Talk:Modesto

Primary topic
According to Disambiguation, the page must redirect to Modesto (disambiguation) not to Modesto, California, there are another city with that name, a family name and several people who attend by that name. Lmcasablanca (talk) 15:42, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * No, redirecting Modesto to Modesto (disambiguation) violates WP:MALPLACED. Pages redirecting to their own title with " (disambiguation)" appended are malplaced disambiguation pages. If you feel that there is no WP:primary topic for Modesto then you should file a WP:requested move requesting that Modesto (disambiguation) be moved to Modesto. Care to help out with the significant work that creates to disambiguate all the pages that ambiguously link to Modesto because they assume that the California city Modesto, California, population over 200,000 is the primary topic over a town in Illinois, population 252? – wbm1058 (talk) 16:20, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * West Modesto, California is a partial title match. One would not conceivably say "Modesto" when they mean "West Modesto". Per WP:PTM, a disambiguation page is not a search index. wbm1058 (talk) 16:24, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I agree with your point about the places, the point is that are several notable people that attend by Modesto, even a family name. Your argument would apply if the page in question was called "Modesto City", where Modesto, California would be the primary topic without question. So according to WP: NWFCTM the Californian city can not be considered a primary topic, although several pages mention it. Lmcasablanca (talk) 16:33, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * See also the parallel discussion at Talk:Modesto (disambiguation). – wbm1058 (talk) 17:44, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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