Talk:Time flies like an arrow

Merge suggestion
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana does not have much to say in addition to what is said about Time flies like an arrow. Not to say that it looks very much like original research. Lorem Ip (talk) 00:09, 29 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, it is highly original. But I trust you suggest another meaning of the term.  Let me suggest one myself, and perhaps it fits your meaning  - Time (the apparent physical property itself) flies (passes perceptibly) fast and unwavering. --71.245.164.83 (talk) 02:32, 6 January 2011 (UTC)


 * For my part, I don't give a fly for its originality or otherwise; although it seems to me perfectly readable and informative, it would be nice to have more citations, and citations or not, I don't see why it is a separate article. I vote for merging. If anyone in management would authorise it, I'd be happy to see to the merging myself. JonRichfield (talk) 11:09, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Fusion of Time flies like an arrow with Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
Nothing seemed to be happening with the fusion of those articles, so I have bitten the bullet and completed the merge myself and converted Time flies like an arrow to a redirect to Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. I have not deleted any content. However, I am unhappy with two things as matters stand:

The current title is too cumbersome; one reason that I did the conversion this way round is that Time flies like an arrow had no sections that would cause broken links.

Secondly, there were pointlessly many titles of the "time flies" type. There still are. The material of the article "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana" should be included into Tempus fugit and converted into a redirect. I would have done it myself already, but I don't know how to find the articles that link to its sections. Help anyone?

I am repeating this explanation in the other articles' talk pages. JonRichfield (talk) 16:18, 23 September 2011 (UTC)