Talk:Code word (communication)

Rename?
Could we please rename this article to Code word (telecommunications)? 70.250.179.149 (talk) 01:23, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I've changed my mind. After some revision, I believe code word (communications) would be better.  70.251.6.226 (talk) 01:36, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Requested move 8 October 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: Moved this article and moved disambiguation to base title, no move to the "figure of speech" article. Participants clearly agree that the article previously at the base name cannot be considered the primary topic. Consensus is less clear on whether there is another primary topic, but tends in favour of there not being any, so code word should be a disambiguation page. No prejudice against a new RM if evidence can be shown that a primary topic exists, and/or after merges and cleanups of the articles involved. (closed by non-admin page mover) BegbertBiggs (talk) 13:53, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

– There is a bit of a mess with overlapping articles, but I think this move is a start. Listing this here as the articles names have been discussed (though there hasn't been active discussion on the topic in over a decade).
 * Code word → Code word (communication)
 * Code word (disambiguation) → ?
 * Code word (figure of speech) → ?

I am unsure which article should be moved to Code word – Code word (disambiguation) or Code word (figure of speech). I bring up both possibilities as this could be a WP:NOPRIMARY issue, with "code word" being a plausible redirect to both Code word (figure of speech) and Code name. I lean towards Code word being the disambiguation page.

I also acknowledge that it's possible that Code word (communication) gets deleted, as it's less than a stub. But this request is complicated enough as it is! Wracking talk! 01:17, 8 October 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. — Material  Works  12:31, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Support and Move Code word (figure of speech) to Code word as it is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Rreagan007 (talk) 19:54, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge Code word and Code word (figure of speech). No need whatsoever for two separate articles. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:02, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Move disambiguation page to base location. I think if there is a primary topic, it is password, since you use a codeword, countersign, etc, to pass a sentry point, such as a guarded gate. (ie. when the bouncer asks for the codeword to the underground club, or the military picket challenges "halt who goes there" for the codeword) -- 65.92.244.127 (talk) 10:19, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Relisting comment: There is a consensus to move the articles but no consensus on which one should get the base name. — Material  Works  12:31, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Cryptography has been notified of this discussion. — Material  Works  12:32, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Telecommunications has been notified of this discussion. — Material  Works  12:32, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. I support moving the DAB to the base location for now; once the merges and other cleanup are done it will be more clear. Walt Yoder (talk) 21:30, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Support in principle. The telecommunications topic is not WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Maybe consider Code word (telecommunications) as a new name because communications is a broad term and may not sufficiently disambiguate. What to do with Code word (disambiguation) and Code word (figure of speech) is not yet clear to me. ~Kvng (talk) 15:55, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Broad-concept article?
As a post-close note to the discussion above, it seems to me like this topic might be best covered by a broad-concept article. BegbertBiggs (talk) 14:07, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes; my reticence towards moving Code word (figure of speech) to the primary topic was largely because of other topics such as Code name. Some (but not all) of the content at Code word (figure of speech) would work well in a broad-concept article.  Some other talk page would probably be better for such discussion, perhaps Talk:Code word? Walt Yoder (talk) 20:45, 23 October 2023 (UTC)