Talk:Over the River and Through the Woods
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Requested move 10 April 2024[edit]
 | It has been proposed in this section that Over the River and Through the Woods be renamed and moved to Over the River and Through the Woods (play). A bot will list this discussion on requested moves' current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil. Please use {{subst:requested move}}. Do not use {{requested move/dated}} directly. |
Over the River and Through the Woods → Over the River and Through the Woods (play) – Everyone is familiar with the song as using the word "Woods"; it is very confusing to dis-ambiguate the song by using the word "Wood". Georgia guy (talk) 11:55, 10 April 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Natg 19 (talk) 23:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – we don't normally do things that way. The song in question, for those unfamiliar with it like me, is "Over the River and Through the Wood" and that is its original and correct title. I know nothing about either the play or the song beyond what's in their respective Wikipedia articles; I only have the play's article on my watchlist due to vandalism. Graham87 (talk) 14:40, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose in the absence of evidence that the title phrase is more strongly associated with the song than the play. Some places you might want to consider for building your argument: 1) Clickstream data. Are lots of readers landing on this page and clicking the hatnote to get to the song? 2) Is this article accumulating mistargeted wikilinks? 3) Do published books and articles commonly refer to the song with the "Woods" form of the title? Colin M (talk) 19:18, 26 April 2024 (UTC)