Talk:Mo Bamba

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. (closed by non-admin page mover) ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 14:01, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Mohamed Bamba → Mo Bamba
• Mo Bamba → Mo Bamba (disambiguation)

Common name for an established NBA player is a hypocorism, not generally known by full name - cf NBA.com, ESPN.com, which should be authoritative (note NBA.com URL uses Mohamed but display text is Mo, ESPN is both Mo). Song is named after the person, and was successful single but not on equal footing with current ongoing professional athlete to need a disambiguation page, just a hatnote should do. JesseRafe (talk) 17:26, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Modified my request, as didn't expect it to be controversial.
  Yes, a double switch. There should be a disambiguation page so named, but the primary should be the basketball player. Also, not the same request, but the page of the basketball player should be his common name, Mo, regardless of how the disambiguation is carried out.
  Page view statistics show the person with never less than double the views than the song, more often roughly 3x-5x for the past three years. The current disambig has low-mid hundreds per month, suggesting there is very little confusion on the part of readers and due to the good work of editors. However, as a non-perennial or cult-favorite piece of pop culture, the song is consistently trending downwards and the person is maintaining relevance. JesseRafe (talk) 13:24, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Mo Bamba titles a page with content and so it must also be dispositioned. If this request is granted, then Mo Bamba may be deleted or moved to Mo Bamba (disambiguation) and tagged with {{One other topic}} in accordance with WP:ONEOTHER. P.I. Ellsworth  ed. ^put'r there 03:18, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 00:24, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. "Mo Bamba" is ambiguous because of the song; it's unlikely that the basketball player is the primary topic. "Mohamed Bamba" is as good as it gets for a WP:NATURAL disambiguation. 162 etc. (talk) 22:07, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • But the song is about the player. Seems like the person is primary and a derivative work about that person is not. Rikster2 (talk) 22:02, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support move to Mo Bamba. It's how he is known. The song was named after him. Second choice is at Mo Bamba (basketball). Either is better than current placement per WP:COMMONNAME is Mo Bamba RedPatch (talk) 01:16, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose There is a song that has the same name as the player. The song is likely to be more familiar to people who do not follow the player. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 10:39, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Rreagan007 (talk) 16:38, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per COMMONNAME. His NBA team lists him as Mo at this point (was not true earlier in his career). Rikster2 (talk) 22:00, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support "Mo Bamba" is his WP:COMMONNAME at this point. It is also the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC per page views. Opposes that worry because the song goes by the same name do not seem to understand PRIMARYTOPIC, and the song's title already has the (song) parenthetical WP:QUALIFIER.—Bagumba (talk) 14:22, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. The basketball player is the clear primary topic for "Mo Bamba" and that is also his common name. -- Calidum 17:18, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - not even a question Red Slash 23:05, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per COMMONNAME, and as the primary topic. It seems a bit silly that the existence of a song about the person in question, which does not get enough page views to justify the person not being a primary, would somehow prevent the actual person from being a primary.--Yaksar (let's chat) 23:46, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]