Talk:Stroud (disambiguation)

Requested move
Stroud (disambiguation) → Stroud — Simply put there is no primary use. While some may want to debate which city might be primary, that simply ignores the larger set of valid uses which are all of the names. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:51, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose and speedy close. This request should not be made while essentially the opposite move is being debated at Talk:Stroud, Gloucestershire. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 23:48, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Support WP:BRD, this returns this page to its location where it was before it was boldly renamed. 76.66.203.138 (talk) 05:08, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose per other RM discussion. Stroud, Gloucestershire is the primary use; we don't have any other use of just "Stroud" that is not a settlement. PC78 (talk) 13:35, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Exactly where in policy does it say that settlements have a priority over every other use? Vegaswikian (talk) 18:53, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. There is no primary topic here.  It's not just about all the other places named Stroud, but also all the people with surname Stroud - anyone looking for any of those is likely to enter just "Stroud" in the Search box.  Ending up at the dab page is the best possible compromise outcome for all searchers of "Stroud".  --Born2cycle (talk) 19:41, 6 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment - A request was made on the 22nd October to move Stroud, Gloucestershire to Stroud. Has this request been made therefore, just to make a point?--Ykraps (talk) 14:56, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
 * No. That discussion should probably be closed as no consensus and then hopefully a consensus here would move the dab page since there is no primary topic. WP:AGF. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:54, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Combine into one discussion. Once it's decided whether the English town is the primary topic (I suspect it is - the other places seem much smaller, and the people can be reached using forename+surname), then the two decisions will be automatic. Since there doesn't seem to be consensus at either discussion at the moment, I'm going to boldly close this one and leave a couple of notices directing people to the other one.--Kotniski (talk) 09:50, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Messages left at the disambiguation and UK geography project talk pages. Please continue discussing at Talk:Stroud, Gloucestershire.--Kotniski (talk) 09:58, 13 November 2010 (UTC)