Talk:Slender

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 14:06, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Slender (disambiguation) → Slender – "(disambiguation)" is not needed when the main Slender page is just a redirect, as per WP:PRECISION. —C. Raleigh (talk) 20:42, 26 July 2012 (UTC) C. Raleigh (talk) 20:42, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

Oppose. The primary meaning of "slender" is the adjective describing slenderness. The only other actual match on the page is a comparatively very minor video game, the other two listings being partial title matches, of questionable value to a disambiguation page in the first place (I doubt there are sources wherein a "slender man" is referred to merely as being "a slender" or "the slender"). bd2412 T 18:54, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Fair enough, I have redirected "Slender" to its primary subject appropriately~~. A page move should no longer be necessary~~ for the time being. —C. Raleigh (talk) 20:48, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't think that buckling is the primary topic of "slender" or "slenderness", since it is frequently used in fashion to describe a bodyform, and frequently found in the common world at large. Surely there is a fashion or physiology article to redirect both to? -- 76.65.131.160 (talk) 05:05, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support – the present scheme where Slender redirects to Buckling is totally inexplicable. Since it's not needed for that, the disambig can and should be moved to that name. Dicklyon (talk) 19:42, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see it is explicable, as a recent WP:POINTY move by nom C. Raleigh. Still I agree with his original rationale, and the video game shouldn't be primary either. I got rid of some inappropriate links to Slender, but some of them seem to be the name of an artist or band. Dicklyon (talk) 19:51, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I mainly redirected "Slender" to "Buckling" because "Slenderness" had already redirected to it, so I assumed that the "Buckling" article was the closest match to BD2412's description of Slender's primary meaning. If I am mistaken, then I apologize in advance. —C. Raleigh (talk) 23:08, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I found a better place to redirect Slenderness to as well: Gracility. Several articles link to it in that sense, and none for the tendency of slender things to buckle. Dicklyon (talk) 23:34, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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