Talk:Quantum leap

Redirect
The second purpose of the original WP:RM was to have this redirect to "Quantum leap" although i probably didn't make it too clear. What do other people think? Should this be redirected to the tv series or to the type of quantum physics page? Or even disambig? Simply south 17:16, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think its fine as it is.--Srleffler 19:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Neither. This should be the article on the TV series. Powers T 14:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Either Quantum Leap is ambiguous and shouldn't be redirected automatically or it isn't ambiguous and it should just be the TV show. Redirecting it to quantum leap would consistent with making that article the primary topic for both Quantum Leap and quantum leap.


 * However, as long as Wikipedia is case sensitive Quantum Leap and quantum leap are different articles that do not necessarily need to be disambiguated from each other. I don't think the original move was wise and had I known about it, I would have opposed it. I have no way to get hard statistics, but judging from the size of the pages (two paragraphs vs. several pages) and the frequency of edits (~50 edits in the last year vs. ~50 edits in the last month), I would guess that Quantum Leap (TV series) is the much more actively searched-for topic.


 * Also, I find it odd that Naming conventions (films) got cited as precedence, but not WP:NC-TV, WP:PRECISION, or WP:CAPS, which seem more directly relevant. I have to wonder what information people were using to make their decision with, since there wasn't much debate. Actually, why does Pulp Fiction (film) have a dab tag? Hmm.... -Anþony 12:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I was the closing admin, I guess (because I have this on my watchlist

). Yes, you're right, bad citing, but WP:NC-TV says a similar thing, and then goes on to mention King of the Hill (TV series). Go figure. WP:PRECISION is vague as well: "If there is a reasonable chance the reader might have been looking for the other meaning...". With caps in the title, I'd say it's unlikely. The concerns raised here are valid, though; maybe some firmer rules are called for. Duja ► 12:53, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * My recommendation is to move Quantum Leap (TV series) here, most certainly. The different capitalization makes it distinct from quantum leap, and since Quantum Leap redirects there anyway it doesn't make sense to use the longer title. And a dab page is unnecessary because there are only two articles involved. -Silence 22:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree with Silence. Hear hear! -Silence (talk) 07:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm in agreement as well. More people who type in Quantum Leap will be looking for the show more then the theory itself so it makes more sense.Wild ste (talk) 11:22, 11 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I think that it should remain as is. &mdash; Val42 (talk) 16:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Unneeded dab
I believe this disambiguation page is unneeded if the two applicable topics are distinguishable by capitalization. Hatnotes on Atomic electron transition and Quantum Leap can handle the nav purpose (per WP:TWODABS—each is the primary for one caps variation). The Sinclair QL, while named after the quantum leap, is not apparently ambiguous with "quantum leap". -- JHunterJ (talk) 14:29, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Quantum Leap which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 23:47, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

post-move
Before the February move, the traffic patterns were like this|Quantum_Leap|Quantum_leap_(disambiguation):


 * clickstream-enwiki-2024-01.tsv:
 * Quantum_Leap Quantum_Leap_(2022_TV_series)  link    9143 (~20%)
 * Quantum_Leap Quantum_jump   link    195 (~0.4%)
 * Quantum_Leap Quantum_leap_(disambiguation)  link    153 (~0.35%)
 * Quantum_Leap Paradigm_shift link    51 (~0.1%)
 * total: 24986 to 60 identified destinations, total incoming views 43768

In March '24, we saw a total of around 4988+10186=15174 incoming views here, and 429 views of the physics redirect,|Quantum_leap_(physics)|Quantum_Leap|Quantum_Leap_(disambiguation)|Quantum_leap_(disambiguation) (I didn't check all the redirects) and in turn:
 * clickstream-enwiki-2024-03.tsv:
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_Leap_(1989_TV_series)  link    4942 (~32% / ~63%)
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_Leap_(2022_TV_series)  link    2147 (~14% / ~28%)
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_jump   link    479 (~3% / ~6%)
 * Quantum_leap Paradigm_shift link    64
 * Quantum_leap Atomic_electron_transition     link    47
 * Quantum_leap The_Quantum_Leap       link    34
 * Quantum_leap Tipping_point_(sociology)      link    20
 * Quantum_leap Emergency:_Quantum_Leap link   18
 * Quantum_leap Main_Page      other   16
 * Quantum_leap Sinclair_QL    link    14
 * total: 7781

--Joy (talk) 00:02, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

In April, there were 3091 views and up to 5253 with incoming redirects, clickstream-enwiki-2024-04.tsv showed:
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_Leap_(1989_TV_series)  other   1563 (~29.7% / ~53%)
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_Leap_(2022_TV_series)  other   875 (~16.6% / ~30%)
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_jump   other   350 (~6.7% / ~12%)
 * Quantum_leap Atomic_electron_transition     other   63
 * Quantum_leap Paradigm_shift other   46
 * Quantum_leap The_Quantum_Leap       other   19
 * Quantum_leap Tipping_point_(sociology)      other   15
 * total: 2931 to 7 identified destinations

In May, with 2426 views and up to 4058 with incoming redirects, clickstream-enwiki-2024-05.tsv showed:
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_Leap_(1989_TV_series)  link    1319 (~32.5% / ~60%)
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_Leap_(2022_TV_series)  link    503 (~12.4% / ~23%)
 * Quantum_leap Quantum_jump   link    291 (~7.2% / ~13.3%)
 * Quantum_leap Paradigm_shift link    30
 * Quantum_leap Atomic_electron_transition     link    28
 * Quantum_leap Tipping_point_(sociology)      link    14
 * total: 2185 to 6 identified destinations

--Joy (talk) 11:09, 17 June 2024 (UTC)