Talk:Fly Like an Eagle (album)

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I just removed "The US Postal Service theme song and used in many of their older commercials" from the trivia, since it doesn't say which song is their theme song. somebody more motivated than me should find out which song that refers to, and put it back in. --dan 00:28, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably just someone writing a little quicker than they were thinking; it's the title track, so "Fly like and Eagle" was the song they were talking about, even though the article is actually about the album. Minor issue, I clerified it in the trivia section. B.Mearns*, KSC 12:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
clarified*? -- HyperKraz

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. A large majority of commenters oppose the change in capitalization, in an ongoing trend that indicates the importance of resolving conflicts between WP:COMMONNAME and WP:MOSCAPS. However, given that the change is recommended by WP:MOSCAPS, not closing this as consensus not to change the capitalization at this time. There is ongoing discussion of the problem at WT:MOSCAPS#Composition titles. As for the addition of "album", there is no consensus evident for the move here, and since the song is also discussed, in part, in this article that treatment, along with a hatnote, currently appears sufficient for navigational purposes. Dekimasuよ! 20:14, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fly Like an Eagle → Fly like an Eagle (album) – I would prefer like because like is a four-letter preposition in this title. Per WP:NCCAPS, a preposition no more than four letters must be lowercased. If sources matter to you, I guess many use "Like", but they are not grammar experts. Source that uses "like" is this book, and I guess more sources should exist. If you disagree, how about Fly Like an Eagle (album)? Why adding "(album)"? Stats for the album may be including readers seeking the well-known song. I really wanted to make "(song)" the primary topic, but the album also includes another hit, Rock'n Me, which I haven't yet listened. Therefore, I propose that the current title be of the disambiguation page. --Relisted. Dekimasuよ! 20:54, 5 November 2014 (UTC) George Ho (talk) 02:31, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose - The current title is overwhelmingly preferred by the policy of using the most common name, and the manual of style specifically encourages editor discretion. The MOS is great for our writing style and when the official or common name might be unknown, but to argue that it should be used to take an official name with a specifically chosen title that is used by the absolutely overwhelming majority of reliable sources, including books, newspapers, and websites, as well as is the generally common name is fairly absurd. Our title guidelines and policies are unfortunately somewhat murky. But, what it comes down to can be gleaned from Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization), which states that "an adherence to conventions widely used in the genre are critically important to credibility". If Billboard is using a style, and Rolling Stone or the New York Times or Spin or just the bulk of reliable sourcing in general largely use the official title, is it really common sense for us to be saying we shouldn't be following the sources here in order to somehow adhere to conventions and gain credibility? Wikipedia is a unique construct in that our work is so clearly tied and based off of reliable sourcing about the subject -- making us stand out and go against the grain here just doesn't make much sense.There's also just the general notion (which certainly should not be the deciding factor in finding consensus) that certain lowercase words just look weird in titles. Perhaps this may give some indication as to why "like" and other 3 or more letter words are very often capitalized in composition titles but words like "a", "to", or "and" often aren't.--Yaksar (let's chat) 03:27, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • However, no current opinion on the disambiguation or possible primary topic at the moment.--Yaksar (let's chat) 03:27, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it's been told to you about a billion times at this point, but consensus on Wikipedia is not decided by "if one page doesn't match then all arguments are invalid", as explained at Talk:On a Night Like This and numerous others.--Yaksar (let's chat) 04:03, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Concur with Yaksar. In the first several pages of results from a Google search there were numerous instances of the title capitalized as "Fly Like an Eagle", as well as "Fly Like An Eagle", some in all caps, and one instance of "Fly like an eagle" but not a single occurrence of "Fly like an Eagle". mwalimu59 (talk) 18:19, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mwalimu59, What about adding "(album)" then? --Gh87 in the public computer (talk) 20:00, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I am Neutral on the addition of (album), still opposed to changing the capitalization. mwalimu59 (talk) 17:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support some sort of rename, it should have "(album)" attached, regardless of the other points, since I think the song is the primary topic, not the album -- 67.70.35.44 (talk) 02:42, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support addition of (album), and add Sandra Marton novel as third item on the dab page. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:57, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the capitalisation change and oppose a disambiguator for this article. I believe the album is the primary topic as it contained a number of hits, "Fly Like an Eagle" not even being the highest-charting of those. The album was multi-platinum. Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:30, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
As of now, the album is viewed 14,000+ times in the last 90 days; the song, 11,000+. Of course, the numbers of the album may be inaccurate because people only heard of the song and not other songs of the album. --George Ho (talk) 15:26, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
They "may" be. We have no way of knowing how many people clicked on the song article just because they saw it on the album, and nor do we know about all the people who wanted the album article so they could find out about all the other songs, including the #1 hit "Rock'n Me". Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:25, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, maybe we shouldn't limit ourselves to both the song and the album of the same name. The singles of the album aren't as popular as "Fly like an Eagle". Take the Money and Run has been viewed 4900+ times in the last 90 days; Rock'n Me, 4600+ times. The other people's songs that the band rendered aren't as popular either. Mercury Blues has been viewed 3900+ times; You Send Me, 7200+. Shall we combine the numbers or treat them as one-clickers? --George Ho (talk) 23:34, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. We should apply our own guidelines on capitalization as a matter of house style and consistency. If we don't like the guideline, we should change it rather than only applying it where it seems most popular. Styling is simply a matter of house style, and sourcing is irrelevant for that unless some sources can be found that specifically say that the styling matters for some exceptional reason for some particular work. Adding "(album)" is also a helpful disambiguation. —BarrelProof (talk) 16:49, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Either the song or the album should be the primary topic. There should be no DAB. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:50, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Which one, Walter Görlitz? Both can't be the primary topic at the same time. --George Ho (talk) 23:42, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - The capital "L" is used widely for the song album so we imho should follow suit. –Davey2010 • (talk) 20:58, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Davey2010, what about adding "(album)" then? --George Ho (talk) 23:42, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
......aaaaaand again!. –Davey2010 • (talk) 00:57, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I really should quit copy-pasting the same pointless rationale without reading!.... Support move to Fly Like an Eagle (album) but obviously oppose the capital change. –Davey2010 • (talk) 06:28, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose decapitalization and only support adding (album) if the song takes this article's place at Fly Like an Eagle. Clearly one or the other should have primary topic. Then we get at worst a 50% chance of meeting our readers' needs. Red Slash 00:30, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
We do not know which topic readers refer to. I mean, is a dabpage with two topics unlikely? --George Ho (talk) 17:48, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose decapitalization and oppose addition of "(album)". All evidence suggests this is the primary topic in a WP:TWODABS situation. It received 14737 views in the last 90 days, compared to 10955 for Fly Like an Eagle (song). Even if every single reader of the song article came to the album article first, the album article still has half again the views.--Cúchullain t/c 15:57, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The numbers of the album will fall if moved. They are not absolute and accurate. --George Ho (talk) 17:46, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It goes without saying that the numbers would likely fall, but it gets so many more views that by all evidence, it's "highly likely—much more likely than any other topic, and more likely than all the other topics combined—to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term"--Cúchullain t/c 19:58, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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There is a policy discussion in progress at the Manual of Style which affects this page, suggesting that the capitalization of "like" should be removed. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — LlywelynII 16:10, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: move to Fly Like an Eagle (album). Consensus is there that shows that neither the album nor the song is the primary topic, and therefore this page should be moved to a disambiguation. (non-admin closure) JudgeRM (talk to me) 01:56, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]


Fly Like an Eagle → Fly Like an Eagle (album) – I heavily emphasized the word "like" as the huge capitalization issue in the previous RM. The result was "no consensus" due to more focus on the "like" and less on the primacy. This time I won't emphasize the word "like" as the huge issue, though MOS:CT recommends lowercasing it. I don't mind people supporting Fly like an Eagle (album) and Fly like an Eagle (song). However, as said before, the capitalization is not much of a big deal to waste energy on.

On to the main issue, neither the album nor the song is the primary topic. This year's statistics prove that the album is just as popular as (or less popular than) the song. Also, the album has notable singles, while the eponymous song itself is well known. Even Seal sang it for the Looney Tunes film, Space Jam. I am more concerned about giving readers the right page to access. I would propose the song to be the primary topic, but the stats would not make either album or song primary. Instead, the precedents Like a Virgin, Like a Prayer, Baby One More Time, Born This Way, and Love to Love You Baby should be good examples of pop culture music titles lacking primacy. Of course, someone might use Hotel California as precedent and then make the song primary, but the move would benefit pop culture elitism or something instead of general readers. (Well, the "Hotel California" song benefit readers more as most recognizable, while "Fly Like an Eagle" is yet to be determined). "Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" changed primary topics from albums to songs; consensus later realized that songs and albums are equally notable and decide to make the disambiguation pages obtain the base titles. In other words, we must be careful about emphasizing pop culture.

Almost forgot, about WP:TWODABS situation, a disambiguation page is not ruled out. The dabpage would be necessary when neither of two eponymous topics is primary. George Ho (talk) 10:02, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Survey[edit]

  • Oppose My opinion has not changed since we went through this exact same debate, proposed by the same editor, two years ago. Nothing has changed. "Fly Like an Eagle" was not even as successful as another track, "Rock'n Me", so how can we reasonably claim it to be as popular as the entire album? Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:37, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. The album era is over and the song has more long-term notability. —  AjaxSmack  03:03, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I opposed this move before, but the current page view stats suggest a much greater parity between album and song than was present before. The album only leads at 52% to 48% now,[1] which is close enough that it may be inflated by people actually looking for the song and getting the album because it's at the base name. I don't see the call for treating the album as the primary topic anymore.--Cúchullain t/c 19:09, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

How do you explain the statistics, Bretonbanquet? What about the song and the album? --George Ho (talk) 19:47, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the numbers came close in the last 90 days. Why assuming that readers shall read the whole article about the eponymous album by The Steven Miller Band? Most views consist of probably those who read the hatnote and then skipped the whole article, including the intro to the album. George Ho (talk) 19:52, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looks to me like the album is more popular according to your statistics, and anyway, it is impossible to tell what people were looking for. Why not assume they were looking for the album? Your last sentence is pure and utter speculation - you say people "probably... skipped the whole article". What possible evidence can you have for that? Explain to me one thing: why would we abandon a situation where 50% or more people are directed to the article they want, to a situation where everybody gets a dab page they don't want? Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:22, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And your theory that the song is as popular as the album is flawed. "Fly Like an Eagle" was not even the most successful song on the album, yet you think it's as popular as the album in its entirety. How do you actually square that fact into your theory? Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:32, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Compared to other songs of the album, here are the statistics. I'll find sources that inform sales of the single. George Ho (talk) 22:53, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The two songs, "You Send Me" and "Mercury Blues", are not original Steve Miller songs, but I include them in statistics. George Ho (talk) 22:56, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Every time you post statistics, I see that the album is the most popular topic. Don't forget that a large proportion of article visits come from accurate links, not necessarily from people just typing words in the search box. I'm not seeing any evidence that large numbers of people visiting the album article actually wanted the song article. Bretonbanquet (talk) 23:23, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Why concluding that most viewers of other pages came through the album page? The numbers for the album page may not be very accurate; if moved, the numbers might drop tremendously. Also, what's your opinion about other eponymous albums and songs? Anyway, as promised, I added sales information with sources. George Ho (talk) 23:33, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also, a primary topic lacks a criterion or may not require one. Somehow, a "usage" is misused or misinterpreted to justify the album as a primary topic. George Ho (talk) 00:02, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not drawing any conclusions as to how people arrive at articles, just that there are several ways to do it. You seem to making guesses that people arrived at one article but wanted another, with no proof possible. Other albums and songs that share the same name are utterly irrelevant, as it's plainly obvious that each example is entirely different. So the single sold a million copies. The album sold four million in the US alone. Sales figures aren't helping you here. I'm sorry, I do not understand your last point. Bretonbanquet (talk) 00:05, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Rephrasing the last point, the "Is there a primary topic?" rule, including WP:DETERMINEPRIMARY, says that we consensus, not the rules (which are not absolute), can decide which is and is not the primary topic. We can decide whether a primary topic of the same name exists, particularly "Fly Like an Eagle". If "usage" aspect applies, which is what you interpret, then use it. To put this another way, neither usage nor long-term significance defines a primary topic. Views do not define a primary topic. Significance, well, may not define a primary topic. Nothing else defines a primary topic. Our interpretations may influence the consensus... Well, we have different interpretations, so there. As far as I see, we are reaching our peaks of our disagreements. Does the whole world know more about the album by Steve Miller Band than the eponymous song? --George Ho (talk) 00:22, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
In other words, policies that we have now do not define the primary topic. I can use a policy rule to prove a lack of primacy. Criteria are goals, not rules, so I must use the criteria carefully. "Recognizability" is interpreted differently; in my interpretation, the album is less recognized than the song because... I heard Seal sing the song for the movie. Also, WP:PARENDIS says use parenthetical disambiguation when other types of disambiguation fail to produce the best or most favorable title. The base title is clearly ambiguous. Which policies do you want to use and interpret? George Ho (talk) 00:31, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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30th Anniversary release section[edit]

It appears that the second paragraph is a repeat of the first paragraphs information. In light of that I have removed the second paragraph. If this is a major faux pas, it can easily be reinserted. THX1136 (talk) 13:04, 1 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Album Cover Picture[edit]

The album cover picture shows Steve Miller playing a Fender Stratocaster Guitar, which seems to be upside down. Most pictures of people playing guitars upside down are because the player is left handed, and they are playing a right handed guitar. A good example of this would be Jimi Hendrix. Now Steve Miller seems to be playing a left handed instrument as a right hand player, this strikes me as odd. Left handed guitars are a lot less common and are usually a lot more expensive. 2A02:C7F:CF79:F900:F881:8996:7477:DF36 (talk) 21:47, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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