Talk:The Ballad of John Henry (album)
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Requested Move
[edit]- 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. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:10, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
The Ballad of John Henry → The Ballad of John Henry (album) – Any telling of the story of John Henry may be referred to as "The Ballad of John Henry". Therefore, I think it's more likely that people searching for the term are looking for information about John Henry rather than this specific (and probably less famous) album. Hence, I'd say that the page "The Ballad of John Henry" should redirect to John Henry (folklore), with the standard message at the top of that article pointing users to the page about the album. Knight of Truth (talk) 20:25, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose, as this seems to be the only thing with this exact title - unless you have evidence that most people who arrive here are actually just looking for general info on John Henry? Most google hits seem to point to the album. 81.142.107.230 (talk) 10:04, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
- Take for example this collection of stories, which refers to John Henry's tale specifically as "The Ballad of John Henry". I can imagine most Google hits point to the album, due to the many existing lyrics websites and the album's presence on e-commerce sites, both of which tend to have high Google rankings. I don't think Google is a very good aid in this case for determining common usage. Is there a way to check out statistics on the two articles on Wikipedia? I'm not very good with that sort of thing. Knight of Truth (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:15, 7 November 2011 (UTC).
- You can check incoming activity at http://stats.grok.se in the future.
- Take for example this collection of stories, which refers to John Henry's tale specifically as "The Ballad of John Henry". I can imagine most Google hits point to the album, due to the many existing lyrics websites and the album's presence on e-commerce sites, both of which tend to have high Google rankings. I don't think Google is a very good aid in this case for determining common usage. Is there a way to check out statistics on the two articles on Wikipedia? I'm not very good with that sort of thing. Knight of Truth (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:15, 7 November 2011 (UTC).
- 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. No further edits should be made to this section.