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Should we add a segment on the use of "AID" in humor, i.e. the "singular" form of AIDS? Alx xlA 04:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 12 October 2017

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The result of the move request was: Move as proposed. The main question here is where this dab page should be located, and we have strong consensus that "Aid" should be uncapitalized. Feel free to start a new RM at Aid if it is felt that article is mistitled. Cúchullain t/c 14:25, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]



AIDAid (disambiguation) – (Move over redirect). A clearer title for this disambiguation page. The primary topic here ought to be Aid. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:01, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Except that this proposal is relatively simple and relatively uncontentious, whereas a multiple proposal is relatively complex and relatively contentious (I sense: Is there a primary topic? Is international aid the primary topic? Is all aid international? etc etc). If I may suggest: view this as a stepping-stone forwards not a step sideways. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 05:14, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 20 October 2017

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Not moved. No consensus has formed to move this article. bd2412 T 14:39, 28 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

– As proposed in the discussion above, topic of international aid, currently located at Aid, does not seem to be the primary topic for "aid". The term "aid" is highly ambiguous, and within most important meanings it includes welfare, fundraising and first aid, so it should be a disambiguation page. No such user (talk) 07:45, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • It's the only thing I know of that is referred to just as "aid" without a word appended to it (e.g. "deliver aid to X country" or "send aid workers to X country"), people use the full term "financial aid" or "first aid" to refer to those things. "Aid" is commonly used as shorthand for "international aid" and not for those other things.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 12:40, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - There are so many reasons someone could search for aid/AID and none of them (*especially* 'international aid') can be said to be primary. "aid" as a root word is very generic, and there are several topics which use the abbreviation AID. Readers should land on a disambig page first. -- Netoholic @ 13:16, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Netoholic. "Aid" is a very generic term and I don't think international aid is a clear primary topic. ---- Patar knight - chat/contributions 20:26, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Zxcvbnm. When someone talks of "Aid" with no qualifier, amongst encyclopedic topics (i.e. not considering dictionary usages of the word, which are irrelevant per WP:NOTDICT), it is this that they are talking of. None of the other topics on the dab page are just called "Aid" so they are not candidates to be located at plain Aid, apart from obscure topics such as Aid (rapper) and Aid (Würm). It is also the root of "aid worker", as well as being a pun in USAID. None of the above opposes state why this move would be beneficial for readers.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:25, 28 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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