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Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 15:58, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Dock of the Bay → The Dock of the Bay (album) – "The Dock of the Bay" should be a redirect to the song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay". The song is more well known than the similarly titled album, and the song receives many times the number of page views. Hoops gza (talk) 16:30, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Clearly the song is the primary topic, and the album is named after the title song. Apteva (talk) 17:18, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. This title was originally just such a redirect. — AjaxSmack 02:15, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 17 August 2018

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The result of the move request was: not moved. I made The Dock of the Bay into a disambiguation page, and disambiguated several links; most but not all were intended for the album which reached #1 on the charts. wbm1058 (talk) 16:59, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Dock of the Bay (album) → The Dock of the Bay – Already redirects here. Unreal7 (talk) 13:16, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The consensus of the last RM was that "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is the primary topic for "The Dock of the Bay", so that should redirect there. After this article was moved to "(album)", the redirect target was not changed for some reason. Per that consensus, I have now changed the redirect target. Lazz _R 14:06, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It actually was changed at the time of the move. It's just that someone else changed it back to point to the album 2 weeks later and either no one noticed or no one disagreed. Station1 (talk) 20:15, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Likewise : The consensus of the last RM was that "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is the primary topic for "The Dock of the Bay" In ictu oculi (talk) 14:11, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose As above. The song is the primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:47, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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