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Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move Taxi to Taxi (disambiguation) and redirect Taxi to Taxicab; no consensus to move Taxicab to Taxi, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 19:29, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]


– The vehicle for hire also known as a taxicab is pretty much obviously (in my opinion) the WP:primary topic. The only other common meaning of the word is the aircraft action, but it is a verb and is appropriately located at taxiing. It could be mentioned in a hatnote together with the dab link if necessary. Paul_012 (talk) 19:31, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Well, to be exact the move proposal should mean (a) the subject called "taxicab" is more commonly known as "taxi" so should be at that title, and also (b) that subject is the primary topic for the word "taxi". I tend to agree with both, but they are two separate things and don't always go together: it would be quite reasonable to ask for "Taxi" to be a redirect to Taxicab and the dab page to be moved to Taxi (disambiguation), if (b) but not (a) was true! PamD 13:05, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have no objections to this. There's a primary topic for "taxi," whether the main article is called that or taxicab. --BDD (talk) 21:04, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Question: What would you have at Taxi, then? (I'm guessing a redirect to Taxicab, given your statement that you consider that to be the primary topic for the term). DH85868993 (talk) 02:25, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. Powers T 22:03, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.


Word origin

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Is the word origin of "taxi" Taxis?