Talk:Gorakhpur (disambiguation)

Requested move 11 May 2019

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The result of the move request was: not moved. There is no support for this proposal. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 04:38, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

– Three different places in different states of India are named Gorakhpur. Jpsorts (talk) 20:41, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Gorakhpur (disambiguation) → Gorakhpur
 * Gorakhpur → Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:18, 11 May 2019 (UTC)


 * queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:19, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * This was tried once and strongly contested. The reason still applies: primary topic: population 673,446 vs 13,068 & 4,333 for other cities. Also avoids fixing 652 linked pages. Not sure why an author who is perfectly aware of this tries WP:RM/TR again. --Muhandes (talk) 21:14, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: I contested the move on the grounds that it's not a clear-cut case for disambiguation and the UP city seems to be a primary topic. I'm not a subject expert and hope that more knowledgeable editors will voice their opinions, but I think it's a RM rather than an uncontroversial technical move. Certes (talk) 23:50, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose: This seems like a textbook example for WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The two factors for determining if a primary topic exists are usually usage and significance. Looking at usage, the |Gorakhpur,_Haryana|Gorakhpur,_Palghar article traffic statistics are very clear and so are the incoming links statistics:  . Looking at secondary sources e.g. news, I did not do the full research but going through the first page of news articles, every time they speak of "Gorakhpur" it is the UP one.   When discussing the other Gorakhpurs, a qualification is used. If the OP insists, full statistics can be collected, but I think it is a waste of time. Also consider a city with population of 673,446 will usually have more significance than the combined significance of two villages of population 13,068 and 4,333. But even if I'm wrong, I'm not sure why the OP attempted to push this again as a technical move, after being contested once. I truly try to assume good faith, but I also had to revert a few C&P moves on the same subject (and others). If this is all done in good faith, perhaps they misunderstand the policy? --Muhandes (talk) 13:23, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Pretty well demonstrated by others above, but to add: a absent unusual circumstances, administrative units (like districts or divisions) centred on a city don't challenge that city's primary topic status; the only other type of entry on the dab page are two villages: a major city has several orders of magnitude greater significance than small villages like these. – Uanfala (talk) 08:24, 14 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Uanfala, the administrative units would likely come under WP:DABCONCEPT so can be included in the stats for the Uttar Pradesh city. I would also note that the Uttar Pradesh city is a level 5 vital article and the other articles 2 are just stubs.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 16:49, 14 May 2019 (UTC)


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