Talk:Blight

Requested move 6 August 2026

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: Moved Blighted → Blighted (video game), with no consensus not moved on the other requests. Consensus seems to be that Blight is the primary topic. (closed by non-admin page mover) Axolitl (talk | contribs) 22:28, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Note: The latter half statement was edited from no consensus to not moved on 05:18, 27 August 2026 (UTC). Axolitl (talk | contribs) 05:18, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

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• Blight → Blight (mycology)
• Blighted → Blighted (video game)
• Blight (disambiguation) → Blight

– I am not sure there is a primary topic for "blight" due to the urban blight definition. Similarly, "blighted" may be better to redirect to the DAB page given that it can be used to describe plants/buildings, though I am more neutral on that. There's also just the general fact that "blight" can refer to disease. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:04, 6 August 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Axolitl (talk | contribs) 21:29, 12 August 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 10:33, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

• Support per nom, no PRIMARYTOPIC.--Ortizesp (talk) 13:29, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
• Move to blight (plant pathology). Fungi aren't the only causative agents of blight in plants. There are also bacteria (and water molds technically aren't fungi, although they have historically been considered fungi; I wouldn't object to (mycology) as a disambiguator that could include water molds, but with bacteria, (plant pathology) is more appropriate). Plantdrew (talk) 15:33, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
• Not the first suggested move. The article doesn't even mention mycology. Plantdrew's suggestion is better, but I'm not convinced that the plant pathology topic isn't primary. Urban blight presumably got its name from being an analogous phenomenon. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 15:39, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

  Blight (botany) then? If we really wanted to get vague it could be Blight (nature). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:26, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Relisting comment: Seems like people are split between "mycology", "plant pathology", or something else. Please voice your opinion about which one you think is appropriate (or none at all). Axolitl (talk | contribs) 21:29, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

If moved, I suggest blight (plant disease). Lavateraguy (talk) 13:03, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose 1 and 3, but support 2. (Redirect 'Blighted' to the dab page.) I think we have a primary topic here. Most articles with blight in the title are of the plant type. Srnec (talk) 03:16, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

  The number of articles with a name in their title is not a recognized way to determine a primary topic. Wikipedia goes by usage and importance in the world at large. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 00:52, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

  It's evidence of usage and importance. Srnec (talk) 01:34, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose 1 and 3. Move Blighted → Blighted (video game) and redirect Blighted to Blight. I believe the group of plant diseases is very likely the primary topic and have not seen evidence to the contrary. The meaning is oldest, so it at least has a strong claim of primary topic by long-term significance (WP:PT2). If we must disambiguate, '(plant pathology)' is a better tag. Plant pathology covers the relevant intersection of botany, mycology, microbiology, agriculture, etc. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 21:46, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Agriculture, WikiProject Plants, and WikiProject Fungi have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 10:33, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose 1 and 3. "Blight" is extremely well-established as a group of plant diseases and has been so for over a century; every farmer, horticulturalist, botanist and mycologist knows and uses the term. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:56, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

  Ngrams would appear to contradict this assertion, "blighted neighborhood" has gotten more hits in books than "blighted plant" starting in the mid-1930s until now. Similarly with "urban blight" and "plant blight". (Also pinging @Myceteae: since their main argument was a lack of evidence) ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:28, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

  If you add 'potato blight' to those though, you see it is far more common - nobody says 'plant blight'. That's just one crop though. SmartSE (talk) 12:12, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

  Another nigram showing types of plant blight being more commonly mentioned than planning blight and urban blight. Note that urban/planning blight was current in the 1960s and 1970s, and usage has dropped off since. Lavateraguy (talk) 13:02, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

  "Plant blight" is just not a commonly used term. The overall pattern in Ngrams that include the common names of individual "plant blights" is reflective of actual usage. This Ngram showing the 10 most common words to appear before "blight" in books includes late blight, leaf blight, bacterial blight, fire blight, and early blight. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 16:03, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

  Yes, we never say "plant blight", it's tautologous anyway (like "animal zoonosis", for instance). Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:22, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

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.