are often capitalized in titles (see, for example, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding). Dekimasu よ! 07:15, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My grammar is a bit rusty, (it is the summer) but how is "like" a preposition? Doesn't it describe "I"? I ^{(said) (did)} 07:24, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you check dictionary.com, you can find this one under definition 6 in the first entry, and the example sentence shows pretty well that it's the same meaning as the one used in this title. "I'm like a bird" has the same grammatical structure here as "I'm under the bridge" or "I'm at the bank". Dekimasu よ! 07:34, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well I never. Your right. However it still looks funny. I ^{(said) (did)} 09:25, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, I think the title personally looks better with a capital "Like", but that doesn't follow Wikipedia's naming conventions for songs (Maybe we need a policy change). Also, the only proper noun in the title is "Bird". --musicpvm 18:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My argument was that as a title of a song the whole thing was. But since Like is technically a preposition here, and less than five letters, it shouldn't be capitalized. So since I was wrong, what is proper procedure? Remove the tag and this pages entry at Requested moves? I still think it looks silly i ^{(said) (did)} 20:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it be moved. --Stemonitis 19:13, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Importance.

Can someone rate the importance of this article? I just want to know what this article would be classified under in Wikipedia standards. Garry says OK (talk) 10:50, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Neither song has importance on WP SONGS. Tbh®tch^Talk ^© Happy Holidays 00:35, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move - August 2012

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The result of the proposal was no consensus to move. Cúchullain ^t/c 17:26, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Like a Bird → I'm like a Bird – Above discussion has enough consensus, "like" is a preposition here. Similar case like "Moves like Jagger" and "Someone like You" (Adele song). Silvergoat (talk∙contrib) 17:00, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support. 'like' is preferred over 'Like' as a 4 letter prep. Zarcadia (talk) 10:48, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. "I'm like a Bird" looks like hell. I would argue that "like" here is serving as a direct adverb of the verb "am", or that "am like" is being used as a participle. In either case, "Like" is properly capitalized. I also note that the NY Times, Washington Post, and Associated Press all prefer "I'm Like a Bird". --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 12:55, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, "like" certainly is a preposition in this context and functions equivalently to, say, "with". Although I admit that people seem less inclined to uncapitalize "like" than "with" ("I'm with a Bird" would be uncontroversial). This might be because the word can also function as a verb in other contexts and is therefore often seen capitalized. Jafeluv (talk) 13:44, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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