Talk:Common Ground (memoir)

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Requested move 25 February 2021[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Consensus of the discussion is that BOOKDAB allows for the current title. (non-admin closure) Vaticidalprophet (talk) 10:15, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]


Common Ground (memoir)Common Ground (Trudeau book) – Per WP:BOOKDAB207.161.86.162 (talk) 23:08, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • @207.161.86.162 and 2pou: This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:19, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • A memoir still adheres to WP:BOOKDAB under the "etc." Also not listed are (autobiography), (biography), (anthology), and I'm sure there are others. -2pou (talk) 23:13, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:BOOKDAB provides:

    To disambiguate, add the type of literary work in parentheses, such as "(novel)", "(novella)", "(short story)", "(short story collection)", "(dialogue)", "(essay)", "(play)", "(poem)", "(poetry collection)", etc. If none of these specific qualifiers applies, "(book)" can be used. Note, however, that this qualifier may be perceived as indicating a non-fiction type of writing.

    If further disambiguation is needed, add the author's surname in parentheses: "(Orwell novel)", "(Asimov short story)", etc.

    In specifying "literary works" and only listing forms of literature apart from nonfiction prose, I don't interpret that "etc." as including "(memoir)". 207.161.86.162 (talk) 23:31, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fair enough. That is exactly how I did interpret it; (diary) would be another. Anyway, a discussion from the community is better than the differing opinions of two. Regards, 2pou (talk) 00:38, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I guess the motivation comes from a desire to be consistent with Common Ground (Lukas book), but I see no problem that needs fixing here. But a redirect from the proposed name would do no harm and some good. Andrewa (talk) 16:26, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Andrewa. The disambiguator doesn't seem wrong to me, and apparently it also conforms to BOOKDAB, since the guideline provides for "etc." including more literary types such as this.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:04, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.