Talk:Illinois River (disambiguation)

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Requested move 5 April 2015[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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Consensus is clear that this is the primary topic. (non-admin closure) Calidum T|C 03:58, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Illinois River (disambiguation) → Illinois River – I strongly doubt that the river in Illinois is the main meaning of this river name. What if the name of the state of Illinois had been something like "Chicago State"?? Would this river still be the main meaning of the Illinois River?? Georgia guy (talk) 17:53, 5 April 2015 (UTC) Georgia guy (talk) 17:50, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Georgia guy: Short answer to your hypothetical question is "yes", because it is by far the largest of the rivers named "Illinois River". I think you should have waited for some input on this before making the move. The change itself is not that big of deal, but I suspect there are now large number of links that point to a disambiguation page. If the move is really necessary, then that's fine too. They will be fixed soon enough. But if the move is unnecessary, then it just amounts to unnecessary work for someone. --RacerX¹¹ Talk to me^{Stalk me} 19:07, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment the nominator displaced Illinois River (Illinois) from "Illinois River"; so this is in effect a multimove request. Should this request fail, the Illinois Illinois River should return to the base name -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 02:08, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, this is ridiculous nomination. Appears to be based on no facts other than the existence of other rivers with the same name. older ≠ wiser 11:32, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - yes, this river gave its name to the state, but it is also the longest of the contenders, and the one most talked about in sources, so is a clear primary topic to me, and no evidence has been presented to the contrary. — Amakuru (talk) 15:46, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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