Talk:Rowland Hill (disambiguation)

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Requested move

The following discussion is an archived 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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrew Oakley (talk) 12:12, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rowland Hill → Rowland Hill (disambiguation) – Vast majority of incoming links are for the postal reformer. Propose we move this disambiguation page to Rowland Hill (disambiguation) and create a redirection from Rowland Hill to Rowland Hill (postal reformer). Andrew Oakley (talk) 14:57, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Despite me being the proposer, this is controversial to me, as I was born in Kidderminster (home to the postal reformer) but grew up in Shropshire (home to various Viscounts Hill, many notable military men). However a quick glance at Special:WhatLinksHere/Rowland_Hill reveals that the vast, vast majority of links are for the postal reformer. It is clear to me that the postal reformer is the Primary Topic as per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Therefore it is with heavy heart that I conclude that this page should be renamed Rowland Hill (disambiguation) and the vanilla name should redirect to the postal reformer. We should also add a hatnote to Rowland Hill (postal reformer) along the lines of "Rowland Hill redirects here. This page is about the postal reformer. For other people named Rowland Hill, see Rowland Hill (disambiguation)." Andrew Oakley (talk) 14:57, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As a longtime member of WikiProject Philately I'm happy to support this move but more so because it really is the primary topic. ww2censor (talk) 09:41, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No opposition. Right, hold on to your hats, let's see if I can not mess this up. Andrew Oakley (talk) 11:58, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I *think* I've covered everything, the redirect, moved the talk pages too, added talk page notes pointing to this discussion, but in case I haven't, please add a comment below before changing it again. Thanks. Andrew Oakley (talk) 12:10, 17 July 2013 (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.