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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 article was recently moved from Laufey to Laufey (mythology) based on really weak and imo insufficient support. The name stems from the mythological goddess and should not be portrayed as anything lesser. The singer which launched the discussion is named after the goddess.
Blockhaj, the usual procedure when contesting the close of a requested move is to discuss with the closer on their talk page and give them some time to respond. Opening another RM so soon is frowned upon per the last paragraph WP:THREEOUTCOMES and does not align with WP:RM's aim to preserve page title stability. Rotideypoc41352 (talk·contribs) 05:38, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What @Blockhaj sees as weak and insufficient support is a consensus to create the disambiguation. The previous RM was well attended with 7 responses when on the average, we get 2-3 responses within the first week of any requested move discussion. There are two things being discussed in the previous RM: 1. whether the singer is the primary topic; 2. whether the goddess is the primary topic. The first point is refuted by consensus, everyone agreed in the discussion on that. On the second point, there is consensus to disambiguate even in consideration of the goddess' long-term significance. Therefore the outcome is to create disambiguation.
@Rotideypoc41352 this request was not opened to personally argue with the previous discussion, i never partook in it. I do however disagree with it and feel the need for it to be reverted. Blockhaj (talk) 12:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Blockhaj: I seem to have miscommunicated my point.
The move can't be reverted here.
You can withdraw this discussion as moot.
And if you go to MR as Robertsky said, the MR instructions I linked above show that I disagree with it and feel the need for it to be reverted is not enough.
Overturning a move closure (how a closed RM is reverted) at MR requires strong evidence and policy-and-guideline based reasons.
With regard to insufficient support, TBH eight people commenting in a week, and mostly agreeing, is on average considered a good turnout for an RM. That level of interest largely reflects the size of the editor community. Should it be considered good turnout when we're pondering topics with a significantly larger reader community? Not sure, but that's how it goes. Note that in this case this quality probably helps a long-term significance argument.
With regard to how strong or weak the support for the change was, I'd judge it sufficient mainly because the change that is introduced does not substantially detract from your goal of keeping the original topic well presented to readers - the list at Laufey now is only 4 items, that's a very conventional way to navigate and you'd have to make a coherent argument why this would risk astonishing readers. One thing we could argue about is the list ordering, and that's easy enough to fix (I'll go do that now).
Per WP:NOTBURO, I recommend we close this here, and observe the statistics after a month or two, to be able to see if perhaps the reader interest has changed significantly, and then revisit the issue. --Joy (talk) 08:35, 17 May 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.