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Requested move 11 April 2018

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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: consensus not to move the pages at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 23:10, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

– According to WP:TVSEASON, if a season is referred to by a distinctive name, that name should be used in the page title, as done with Survivor: Borneo, American Horror Story: Murder House, etc. -- Radiphus 19:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I support this move only if Westworld (season 1) is also moved per consensus. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:41, 11 April 2018 (UTC)moved from Talk:Westworld (season 2)-- Netoholic @ 03:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I support this move only if Westworld (season 2) is also moved per consensus. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:41, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I've merged the two move requests into one, as these should be handled together (no chance we'd name one using a different method than the other). I've moved Favre1fan93's and Another Believer's comments from the other talk page to here. -- Netoholic @ 03:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose These are subtitles for the season, but it is still generally known as "Westworld season x". Similar to the recent seasons of Archer. This is dissimilar to the examples provided and per TVSEASON because each of those provided are known more by their name with the subtitle rather than "Survivor (season x)" or "AHS (season x)". - Favre1fan93 (talk) 01:43, 12 April 2018 (UTC) moved from Talk:Westworld (season 2)-- Netoholic @ 03:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per comments on the Season 2 discussion. Also, these both should have been made at one location to centralize the discussion since they are both similar in nature. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 01:46, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've merged the move request here and striked your duplicate comment to avoid confusion. -- Netoholic @ 03:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose the comparison between Survivor and AHS doesn't fit here - those shows changed casts/roles between seasons. The official trailer doesn't even mention a subtitle, its just "Westworld season 2". -- Netoholic @ 03:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose These "subtitles" are clearly marketing. The "distinctive name" instruction is meant to cover mainly reality TV and maybe the occasional anthology series, which as Ntoholic points out, involve major shifts in casts and/or conceit. —Joeyconnick (talk) 04:55, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The DNA of the series isn't changing between seasons like American Horror Story or American Crime Story. The main plotline is going to remain the same. The subtitles just seem more like them chaptering them. Rusted AutoParts 17:10, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose They are not the common-known name of the seasons. -- Alex^TW 23:26, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Not commonly known by those subtitles, nor will most likely be searched for by those names. Easier navigation with the season dabs. However, I support created redirects for those subtitles to point toward the respective seasons (similar to Archer's) to satisfy hardcore fans. — Wylie pedia @ 00:24, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I have made such redirects. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 04:17, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Per above and this series cannot be compared to Survivor (a reality television series with different cast per season) and AHS (an anthology television series that also has different characters and cast per season). - Brojam (talk) 04:20, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think this can be closed as a WP:SNOW oppose... -- Alex^TW 04:31, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Boldfacing season-specific name in lead

Should we boldface the season-specific name, The Maze, in the lead sentence of this page (and The Door in the season-two Westworld episode page)? I did so and was good faith reverted by AlexTheWhovian, who pointed to MOS:BOLDTITLE. I can't find specific language in MOS:BOLDTITLE which covers this, although I may have missed it. Titling an entire season, in this case the seasons of Westworld, and the question of its boldfacing in the lead on its episode pages, may be a more or less new phenomena, and I'd like to seek guidance from SMcCandlish. This would be unrelated to the RM above, which sought to include the season-specific name in the title, which I would have opposed as well but by the time I wandered out to take a look I saw the snow and went inside to get warm. Randy Kryn (talk) 17:09, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. The Maze doesn't redirect here (BOLDTITLE, sentence 2; also at MOS:BOLDSYN). The purpose of bolding stuff other than the title is to indicate that the string is a title that redirects to the page so readers see it quickly and understand why they ended up at page named something different than what they expected. It's not "this is important" emphasis. The "usually" in BOLDSYN is to account for cases like "Foo, also known as Bar, Baz, or Quux", where the "Baz" item is actually not a redirect from "Baz", but maybe "Baz (footballer)", and so doesn't technically qualify but would look really weird de-bolded between the other two. It's not blanket license to just bold something for the hell of it. That should probably be clarified because disputes like this aren't uncommon. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 17:19, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the full clarification, SMcCandlish. Randy Kryn (talk) 17:27, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Investigating that actually pulled up a minor WP:POLICYFORK between MOS:BOLDSYN and MOS:BOLD. I added a footnote at the former and fixed the conflict at the latter. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 18:27, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Actor?

Who is the actor that plays the husband and wife visitors that get involved in the riot in town and ends up shooting the leader of the gang before he gets to give his planned speach? 2600:8801:9D19:9400:8994:7999:3563:C4CB (talk) 08:47, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]