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On 22 October 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Tracking pixel. The result of the discussion was Merge to Web beacon.

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Luckyclover44 (talk) 19:36, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 22 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: Merge to Web beacon. During discussion an alternative consensus has formed for a merge to Web beacon. The specific shape of the merge is an editorial decision and merging can be performed by any interested editor outside of the RM process per WP:MERGECLOSE. (closed by non-admin page mover) Raladic (talk) 06:17, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spy pixel → Tracking pixel – The proposed name seems more common, more neutral, and more formal. Note that tracking pixels (plural) redirects to a different article: Web beacon. I suggest the singular and plural terms should lead to the same article (this one). —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:07, 22 October 2024 (UTC)— Relisting. —usernamekiran (talk) 18:40, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Web beacon. The topics are basically the same, technology wise, and there seems to be a lot of content about web tracking in this article and vice versa. Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 13:25, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to that (if someone will actually do the merge). —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 14:03, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to tracking pixels in HTML emails (or tracking pixels in email or some other variation), which seems to be the actual scope of this article. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:08, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per Arnav Bhate, it does seem like the topics are inherently similar, although it will result in the majority of content at Web beacon to be about tracking pixels, and it adds a bit of length to the article.

Here is a revision where I merged the content in at the bottom and adjusted the headings to fit with the article, if a merge does go through you can feel free to restore that rev ~~before requesting a histmerge to complete it.~~

No prejudice against renaming as suggested above as well, but I feel personally that a merge might be a better choice. ASUKITE 18:45, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A merge does not require a histmerge. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:33, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I think I've been operating under that assumption for too long for some reason. ASUKITE 20:22, 8 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.