Talk:Writing pad

Requested move 5 January 2019

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The result of the move request was: Per consensus,  now redirects to Notebook  and Writing pad (disambiguation) will be deleted since it's no longer needed. (non-admin closure) –Ammarpad (talk) 08:52, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Writing pad → Writing pad (disambiguation) – WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The page is a WP:TWODABS but the other (second) entry, Graphics tablet, does not even mention the term "writing pad", and I would redirect  to Notebook, as  does.

Google Books gives me [//www.google.com/search?q=%22writing+pad%22+%22graphics+tablet%22&tbm=bks&sa 290 results for "writing pad" "graphics tablet"], and [//www.google.com/search?q=%22writing+pad%22+%22notebook%22&tbm=bks&sa around 2,170 for "Writing pad" "Notebook"]. has one incoming link, from stationery, but that is part of a list on which the same line is notebook, to which it redirects. Understandably, has no incoming links from articles.

The plural has been a redirect to Notebook since its creation in 2008. Writing pad was a converted to a DAB. WP:PLURALPT suggests that should be otherwise, but I think it better to have the singular as a redirect, rather than retarget the plural.

The first words of the first hatnote at Notebook are "This article is about the writing pad"... 178.164.139.37 (talk) 08:04, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Maybe just make Writing pad a redirect to Notebook and delete the Writing pad (disambiguation) redirect or at best add a hatnote to Graphics tablet and still delete the Writing pad (disambiguation) redirect.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 15:05, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, I (proposer) would have also proposed deleting the DAB, but didn't want to seem WP:FORUMSHOPPING. 92.249.211.146 (talk) 03:59, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think it would be forum shopping, its just procedural. It can be tagged with db-disambig if the move is carried out. However I'd reccomend preserving this discussion, maybe at Talk:Writing pad/old.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:21, 9 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Support redirect to Notebook and speedy delete WP:G8 Writing pad (disambiguation). Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:08, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support redirecting to Notebook and deleting Writing pad (disambiguation). -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:51, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.