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Requested move 6 January 2021
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Mum (disambiguation) →
Mum – Sure, the primary meaning of the everyday English word mum is '
mother', but it is also the proper name of several encyclopedic topics, and in an encyclopedia we should prioritise navigation to them rather than try to emulate an English dictionary. But even for those who use Wikipedia as a dictionary, it will be more helpful if we present them with a dab page whose first line clearly defines mum as an informal word for a mother, rather than send them to a general article on motherhood that mentions the word only after several long paragraphs. –
Uanfala (talk)01:39, 6 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment: Is there good evidence that the primary meaning of 'mum' is mother in worldwide English usage? There is certainly dialect differences in usage between UK and America; I'm not sure about elsewhere. And in terms of what encyclopedic term people are likely to be looking for, can we really assume readers would go to Wikipedia to search for what most would understand to be a colloquialism or would reader be more likely to look up a term they are not likely to already know the meaning of?
older ≠
wiser14:15, 9 January 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.
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Requested move 6 January 2021
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.
Mum (disambiguation) →
Mum – Sure, the primary meaning of the everyday English word mum is '
mother', but it is also the proper name of several encyclopedic topics, and in an encyclopedia we should prioritise navigation to them rather than try to emulate an English dictionary. But even for those who use Wikipedia as a dictionary, it will be more helpful if we present them with a dab page whose first line clearly defines mum as an informal word for a mother, rather than send them to a general article on motherhood that mentions the word only after several long paragraphs. –
Uanfala (talk)01:39, 6 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment: Is there good evidence that the primary meaning of 'mum' is mother in worldwide English usage? There is certainly dialect differences in usage between UK and America; I'm not sure about elsewhere. And in terms of what encyclopedic term people are likely to be looking for, can we really assume readers would go to Wikipedia to search for what most would understand to be a colloquialism or would reader be more likely to look up a term they are not likely to already know the meaning of?
older ≠
wiser14:15, 9 January 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.