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Robin's Nest (estate) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 28 May 2011 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Magnum, P.I.. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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The wikipedia article states that Robin's Nest was also known locally as "The Anderson Estate" after long-time owner, local politician Eve Anderson. But a search engine lookup does not show any local politician named Eve Anderson. However, there is a former mayor of Honolulu from 1981 to 1985 named Eileen Anderson. Does anyone know whether Eve Anderson (previous owner of Robin's Nest) and this former mayor of Honolulu Eileen Anderson, are actually one and the same person? Or if they are two different people, is there any connection between the two?
EnterOnce ( talk) 16:41, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
No consensus to move, after extended time for discussion. BD2412 T 19:46, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
Magnum, P.I. → Magnum, P.I. (1980 TV series) – Re-requesting this move per WP:SMALLDETAILS and WP:NOPRIMARY. SMALLDETAILS states that something minor, such as a comma in this case, is not sufficient enough for disambiguation. Given the popularity of the 1980 TV series and the rising popularity of the 2018 TV series (currently in its third season) there appears to be NOPRIMARY topic. A disambiguation page should be created Magnum, P.I. with links to both series as well as Thomas Magnum. Magnum P.I. can redirect to that disambiguation page. TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:29, 10 December 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. BD2412 T 07:38, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
"Oh, and the remake wouldn't even exist without the original."Okay, and? There is absolutely nothing that says that originals should never be disambiguated. That's folly. Given that Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series, season 1) exists where it does, would you say that the first season of the original series should be located at Magnum, P.I. (season 1), if it existed? No, because we need to disambiguate between articles of nearly-identical subjects. Same applies here.
"is the current article title arrangement currently serving as a significant disservice to our readers?"Yes. Why?
"no one is failing to find the correct "Magnum" article, in most cases in just one single click"Concerning pageviews, this explains the very similar number of views that each page receives, in that many editors likely end up at the wrong article and have to use the hatnote to get to the correct one.
the shortcut is not the policy; the plain-English definition of the page's title or shortcut may be importantly different from the linked page.How a consensus is weighed depends on the results of the discussion. George Ho ( talk) 07:58, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
[...] by such disambiguation techniques as hatnotes and/or disambiguation pages. When such navigation aids are in place, small details are usually sufficient to distinguish topics, e.g. MAVEN vs. Maven; Airplane vs. Airplane!; Sea-Monkeys vs. SeaMonkey; The Wörld Is Yours vs. other topics listed at The World Is Yours. This situation could also be similar with Magnum, P.I. vs. Magnum P.I. What would the thoughts be on moving Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series) to Magnum P.I.. As long as there is a navigational aid is in place it would meet small details and shouldn't be an issue? TheDoctorWho (talk) 00:10, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
This should (probably?) go on the Quantum Leap page, because Magnum had finished by the time QL started, but there were plans to have Sam Beckett leap into Magnum at the beginning of QL's fifth series. Test footage of the leap was shot, but the episode wasn't made, and was replaced with the JFK special. More here: https://www.cbr.com/tv-legends-did-sam-beckett-almost-leap-into-magnum-p-i/ 82.27.88.79 ( talk) 18:04, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Is there a solid source stating that Larry Carlton played guitar in the version of the theme used on the television show? The single version of the piece is a completely different recording and sounds more like Carlton's other recordings of the day. Thus, I think the single version is what featured Carlton, and the TV version used a session player (which, yes, Carlton was a session musician, but by 1980 he was more focused on his solo career and side projects for friends). -- Sm5574 ( talk) 14:58, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
As someone who hasn’t really watched the show, pointing out some morons who dressed like the character at a baseball game is irrelevant and distracting. Did they add the entry themselves? It has nothing to do with the show. It might have made headlines in 2017 but it’s nowhere near important enough to be noted on the Wikipedia page of the show. 2600:1700:131:2BA0:0:0:0:46 ( talk) 19:33, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
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Robin's Nest (estate) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 28 May 2011 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Magnum, P.I.. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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The wikipedia article states that Robin's Nest was also known locally as "The Anderson Estate" after long-time owner, local politician Eve Anderson. But a search engine lookup does not show any local politician named Eve Anderson. However, there is a former mayor of Honolulu from 1981 to 1985 named Eileen Anderson. Does anyone know whether Eve Anderson (previous owner of Robin's Nest) and this former mayor of Honolulu Eileen Anderson, are actually one and the same person? Or if they are two different people, is there any connection between the two?
EnterOnce ( talk) 16:41, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
No consensus to move, after extended time for discussion. BD2412 T 19:46, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
Magnum, P.I. → Magnum, P.I. (1980 TV series) – Re-requesting this move per WP:SMALLDETAILS and WP:NOPRIMARY. SMALLDETAILS states that something minor, such as a comma in this case, is not sufficient enough for disambiguation. Given the popularity of the 1980 TV series and the rising popularity of the 2018 TV series (currently in its third season) there appears to be NOPRIMARY topic. A disambiguation page should be created Magnum, P.I. with links to both series as well as Thomas Magnum. Magnum P.I. can redirect to that disambiguation page. TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:29, 10 December 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. BD2412 T 07:38, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
"Oh, and the remake wouldn't even exist without the original."Okay, and? There is absolutely nothing that says that originals should never be disambiguated. That's folly. Given that Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series, season 1) exists where it does, would you say that the first season of the original series should be located at Magnum, P.I. (season 1), if it existed? No, because we need to disambiguate between articles of nearly-identical subjects. Same applies here.
"is the current article title arrangement currently serving as a significant disservice to our readers?"Yes. Why?
"no one is failing to find the correct "Magnum" article, in most cases in just one single click"Concerning pageviews, this explains the very similar number of views that each page receives, in that many editors likely end up at the wrong article and have to use the hatnote to get to the correct one.
the shortcut is not the policy; the plain-English definition of the page's title or shortcut may be importantly different from the linked page.How a consensus is weighed depends on the results of the discussion. George Ho ( talk) 07:58, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
[...] by such disambiguation techniques as hatnotes and/or disambiguation pages. When such navigation aids are in place, small details are usually sufficient to distinguish topics, e.g. MAVEN vs. Maven; Airplane vs. Airplane!; Sea-Monkeys vs. SeaMonkey; The Wörld Is Yours vs. other topics listed at The World Is Yours. This situation could also be similar with Magnum, P.I. vs. Magnum P.I. What would the thoughts be on moving Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series) to Magnum P.I.. As long as there is a navigational aid is in place it would meet small details and shouldn't be an issue? TheDoctorWho (talk) 00:10, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
This should (probably?) go on the Quantum Leap page, because Magnum had finished by the time QL started, but there were plans to have Sam Beckett leap into Magnum at the beginning of QL's fifth series. Test footage of the leap was shot, but the episode wasn't made, and was replaced with the JFK special. More here: https://www.cbr.com/tv-legends-did-sam-beckett-almost-leap-into-magnum-p-i/ 82.27.88.79 ( talk) 18:04, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Is there a solid source stating that Larry Carlton played guitar in the version of the theme used on the television show? The single version of the piece is a completely different recording and sounds more like Carlton's other recordings of the day. Thus, I think the single version is what featured Carlton, and the TV version used a session player (which, yes, Carlton was a session musician, but by 1980 he was more focused on his solo career and side projects for friends). -- Sm5574 ( talk) 14:58, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
As someone who hasn’t really watched the show, pointing out some morons who dressed like the character at a baseball game is irrelevant and distracting. Did they add the entry themselves? It has nothing to do with the show. It might have made headlines in 2017 but it’s nowhere near important enough to be noted on the Wikipedia page of the show. 2600:1700:131:2BA0:0:0:0:46 ( talk) 19:33, 23 April 2022 (UTC)