Talk:Execution (disambiguation)

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I think it's also realisation/sale of an asset in UK law.90.190.225.121 (talk) 19:59, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 4 April 2016

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: No move. We have no agreement that other topics challenge capital punishment as the primary topic of the term "execution". Cúchullain ^t/c 18:12, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Execution (disambiguation) → Execution – As the disambiguation page illustrates, the word Execution is far too ambiguous to redirect to capital punishment. Also note that the lead (correctly) states "Execution literally means the carrying into effect of a prior policy or decision." While the word has become somewhat synonymous to killing a person in a fully controlled setting, this notably includes Execution-style murders. At the same time it remains in use for carrying out other kinds of policies or instructions, both in governance and in computing. -- PanchoS (talk) 10:18, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. -- 70.51.46.39 (talk) 03:47, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The clear primary meaning of the term is indeed capital punishment. It's what most people would understand if they heard the term without qualification. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:41, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- For people who undergo workplace performance reviews, the execution of their duties is something that is covered, more commonly that capital punishment -- 70.51.45.100 (talk) 05:55, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  Execution of duties is not an encyclopedic concept, and doesn't appear on the disambiguation page. WP:Wikipedia is not a dictionary... — Amakuru (talk) 13:10, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. If someone talks of execution, without any other qualifier, that usually means capital punishment. Page view stats bear thsi out as well: [1]. Of the 155 readers per day who found themselves at Execution, only 69 per day (less than half) then went to Execution (disambiguation), suggesting that capital punishment is indeed the topic sought more than all the other topics combined, per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. — Amakuru (talk) 13:08, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Disambiguation says:

Disambiguation in Wikipedia is the process of resolving conflicts that arise when a potential article title is ambiguous, most often because it refers to more than one subject covered by Wikipedia, either as the main topic of an article, or as a subtopic covered by an article in addition to the article's main topic. For example, the word "Mercury" can refer to a chemical element, a planet, a Roman god, and many other things.

There are three important aspects to disambiguation:

Naming articles in such a way that each has a unique title. For example, three of the articles dealing with topics ordinarily called "Mercury" are titled Mercury (element), Mercury (planet) and Mercury (mythology).

Making the links for ambiguous terms point to the correct article title. For example, an editor of an astronomy article may have created a link to Mercury, and this should be corrected to point to Mercury (planet).

Ensuring that a reader who searches for a topic using a particular term can get to the information on that topic quickly and easily, whichever of the possible topics it might be. For example, the page Mercury is a disambiguation page—a non-article page which lists various meanings of "Mercury" and which links to the articles that cover them. (As discussed below, however, ambiguous terms do not always require a disambiguation page.)

Execution means much more than simply a judicial killing. This disambiguation page does not correctly reflect that when it doesn't say so in the lede. 69.5.112.154 (talk) 04:14, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article execution is the WP:primary topic. When there is a primary topic, it is placed in the opening line of the disambiguation page. A dictionary definition is generally not included. older ≠ wiser 09:37, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article Execution is a redirect to Capital punishment. But the disambiguation page refers to other articles having that word that is not about capital punishment or the death penalty. Namely Execution (computing). The lede to the disambiguation page is misleading if the primary definition of the word "execution" is not spelled out. 69.5.112.154 (talk) 04:23, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Precisely. Execution redirects to capital punishment because that is the primary topic for the term. If you don't feel that is correct, you may want to consider starting another move discussion. As it is, there is a primary topic and the formatting is described at MOS:DABPRIMARY. And guidance at WP:DABDIC is clear that dictionary definitions should not be included.older ≠ wiser 11:02, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]