Talk:Watergate (disambiguation)

Requested move 6 November 2023

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The result of the move request was: Not moved (closed by non-admin page mover) Reading Beans (talk) 15:11, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Watergate (disambiguation) → Watergate – I don't think there is a primary topic for just "Watergate", while the scandal is significant I don't think I've ever heard it called just "Watergate" and Watergate (architecture) and the complex its self have long-term significance and while there are the likes of Watergate (board game) named after the scandal I don't think the scandal has a particularly strong claim for just "Watergate" similar to The Lincolnshire Poacher for Lincolnshire. The scandal should be kept at the top of the DAB though but otherwise I think this would be better served with no primary topic. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:44, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Current topic has the redirect as a potential WP:COMMONNAME, and since the current target has almost 1000x the total page views of major contenders, changing the status quo does not seem helpful. Steel1943 (talk) 20:20, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose. The scandal is the obvious primary topic. O.N.R. ^(talk) 20:32, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the scandal is clearly the primary topic—blindlynx 23:08, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose & SNOW close - Clear primary topic. estar8806 (talk) ★ 02:27, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The scandal is most definitely the primary topic. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:15, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I don't see how anyone can say the scandal isn't the primary topic. Jessintime (talk) 14:41, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Are you kidding? Almost always referred to just as Watergate and very clear primary topic (and I'm in the UK, incidentally, so no parochialism here). -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:06, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The Watergate scandal is the WP:PTOPIC for the term "Watergate". Even though it is also the name of a hotel and a building complex, the use of "Watergate" as a shorthand for the scandal far exceeds all other uses of the term. Even the FBI refers to the scandal merely as "Watergate"—the scandal is so well-known and has such a historical impact that it dominates use of the term through the present. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 01:05, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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