Talk:Gooney bird

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: No consensus. Apteva (talk) 05:22, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Gooney bird → Gooney bird (disambiguation) – It seems to me that albatross is the primary topic for this term. I propose moving this dab to Gooney bird (disambiguation) and making Gooney bird a redirect to albatross. Nick Number (talk) 03:43, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose given the weak "it seems to me" justification for this primarytopic claim. Dicklyon (talk) 21:45, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * You're seriously contending that the nickname of the airplane is a commonly-used meaning? I doubt even many aviation enthusiasts would make that association. Nick Number (talk) 12:53, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I didn't see Dick say that, only that "it seems to me" is a weak argument without any numbers to back it up. But now that we're at it, I on the other hand am saying that. Google books searches find 22,900 hits for Gooney bird + C-47 but only 12,800 hits for Gooney bird + albatross.  So you'll have to show me better evidence of primary topic. Wilhelm Meis (&#9742; Diskuss &#124; &#x270D; Beiträge) 02:41, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
 * By way of precedent, the primary topic for Eagle is the bird, rather than F-15 Eagle. Likewise for Falcon and F-16 Falcon.  Both of these are much better-known aircraft than the C-47.  Nick Number (talk) 17:24, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose unless primary topic can be backed up with more than "it seems to me" (see G hits above). Wilhelm Meis (&#9742; Diskuss &#124; &#x270D; Beiträge) 02:41, 30 June 2013 (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.