Talk:Longford (disambiguation)

2004

I propose moving this page to Longford (disambiguation), and moving Longford Town to this page, with a link at top of page.

Other Irish counties have the county at "County Name", with any county town of the same name at "Name".

A link to the disambiguation page should be sufficient for other uses, Longford Ireland is likely the most common usage.

Comments?

Zoney 14:03, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Requested move 1 April 2019

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 section.

The result of the move request was: No consensus. Not moved. (non-admin closure) В²C ☎ 20:04, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Longford (disambiguation) → Longford
Longford → Longford, County Longford

– Procedural nomination, I am neutral. While I favoured having the town at the base name serving as a broad concept article at Talk:Antrim, County Antrim#Requested move 5 November 2018 and Talk:Donegal (town)#Requested move 23 March 2019 the consensus in both of those cases was that the town was not primary. In the case of Antrim the town has a population of 20,001, and the county-618,108. With Antrim, New Hampshire only has 2,637 (the others don't have stated populations). In the case of Donegal the town has a population of 2,618 and the county 159,192. While Donegal, Pennsylvania only has 116 and is named after the Irish town. Donegal, Perth County, Ontario is also named after the Irish town and doesn't have a stated population. In both cases the towns of Antrim and Donegal could function as WP:DABCONCEPTS for the counties and thus would be by far the most populated/significant but there was consensus against that. In the case of Longford the town has a population of 10,008 and the county has 40,873. Longford, Coventry has 18,538, Longford, Derbyshire has 349, Longford, Gloucestershire 1,218, Longford (ward) has 12,163, Longford, Newport has 102, Longford, Warrington has 8,012, Longford, Victoria has 929, Longford, Tasmania has 3,863 and Longford, Kansas has 75 (total 45, 249). There is also Longford (film) and several other places such as Longford, London that don't have population data. Longford, County Longford and Longford Town F.C. have 6, 191 views combined while the others have 4,123. [[1]] [[2]]. This isn't a WP:POINTy nomination but based on the previous consensus, if a town that has a county named after it and a few small places isn't primary then a town that has a county and some unrelated places that exceed even the county's population clearly isn't primary. I have chosen Longford, County Longford as the target like Category:Wexford, County Wexford due to the fact that Longford, Tasmania and Longford, Victoria are also towns and thus would be WP:PDABs and fail WP:PRECISION however I'm happy for Longford (town) to redirect to the Irish town or we could use Longford (Irish town). Commons:Category:Longford, County Longford is also the title of the Commons category. Crouch, Swale (talk) 13:26, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. There are 49 entries at the Longford (disambiguation) page and a town of only 10,000, which does not have an iconic name, such as Hastings or Waterloo, cannot rise to the level of WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 06:12, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Longford (town). The county is much better known than the town, and like most Irish countries is frequently just known by its name without "County". But the Irish town is primary over the Australian town and a hatnote is fine to point to the latter. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:18, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't use just "town" even though even though its clearly more important than the 2 Australian towns and Longford, Tasmania has 3,863 people compared to 10,008 for Ireland. I'd still say Longford, County Longford is the simplest disambiguation here though as noted Longford (Irish town) would work. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:35, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Longford, County Longford just looks horrible to me. Longford town/county tends to be differentiated myself by the context in which its used, but to me Longford would mean the town because of the railway stop there and because of use of Longford on road signage. I'd be comfortable with Longford (town) but there's a dab issue, Longford (Irish town) would probably work OK for me. Another option would be Longford Town, County Longford which somehow looks betters and distinguishes from the Longford (County Longford barony) might be another option. I'm useless at titles so I'll just comment ... the changes usually give grief to my watchlist. ThankyouDjm-leighpark (talk) 19:56, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: the town is both the county town and largest town in the county, by far. In everyday Ireland usage, "Longford" is synonymous with the town, the county would be made explicit. The alternative titles are mostly unwieldy, but more importantly would be attempting to fix a problem that I'm not sure exists in the first place. Declangi (talk) 02:04, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support; the town isn't the primary topic (I agree with Roman Spinner), so the problem that exists is that the title "Longford" is landing on a non-primary topic. Given that the town needs a qualified name, I believe that the county name is the usual qualifier. -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:51, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Declangi and general ugliness/issue with disambiguators. This RM seems like a solution looking for a problem to me. Leave as is. — Amakuru (talk) 10:19, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Donegal and Antrim have less ambiguity issues than Longford yet the consensus was for disambiguation there, so it should definitely be here. Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:18, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This oppose argument seems to be "the article isn't the primary topic, but we don't like the qualified title, therefore the article turns out the be the primary topic, so no problem!" The problem is the non-primaryness of the topic. The solution proposed is possibly not the optimal one. The approach should then be to find the optimal qualified title, not to ignore the problem, and certainly not to spin it as if the proposer and supporters are just creating problems for the proposal to fix. -- JHunterJ (talk) 12:18, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Amakuru that the suitability of the target (including any alternatives) may be taken into account (particularly in borderline cases) but given the other 2 RMs with less ambiguous titles it would seem illogical to have this one as primary. In this case if there is consensus to move the closer should pick the best choice and then a new RM can be started for the end title (per WP:THREEOUTCOMES). Crouch, Swale (talk) 12:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral: Support: Longford (town) ... per Donegal (town) ... and I'd expect Wexford->Wexford (town) to go the same way especially with mention in Irish Soldier Laddie. Oppose all else. (Said would not oppose Sarah777) The Antrim, County Antrim obviously took a different route but I notice we have Antrim (town) travel guide from Wikivoyage and to top it all Longford (town) travel guide from Wikivoyage. Note: I've left my comment above but come down from the fence after determining that for stay as we are ... resistance is futile.Djm-leighpark (talk) 12:23, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Wouldn't Longford (Irish town) be better to avoid ambiguity with the 2 Australian towns. Crouch, Swale (talk) 12:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I personally am less keen on the Irish town bit my preference being simply just town. Weirdly while applying banner to Wikivoyage and rechecking to ensure that was alright as Longford struck me as an usual place for a swimming pool and I couldn't recall one there I happened to notice said swimming pool] gives its address as Longford Town. That exploration also indicated Sarah777 has been there and might have an opinion and I'd likely not go against it. In fact have WikiProject Ireland been directly consulted? Djm-leighpark (talk) 12:53, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Djm-leighpark: I'm not sure what's wrong with "(Irish town)" this is consistent with standard disambiguators such as Tyrone Power (Irish actor) and Georgia (U.S. state), while Newport (city), Vermont and Windermere, Cumbria (town) don't have this, Windermere (Cumbrian town) was suggested (and should probably end up being the title) and the ", Vermont" is used per WP:USPLACE. Crouch, Swale (talk) 06:30, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - "Longford" for the town and "County Longford" for the county is the best solution. Leave it as is. Sarah777 (talk) 16:05, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

While I know googling isn't decisive it is notable that typing "Longford, Ireland" yields 10.4 million results while "Longford, Tasmania" gives 640,000. Sarah777 (talk) 16:22, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging the remaining participants at the Donegal discussion @Toploftical, Onel5969, Certes, Scolaire, Pdebee, Mjroots, Declangi, AjaxSmack, and SmokeyJoe: since we don't have consensus here. Crouch, Swale (talk) 06:30, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If we don't have consensus then we leave it as is. — Amakuru (talk) 06:55, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - it's fine as it is. WP:OSE arguments should not bear on this discussion. Mjroots (talk) 07:02, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 8 May 2021

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The result of the move request was: No consensus to move. Many opposers argue that the Irish town is primary by long-term significance (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 00:06, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Longford (disambiguation) → Longford
Longford → Longford (Irish town)

– I'm starting a new RM with a different target to 2 years ago. As noted previously the town has around 10,000 and the wider county around 40,000 but the other places combined have around 50,000. Also the film gets more views than the town[[3]]. Alternative titles include Longford, Ireland (town) or as previously Longford, County Longford. Unlike the Bray move that created many links to the DAB I have DisamAssist so I can easily fix the links. Crouch, Swale (talk) 20:51, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support – clearly a no primarytopic situation. No particular opinion whether Irish town is the best disambiguator, but it will do. Dicklyon (talk) 02:48, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 05:45, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: The page view argument given over a one month period barely holds over a two year period and the maximum count for the town over a month was higher at circa 6500 versus 3000. A BOT analysis might also be interesting as they may be running film nav templates. I bring forward MjRoots comments of WP:OSE from the previous discussion, Declangi's & Amakuru comments about the ugliness etc and Sarah777's previous !vote to leave as is. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 21:09, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - The problem we seem to be trying to solve (that the film has perhaps 6 more daily views than the town (129 v 123)) is a negligible one. And the solution proposed (move the article on the town to one with an atypical parenthetical disambiguation not common for geographic subjects) seems more than a little awkward. When the same problem is already solved by the simple DAB hatnote. As was noted by some of the contributors to the previous (2019) discussion, this seems like a solution looking for a problem. Where the cure is only marginally better than the disease. If at all. And the existing solution (the hatnote) already largely covers it anyway. Guliolopez (talk) 08:59, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per GulioLopez. Additionally, if we're talking page views, the town is clearly the major topic - it's been there for hundreds of years, it will be for hundreds more, while the film will fade into relative obscurity. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 11:33, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per Guliolopez. Nothing has changed in the last 2 years to warrant another discussion. Spleodrach (talk) 13:52, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per Guliolopez. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 14:19, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - "Irish town" is an awkward disambiguator. But I still don't see the need for any disambiguation. The popularity of a film waxes and wanes. None of the other Longford places come close to Ireland's Longford in prominence. And the 50,000 population of other places combined would seem to include the Longford ward of Coventry which, despite its population, seems very unlikely to be searched for as often as the Irish Longford. Declangi (talk) 06:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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