Talk:Whale tail
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Requested move 16 September 2026
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– Insufficiently disambiguated from fluke (tail), even if that is only a WP:DABMENTION. Support whale tail (slang) as an alternate move, though I think this one is more relevant. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 17:19, 16 September 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPathtalk 13:49, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose as unnecessary WP:OVERPRECISION. There is no other article using this title, and this article averages over 400 pageviews per day, of whom no more than 2 go on the dab page. Station1 (talk) 19:18, 16 September 2026 (UTC)
- It's not likely someone searching for "whale tail" might want to know about the tails of whales? Per WP:DABMENTION, there doesn't need to be a separate article about it. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:24, 17 September 2026 (UTC)
- It's possible "someone" might expect an article about the tails of whales at this title, but the number of such people is tiny if not zero. For that tiny minority, we have a hatnote pointing to a dab page that includes Whale. Their tails are not really a separate encyclopedic topic. We could add Fluke (tail) to the dab page. Station1 (talk) 04:37, 17 September 2026 (UTC)
- It's not likely someone searching for "whale tail" might want to know about the tails of whales? Per WP:DABMENTION, there doesn't need to be a separate article about it. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:24, 17 September 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose, this is the primary topic. 162 etc. (talk) 20:00, 16 September 2026 (UTC)
Note: WikiProject Women and WikiProject Fashion have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPathtalk 13:48, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Relisting comment: Relisting after notifications to WikiProjects, to hopefully get more discussion. TarnishedPathtalk 13:49, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose as per previous comments; it's an unnecessary disambiguation. -- JediLofty Talk to meFollow me 14:54, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Support, as the actual tail of a whale should be much closer to a primary topic. The fashion trend references the appearance of the tail of a whale, but neither a whale nor a tail is involved in it. I suspect that the opposers here are vastly overestimating popular knowledge of the reference to an exposed thong top being called by this name. BD2412 T 15:38, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
- Support. Clearly isn't the primary topic. Fairly obscure term that most people would never have heard of. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:58, 24 September 2026 (UTC)