Talk:Arabesque (disambiguation)

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Talk:Arabesque (Islamic art)
Copied from my talk. Please comment at the merge discussion rather than here: Johnbod (talk) 17:16, 15 December 2015 (UTC) Hi, I think we have a mandate to conduct the merge as you suggested. Basically there's consensus for a merge to end up with Arabesque (art), which I'd say should be the default target/primary meaning for Arabesque (so the other articles should be listed under Arabesque (disambiguation)). Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:52, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with that, and I'll copy this to the talk page there. Do you want me to do it? Some might prefer to see it go straight to Arabesque (disambiguation) - with ballet and music it's arguable there is no clear primary meaning. I'll look at the views. Johnbod (talk) 14:55, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Please do; and to whichever target you think best. In older discussions I think you favoured the (art) variant. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:10, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, will do - yes Arabesque (art) if the plain term cannot be justified. Johnbod (talk) 16:25, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The plain term is currently a dab page, but really all the other terms do seem secondary - obvious enough in the case of European art, but also true of the ballet position and its use in music. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:29, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Certainly they all derive from it, but it is their relative prominence now that matters - no doubt most balletomanes have little idea about the art. Johnbod (talk) 16:32, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hard to compare different artforms, of course. Still, it's a mess having all searches arrive at a dab page. FWIW Oxford put ballet first, while Webster puts Islamic ornament first. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:54, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Views in last 30 days:

...and so on. So the 2 art ones combined are over double the rest combined, and over 4x the next largest. Just under double if Deux arabesques is included, but that is a different term, like Arabeske (Schumann). So yes, I think the plain term with a hatnote is ok. Let's continue at the talk page. Johnbod (talk) 17:10, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Disam 3516
 * Arabesque (Islamic art) 6570
 * Arabesque (European art) 1764
 * Arabesque (ballet position) 2128
 * Arabesque (classical music) 888
 * Deux arabesques (Debussy) 1545
 * Arabeske (Schumann) 389
 * Arabesque Records 162
 * Arabesque (rapper) 122


 * Note This prolonged discussion has now concluded, and Arabesque (Islamic art) and Arabesque (European art) merged. It is now proposed to make that the primary meaning and move this to Arabesque (disambiguation). Johnbod (talk) 19:16, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

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