Talk:Cumberbatch

Requested move 18 November 2016[edit]

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) kennethaw88 • talk 06:24, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cumberbatch → Cumberbatch (name) – Cumberbatch should be a WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT to Benedict Cumberbatch. He qualifies WP:PRIMARYTOPIC in my view. Google Books renders about 26,800 results for "Cumberbatch", whereas "Cumberbatch" -"Benedict" renders around 4,500 less. Probably about as primary as Nixon is to Richard Nixon. --Nevé –selbert 01:55, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as ridiculous primarytopic overreach. Dicklyon (talk) 05:45, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Care to espouse as to why, Dicklyon? Perhaps an argument can be made per WP:RECENTISM, although most of the other Cumberbatches aren't really that notable and are rather obscure, as far as I can tell (having looked at their articles). Cumberbatch is a rather peculiar name, and a quick Google search for "Cumberbatch" -"Benedict" renders only about 455,000 results (compared to just plain "Cumberbatch" rendering over 23 million). The statistics tell me that most searching for "Cumberbatch" are most probably looking for the actor. (Note I have changed the move request to Cumberbatch (name), since this is probably more appropriate for a page like this.)--Nevé –selbert 08:01, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've been considering this move request for around a while now, since a lot of the people I know have watched and talked about his new film, and one day I forgot his first name and typed in "Cumberbatch" and landed here. I'm not entirely sure Cumberbatch should redirect to his article, but I feel that such a discussion is probably worth it. After all, there was a whole debate at Talk:Snowden as to whether Snowden should be a redirect to Edward Snowden.--Nevé –selbert 08:15, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose verbatim as @Dicklyon:. No one refers to the actor as "Cumberbatch". Mononyms are very rarely used for anyone except presidents and dead composers and painters. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:03, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Smacks of WP:RECENTISM. bd2412 T 20:17, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Not generally referred to just by his surname. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:43, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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