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Requested move 12 August 2016

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The result of the move request was: Moved with consensus (non-admin closure) — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 00:05, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Off the Wall (album) → Off the Wall – One of the most legendary albums of all time, versus its title song and 8 not remotely notable other things. The album pulls in almost 92% of traffic, so we have a clear primary topic here.[1] Unreal7 (talk) 21:09, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom, fulfills both primary topic criteria. Nohomersryan (talk) 23:51, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support I'd be happy to keep the status quo of having the base title as the disambig page to easily spot incorrect incoming links, however, the album is the primary topic and I wouldn't oppose the move as such. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:02, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Dohn joe (talk) 17:23, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Despite the passing of the Album Era, this album remains the primary topic. — AjaxSmack 21:06, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. —MRD2014 (talk) (contribs) 00:19, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Subject is by far the primary topic. Meatsgains (talk) 02:23, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Who the hell added liberian girl in the track list?

I almost thought I was smoking things, who put this song here? Liberian Girl is on Bad, not Off the Wall RepDetect08 (talk) 06:30, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]