Talk:Whaley

On 24 October 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Whaley (disambiguation) to Whaley. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 24 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: moved. It was agreed upon here that we have not currently assessed a primary topic for the term "Whaley" - future RMs addressing this may alter this again if sufficient evidence is found. (closed by non-admin page mover) ASUKITE 15:20, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whaley (disambiguation) → Whaley
Whaley → Whaley, Derbyshire

– If you look at pageview data, there's no primary topic. In fact, the most prominent two topics are Whaley Bridge and Whale Island, Hampshire. Duckmather (talk) 03:21, 24 October 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:06, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Leaning opposed: I have some sympathy for this, but the article about Whale Island, Hampshire, does not say it is ever referred to as 'Whaley', and thus the topic fails WP:DABMENTION. I think people would refer to Whaley Bridge as "Whaley Bridge", not as "Whaley". Also, Whaley Bridge is in Derbyshire, so if they call it "Whaley", then "Whaley, Derbyshire" has the same ambiguity as "Whaley" does. Whaley is only one mile away from Whaley Thorns (according to what the Whaley article says), so probably no one would refer to Whaley Thorns as "Whaley", because that would confuse everyone. (This, of course, assumes the information in the Whaley article is correct – both the Whaley and Whaley Thorns articles are not well-sourced.) The same with the lake – it would be called Whaley Lake, not "Whaley". These are just partial title matches. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 05:14, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support but note Whaley Bridge is also in Derbyshire so if we're moving because of that wouldn't Whaley, Bolsover be better? Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:21, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Dismissing WP:Partial title matches, it's not clear there is a primary topic. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:07, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, just given the number of people with the surname, Whaley. BD2412 T 00:44, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support if there is a primary topic, it isn't the village, but the surname -- 65.92.246.77 (talk) 02:04, 6 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.