Talk:Baa Baaa Black Sheep (film)

Requested move 27 November 2021

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The result of the move request was: Moved. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 09:21, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Baa Baaa Black Sheep → Baa Baaa Black Sheep (film) – The title with the 3 as does seem to be ambiguous with the nursery rhyme. Google results are mixed but the rhyme gets more views (16,890) than the film (1,521)[|Baa,_Baa,_Black_Sheep] and has more long-term significance. The title should redirect to Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (disambiguation) not the nursery rhyme though as there's probably no primary topic for the 3 as.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:11, 27 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Interesting WP:SMALLDETAILS case. I'm not a big fan of some of the implementations of this policy based only on a single capital letter difference, but I also dislike superfluous disambiguation.  Many readers (e.g. me) will not read the extra a in the second Baa at first glance and might be a little surprised when searching.  (No, the commas don't count.)  But, the likelihood of mistyping "Baa Baaa Black Sheep" when searching for the nursery rhyme is highly unlikely.  Search engines handle the issue reasonably well giving the film prominence, but including hits about the nursery rhyme.  I can't see much chance of readers being lead astray with the current arrangement, but nor is there egregious harm in adding "(film)" to the title.  —  AjaxSmack  19:49, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Support per nom. The small differences here in my opinion are so insignificant that the disambiguation is needed. Gonnym (talk) 09:02, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:OVERPRECISION. There is no other article that would use this precise title, and it's highly unlikely most readers searching for the nursery rhyme would type two a's for the first baa and three a's for the second. For the rare reader who accidentally holds down the a key little too long, we have a hatnote. Redirecting to a dab page does literally nothing for anyone seeking the nursery rhyme, but instead just inconveniences the majority seeking the film. Station1 (talk) 14:20, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Support – disambiguation is better than counting as. Dicklyon (talk) 04:56, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Support As you type either version into the search box, the other option comes up as smart matches without any indication of which is which. The user is therefore not being directed as quickly as possible to whichever of the two they are searching for (per WP:SMALLDETAILS). Cinderella157 (talk) 06:34, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. An extra letter and a couple of commas are insufficient for disambiguation, especially since they are often omitted. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:25, 1 December 2021 (UTC)