Talk:Marth, Thuringia

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move. Favonian (talk) 13:03, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

– Hi, I'm new to this, so I hope I do this correctly... (there's a lot to learn at once, so please forgive me if I'm mistaken). The page actually named "Marth" refers to a stub article about a german town of 350 people, while the page Marth_(Fire_Emblem) refers to a long and complete page about a well known video game character, Marth, hero of 4 Fire Emblem games, and present in 2 Super Smash Bros. games. I suggest we'd rename the page about the german town "Marth_(Thuringia)" after its german state, and that we rename the page about the video game character "Marth". I would then suggest we add a link to the Marth disambiguation page on the video game character page, since it currently has none. Thank you! Ceksie (talk) 03:25, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Marth → Marth_(Thuringia)
 * Marth_(Fire_Emblem) → Marth
 * Support I would have to agree that many more readers know who Marth is over that German village. I am not sure why it gets priority. Blake (Talk·Edits) 13:35, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. I recently come across a similar situation at Brony and took the opposite position due to the lack of any meaningful coverage of the apparent slang term. However, this is a case where the default page should be either the video game character's article or a disambiguation, depending on whether that meaning is "much more likely than any other, and more likely than all the others combined". John Slocum (talk) 09:24, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose. A mildly well-known (sorry to all the fans, but this character is not that well-known) fictional character against a real town? No contest as far as I'm concerned. Moving the article would provide perfect ammunition to those who say Wikipedia shouldn't be taken seriously because of its over-emphasis of pop culture. -- Necrothesp (talk) 22:05, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Necrothesp. This request is a text-book case of WP:RECENTISM. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 23:36, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I disagree with your point of view. The character Marth has had a much more important cultural influence than the german town, or at the very least, the town's wikipedia article can in no way support the opposite. And considering the town's article has been updated 2 or 3 times in the last 3 years, I doubt it will provide more substantial information in a near future. --Ceksie (talk) 19:03, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It's not about which is more important. The question is which people are more likely to be searching for, and on that basis, yes, a disambig is correct -- see my quote from the policy page. It's worth noting that several Wikipedias already have a disambig but others do not. I have imported several people with the surname from the French version. Regarding the recentism allegations, I cheekily note that the Italian Wikipedia thought the craters enough to displace the town. ;) Okay, so they had the astronomer listed as well. John Slocum (talk) 07:28, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The real town is the clear primary topic when compared to a minor character from a video game. Jenks24 (talk) 12:46, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. I submit for additional consideration that a Google search of "Marth" provides hits related to the video game character for the first several pages, while the german entry does not make an appearance until page 6.  This is an indicator of the likely target when users look for "Marth" at wikipedia.  Further, the relative quality of the articles in question speaks measures to state of interest in the subject.  As a final note: Sales of the video game number in the hundreds of thousands.  Population of this municipality? Roughly 300 persons.-- Balcerzak (talk) 18:14, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, but that's real people! -- Necrothesp (talk) 18:31, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I understand they're "real people", but I firmly believe the Marth character article brings more depth to Wikipedia than a one line stub that only explains the town's location and population (of about 350 persons). Marth may not be the most known video game character, but it's far from being a minor character, being the lead character in 4 of his own games (Fire Emblem 1, 3, 11 and 12) and being present in 2 blockbusters (Smash Bros. serie). --Ceksie (talk) 18:46, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. Marth the character is exceedingly well known within the fandom of the Fire Emblem series, a fandom which is far greater than the size of this town. The overwhelming majority of people who search "Marth" on this site will do so looking for information about the character, and there is no reason to inconvenience them. Furthermore, the only information on the page for Marth the town is basic information that people familiar with the town would likely know anyway. On the other hand, the page for Marth the character has several pages of detailed information that would be sought after by people familiar with him. Furthermore, it must be noted that Marth has appeared as a prominent playable character in the two latest Super Smash Bros. games, well-known games that have sold in the millions, introducing his character to even people not directly familiar with the series. The result of this is that Marth's character is not obscure at all, and is known by millions of people, both players of his games and not, any of whom might search for more information about him. There is no reason to inconvenience potentially millions of people by sending them to the quite useless page for Marth the town. --TheOthin (talk) 19:14, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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