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Requested move 13 January 2024

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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 - There is a rough consensus to move this subject on the understanding that trainspotting is a different thing to being a "railfan" in general. There probably needs to be another discussion to cover where Trainspotter redirects to. (non-admin closure) FOARP (talk) 21:18, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]


TrainspotterTrainspotters in the United Kingdom – This title was suggested by me in a comment a while back when the article was in draft (Special:Permalink/1193456614). My comment was that the article focuses too much on the UK and that the word "trainspotter" is not exactly a UK-exclusive term, but also used globally. [1][2][3][4]. This meant that the article does not offer a WP:GLOBAL perspective (which the title may imply), and while another reviewer suggested can include more transpotter things worldwide, is already in my opinion covered under the Railfan article, hence the suggested name to make sure that readers know this article deals with the UK. S5A-0043Talk 07:42, 13 January 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 20:38, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment: Relist, to discuss overlap with the Railfan article. BilledMammal (talk) 20:38, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support this is an article describing the British subculture which is worthy of an article in itself because of the specific nature of the subculture especially post WW2.
Keithec (talk) 22:51, 20 January 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.

I've initiated an RfD discussion about retargetting Trainspotter back to Railfan. See Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 14#Trainspotter. Thryduulf (talk) 22:10, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]