Talk:Heartbeat (2016 TV series)

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure) — Music1201 ^talk 04:54, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The current naming situation is inconsistent across the three series, the suggested move makes it consistent.

If one does not follow the policy, another consistent disambiguation for all three series has to be found, also because the 1988 HeartBeat (U.S. TV series) would be ambiguous with this 2016 show for the same reason. For instance by the year, HeartBeat (1988 TV series), Heartbeat (1992 TV series), Heartbeat (2016 TV series). The country would not be necessary for disambiguation then.

In both cases, care needs to be taken for the existing redirects,

Is there a policy that mandates consistency? While I would agree that it's best to be consistent, it's not going to work in this case with three different programs of three different years in two different countries as a lot of people are not going to notice the difference in the titles of the 1988 and 2016 programs.

HeartBeat (U.S. TV series)

Heartbeat (UK TV series)

Heartbeat (U.S. TV series)

Ryan8374 (talk) 06:00, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Support, i.e. use a consistent disambiguation format for topics that can be confused. Remember to add hatnotes.
  flyer 16:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply
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• Oppose, per
  WP:COMMONSENSE and don't just blindly follow the rules. I'm not saying that there is not a move to be made here, but the proposed one is not it.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  00:15, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply
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• Oppose original suggestion, but support using the years to disambiguate, as this would be much easier for readers to make sense of at a glance. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 22:29, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Using years to disambiguate TV shows seems like a bad idea to me, after all TV shows can run for many years and people don't always associate a TV show with the year of the first season. This is a lot different than movies or video games for example, where the year of release is a lot more memorable and significant. Does the policy support using year to dab TV shows? Because it seems silly to me.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  11:27, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like it would be enough to distinguish them to me. The 1988 show was only on for a year, mostly in 1988. No one is going to get the current show mixed up with the older ones. And based on this search, using the initial year is at least somewhat common. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 12:41, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MOSTV does support the use of the year being used. Examples off the top of my head...

The Flash (2014 TV series) & The Flash (1990 TV series)

V (1983 miniseries) & V (1984 TV series) & V (2009 TV series)

-Ryan8374 (talk) 16:00, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose original proposal, but support disambiguating both based on years: so move HeartBeat (U.S. TV series) → HeartBeat (1988 TV series) (with a redirect at Heartbeat (1988 TV series)). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:06, 5 April 2016 (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.