Talk:Dowland (disambiguation)

Requested move 20 January 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. Dekimasu よ! 21:50, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Dowland (disambiguation) → Dowland – While the composer dominates in a Google search, its unlikely that many people searching in an encyclopedia would use just "Dowland". Most of the links that get linked to Dowland are for the village in Devon (example).  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:47, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose mononym, see books In ictu oculi (talk) 21:47, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose I'd look for "Dowland" just as for "Byrd" or "Beethoven". Martin of Sheffield (talk) 23:39, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose "Dowland" is commonly associated with the composer. Links to Dowland intended for Dowland, Devon are a matter of oversight when linking, little else. Hrodvarsson (talk) 02:29, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per In ictu oculi, Martin of Sheffield and Hrodvarsson.   Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 05:03, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per others. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 18:23, 23 January 2019 (UTC) Flow, my tears...
 * Oppose per all of the above. Also note that the redirect has been in place for 14 years. We would need an extremely convincing argument to change it when it has been stable for so long. --Deskford (talk) 20:11, 23 January 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

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I fixed links on 11 pages to the composer and 5 for the village so actually not most (as I probably incorrectly stated above) of the links but quite a few are for the village.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 22:04, 27 January 2019 (UTC)