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Requested move 6 March 2020

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: page moved. (non-admin closure) Steel1943 (talk) 20:21, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Real McCoy (disambiguation) → The Real McCoy – Per WP:SMALLDIFFS. As of this writing, both The Real McCoy as well as Real McCoy redirect to The real McCoy where a hatnote advises that For other uses, see The Real McCoy (disambiguation). Since the disambiguation page lists 20 entries, it is not certain whether the phrase is indeed the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, but even if consensus develops that it is, the phrase uses lowercase "r", while all other dab page entries use uppercase "R". —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 17:28, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support The real McCoy gets 7,103 views, The Real McCoys gets 5,198, Real McCoy (band) gets 4,030 and The Real McCoy (film) gets 1,527[[1]], its reasonable to assume people capitalizing the "R" are likely to be looking for a proper noun and if not they will still see the concept on the 1st line like Friendly Fire. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:22, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per WP:SMALLDIFFS. Colin Gerhard (talk) 01:03, 7 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per WP:SMALLDIFFS. We do this with many other things in Category:English phrases that have been used as titles: an ABC of examples is American way, Bed of roses, Bob's your uncle, Crocodile tears... 85.238.91.68 (talk) 06:08, 8 March 2020 (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.

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+The result of the move request was: '''page moved'''. <small>([[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Non-admin closure|non-admin closure]])</small> {{#if:|<small>([[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Non-admin closure|non-admin closure]])</small>|{{#if:|<small>([[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Closure by a page mover|closed by non-admin page mover]])</small>}}}} [[User:Steel1943|<span style="color: #2F4F4F;">'''''Steel1943'''''</span>]] ([[User talk:Steel1943|talk]]) 20:21, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
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 [[:The Real McCoy (disambiguation)]] → {{no redirect|The Real McCoy}} – Per [[WP:SMALLDIFFS]]. As of this writing, both [[The Real McCoy]] as well as [[Real McCoy]] redirect to [[The real McCoy]] where a [[WP:HAT|hatnote]] advises that ''For other uses, see [[The Real McCoy (disambiguation)]].'' Since the disambiguation page lists 20 entries, it is not certain whether the phrase is indeed the [[WP:PRIMARYTOPIC]], but even if consensus develops that it is, the phrase uses lowercase "r", while all other dab page entries use uppercase "R".&nbsp;—[[User:Roman Spinner|'''Roman Spinner''']] <small>[[User talk:Roman Spinner|(talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Roman Spinner|contribs)]]</small> 17:28, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 *'''Support''' [[The real McCoy]] gets 7,103 views, [[The Real McCoys]] gets 5,198, [[Real McCoy (band)]] gets 4,030 and [[The Real McCoy (film)]] gets 1,527[[https://tools.wmflabs.org/massviews/?platform=all-access&agent=user&source=wikilinks&target=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Real_McCoy_(disambiguation)&range=latest-20&sort=views&direction=1&view=list]], its reasonable to assume people capitalizing the "R" are likely to be looking for a proper noun and if not they will still see the concept on the 1st line like [[Friendly Fire]]. '''[[User:Crouch, Swale|<span style="color:Green">Crouch, Swale</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Crouch, Swale|<span style="color:Blue">talk</span>]])  19:22, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 *'''Support''', per [[WP:SMALLDIFFS]]. [[User:Colin Gerhard|Colin Gerhard]] ([[User talk:Colin Gerhard|talk]]) 01:03, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
+*'''Support''', per [[WP:SMALLDIFFS]]. We do this with many other things in [[:Category:English phrases]] that have been used as titles: an ABC of examples is [[American way]], [[Bed of roses]], [[Bob's your uncle]], [[Crocodile tears]]...  [[Special:Contributions/85.238.91.68|85.238.91.68]] ([[User talk:85.238.91.68|talk]]) 06:08, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
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