Talk:Billings (disambiguation)

Requested move 18 July 2023

 * 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: not moved. (non-admin closure) - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 00:25, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Billings (disambiguation) → Billings – No clear primary topic given the generic meanings which it seems can be pluralized. The city gets's the most views [|Billings,_Missouri|Sales|Invoice|Electronic_billing|Medical_billing|Telecommunications_billing|Billings_County,_North_Dakota|USS_Billings|Billings_ovulation_method] though not overwhelmingly.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 21:13, 18 July 2023 (UTC) 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.
 * Oppose. I think the city in Montana has enough edge over the other topics to get the primary redirect spot. The hatnote to the DAB page works fine here. Rreagan007 (talk) 22:58, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * There was discussion on this in 2009, see Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (settlements) and was moved without discussion in 2017 though it was originally a redirect from 2004-2005. For the record Chesterfield is now a DAB thanks to my RM in 2021.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 08:56, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose, Billings is the most populated city in Montana and its importance to the region affirms it as primary. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:37, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Billings, Montana has a |Billings,_Missouri|Billings,_New_York|Billings,_Oklahoma|Billings,_West_Virginia|Billings,_Hesse|Billings,_Ontario|Billings,_Russia|Billings_(surname) dramatic pageview lead over other articles titled "Billings" specifically (as opposed to WP:PARTIAL title matches like USS Billings or Billings ovulation method). As for sales and invoice, I think the plural form "billings" is a sufficiently uncommon synonym that it precludes sales or invoice from threatening the Montana city's WP:PRIMARYTOPIC status. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 16:47, 20 July 2023 (UTC)