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Would like someone to confirm the correct word is "desert" and not "deserted". 2603:8000:753F:7279:D55:4EF4:BF89:F02E (talk) 23:50, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Its probably deserted, but for sake of concise, simply saying "exiled" is sufficient. Masem (t) 01:10, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 17 March 2025

It has been proposed in this section that Lilo & Stitch be renamed and moved somewhere else, with the name being decided below.

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Lilo & Stitch → ? – Not sure if this or the franchise is the primary topic, but requesting this move due to the release of the 2025 live-action film, and also due to the trend of renaming the titles of animated films to include years due to live-action remakes, as was the case with How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film) and How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film). Scarlet Violet 12:39, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Consider The Lion King, and how that takes you to the '94 animated classic film instead of the Jon Favreau 2019 "live-action" version, The Lion King (2019 film).

Some may argue to move on merit of page views; others may argue on what has long-term, overall significance. I'd invite someone to present pageviews and/or arguments about significance. Barnt Toust 20:10, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The original 2002 film is definitely the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, not the franchise. See coverage like [1][2][3]—it's the original film that is most remembered when sources refer to "Lilo and Stitch". Like BarntToust, I see it as similar to The Lion King, which also spawned a franchise, but the title with the longest-term significance is the original 1994 film. If the 2025 remake surpasses the 2002 film in significance, we can reconsider this in a few months after it comes out—but preemptively moving it on the suspicion that it might compete with the original as the primary topic would be a violation of WP:CRYSTAL. Mz7 (talk) 00:33, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for the reasons stated by User:Mz7. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. WP policy per WP:V and WP:NOR is that we always follow, we do not lead. Also, the How to Train Your Dragon movies (live-action and animated) are fundamentally different because they were derived from the series of books by that name. The original animated Lilo & Stitch film was an original work. --Coolcaesar (talk) 00:57, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Not enough films/series to warrant such a change, such as it is for The Land Before Time. Steel1943 (talk) 08:05, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Follows the typical practice that when a film launches a franchise that goes by the same name, the launching film typically gets the COMMONNAME, ala Back to the Future and Shrek (though I think this should be normalized via a consensus at WP:FILM). Masem (t) 12:28, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per reasons stated. Perhaps if the remake somehow surpasses interest in the original film, renaming could be rediscussed, but keep in mind that searches/page views will likely surge when the movie’s newly released before tapering off. Clear Looking Glass (talk) 08:15, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]