Talk:Riding

Common Riding

A Common Riding, sometimes known as a "riding", would appear to involve both horse riding and the bounds of a district... I have no idea as to its etymology but I will put it in the latter category for now. Ben MacDui 07:50, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

I would have assumed the other etymology, but can't offer any proof. Lavateraguy (talk) 22:12, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 2 April 2025

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) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 04:29, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

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• Riding → Riding (disambiguation)Riding (disambiguation)
• Riding (division) → Riding

According to Wikinav more than a third of outgoing pageviews go Riding (division), the second highest amount of views goes to Electoral district (Canada) which is a subset of the other topic. Altogether these two topics make up 2/3rds of the outgoing page views. Of the other topics listed none are known as simply 'riding' to my knowledge Traumnovelle (talk) 01:41, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose, no primary topic. Per the nominator, Riding (division) does not even get a majority of the pageviews, and I don't see a long-term notability argument either. 162 etc. (talk) 04:12, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

  Electoral district (Canada) (in this context) is a subtopic of Riding (division). Combined they receive the most views. Traumnovelle (talk) 04:54, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

  Electoral district (Canada) is not a subtopic of Riding (division). It is an individually notable topic with its own article. 162 etc. (talk) 05:14, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

  In the context of this disambiguation page it is a subset of riding (division). Traumnovelle (talk) 05:24, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

  That is not how WP:PT1 works at all. 162 etc. (talk) 05:40, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

  Then why does Electoral district have the primary topic when Electoral district (Canada) has more pageviews?

  The practice for article titling is the broad overview article occupies the primary topic/title whilst subsets have disambiguation (whether natural or parenthetical) applied. Traumnovelle (talk) 06:12, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

  You certainly can't argue that Equestrianism belongs in a broad overview article about ridings. My opposition remains. No primary topic. 162 etc. (talk) 14:05, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

  People looking for equestrianism aren't looking for 'riding', they are looking for 'horse riding'. This dab page provides just 0.06% of the pages views versus 2.69% for riding (division) Traumnovelle (talk) 18:22, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose per 162 etc - the primary topic, if anything, would be the concept of riding an animal. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:32, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose. Riding a horse is clearly just as notable by long-term significance. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:34, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

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