Talk:Mr. Bojangles (song)

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On 29 July 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Mr. Bojangles. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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The list of recorded versions needs to be checked, because it seems to be based on peer to peer lists instead of actual discographies. In these lists song versions are frequently attributed to wrong artists. In this case the version of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band often is not recognised as theirs and attributed to people like Jim Croce, Dr Hook, BillY Joel and so on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.207.4.147 (talk) 13:36, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the following, since it was poorly written and not sourced: In 2006 on "I'd Do Anything" Sarah performed the song in the competition to play nancy in the west end production of Oliver judged by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.247.58.208 (talk) 07:38, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 29 July 2024

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. There are no consensus to move from participants. Best, (closed by non-admin page mover) Reading Beans 08:48, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

– Inbound links and page views suggest that most people searching for "Mr. Bojangles" are looking for the song. The only other element that has that exact name and an article is an obscure album released well after the song became popular, so I think it's safe to say the song is the primary topic. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:51, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, the disamb page seems most accurate as it contains as primaries both the song and Bill Robinson. The person the song is written about was using Robinson's nickname, Bojangles, and then the song uses Robinson's other nickname, Mr. Bojangles. I don't think Wikipedia should take away anything else from Bill Robinson, who is just as much Mr. Bojangles as is the song. Randy Kryn (talk) 04:25, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bill Robinson's page does not support the use of "Mr." when referring to him. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:03, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~: if our article on Bill Robinson is correct, "Mr. Bojangles" was not his nickname and the song was not about him (although a biography used that title). PamD 07:22, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, the song was not about Bill Robinson but about someone who appropriated his nickname. The two, together in the disamb, should not be separated. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:22, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, having now looked at WikiNav which shows that readers leaving the current dab page are very evenly divided between those going to the song and Robinson, so neither is the Primary Topic and the current dab page serves the reader best. PamD 20:40, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ping @Martin4647: @Caldorwards4:, @Ss112:, @ChrisTofu11961:. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:04, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, there are multiple references to Mr. Bojangles on the disambiguation page, which I think should take precedence over the song article. ChrisTofu11961 (talk) 21:27, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.