Talk:Millennials (disambiguation)

Requested move 27 April 2015

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Calidum T|C 18:59, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Millennials (disambiguation) → Millennial – See Talk:Millennial (blog) for the background. This page was originally located at Millenial (disambiguation), as Millennial (blog) was originally named simply Millennial. Following discussion which renamed that page, this disambiguation page was moved over the base as Millennial. Another editor then renamed it to the current name and redirected Millennial to Millennials claiming this was a clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and the move had been mandated in the previous discussion. I disagree. I do not believe there is a clear primary topic here and neither do I think there was any consensus in the previous discussion that there was. Indeed, if one does exist it is actually as the adjective pertaining to Millennium and not Millennials, a term that is not, to be frank, in universal common usage. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:53, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose - clearly, as per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and more specifically WP:PLURALPT, plural forms are allowed to be primary topic for their singular versions, too. "Millennial" is such an unlikely search term for any of the non-blog subjects listed on the dab page--seriously, millennialism? Millennium? The likeliness of someone looking for "millennium", etc. by typing in "millennial" is absurdly low. Red Slash 03:26, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Plurals are allowed to be the primary topic if the singular is by far the commonest meaning of the word (and I have myself supported this stance many times in RM discussions). However, this is obviously not the case here. Most people when using the word "millennial" will be using it as an adjective and not a noun. -- Necrothesp (talk) 07:44, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - What possible article would they have in mind? Red Slash 23:21, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - I said "using", not "typing"! We think of the real world, not just the wikiworld! -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:28, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yeah, but this is supposed to be principally an encyclopedia, not a corpus of linguistic usages. (For example, lol, in English, what meaning is meant when we use the word nice? Hint: it sure ain't what the article is about!!) Red Slash 04:29, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        One of the most famous resort cities in the world (Nice) vs niche term not at all commonly used anywhere (Millennial when used as a noun). You're not comparing like with like here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:44, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        Care to peruse the results for the singular noun usage? You'll find plenty here or her or... And yes, I'm comparing like with like. Semi-common, highly notable encyclopedic topic (Nice) vs. extremely common, non-encyclopedic topic (nice); uncommon, highly notable singular form of the encyclopedic topic (Millennial) vs. more common but non-encyclopedic topic (the adjective as referring to a millennium, which in and of itself is not really an encyclopedic topic, more a dictionary topic). Red Slash 17:11, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose As I said in the other RM, the article on the demographic cohort deviates from our usual standard of singular form (correctly, IMO), and I think that topic is going to be primary for a long, long time. --BDD (talk) 16:40, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The article on Millennials, like Baby Boomers, is the main usage of the term and will be for the next hundred years at least. --Frmorrison (talk) 19:55, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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