Talk:Stanford (disambiguation)

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Split Stanford and Stamford disamb pages[edit]

I propose to split this disambig page into two: one for Stanford and one for Stamford. Each page will link to the other from a "See also" section. This is precisely as the Kington/Kingston example given in the Style Guild. Am I wrong? I realize I may be proposing to undo a merge that had been previously agree to. That's why I'm bringing it here first. But this current page just seems wrong. Hult041956 22:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. Btyner (talk) 16:11, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 14 March 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 (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 11:12, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stanford (disambiguation) → Stanford – I'm not convinced that the university is clearly the primary topic for the single work given the placenames and its usage as a name etc including the town its self in California[1][2]. Although the surname holders are PTMs the university is also arguably one, the university has 85,042 views the place in California has 7,875 (though its common to treat the state as part of the name its still a full match for "Stanford" unlike the university) Stanford-le-Hope has 3,197 though again that's not a full match. Allen Stanford has 11,978, Jason Gray-Stanford has 11,218, Leland Stanford has 9,920, Aaron Stanford has 8,290 and Stanford White has 7,471. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:51, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This is about as clear a primary topic as they get. older ≠ wiser 18:05, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The university is the primary redirect. Rreagan007 (talk) 18:55, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. No evidence this isn't the primary topic, and any scenario where this is "arguably" a PTM is clearly misinterpreting WP:PTM, because Stanford could easily "plausibly be referred to by essentially the same name as the disambiguated term in a sufficiently generic context". Just see Special:WhatLinksHere/Stanford for all kinds of examples. As for the CDP Stanford, California, it's only known because the university (which long predates it) is located there. Nohomersryan (talk) 19:14, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The school is far and away the primary topic. -- Calidum 03:36, 15 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.