Talk:Dead ringer (idiom)

Requested move 28 November 2019

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The result of the move request was: consensus not to move the page to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. [This is not strictly part of the close, but as an editor I also agree that this is likely to run afoul of WP:NOTDICT.] Dekimasu よ! 08:52, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Dead ringer (idiom) → Dead ringer – Per WP:DIFFCAPS / the only usage of this term that is lowercase. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 16:19, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose - unlike the situations for when the only usage has a specific capitalization and editors argue that a reader writing that specific way can only mean they are searching for that title, the same cannot be said for all lowercase. That's just how people search. This helps no one other than you for some reason (and it's a bit annoying that I'll need to copy/paste my same argument to all nominations now). --Gonnym (talk) 23:45, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Gonnym and because the concept of a dead ringer isn't an encyclopedic topic, and the phrase as such (which might not be either, really, per WP:NOTDICT) is unlikely to be the primary topic, compared with the frequency with which it's a pop culture reference, especially to films and albums (and most especially the classic Bette Davis movie).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  17:15, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Gonnym and WP:SNOW close. --В²C ☎ 01:41, 3 December 2019 (UTC)


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Citations not working
The citations provided for the origin of the phrase no longer work correctly AnimaZen (talk) 01:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)