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Not moved, 25 March 2024, to sex (penetration), see discussion.
Not moved, 6 April 2024, to Sexual intercourse in humans, see discussion.

Requested move 25 March 2024[edit]

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The result of the move request was: not moved. WP:SNOW. (closed by non-admin page mover) estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sexual intercourse → Sex (penetration) – Sex is the most common name for what this article is about. Nobody refers to it as sexual intercourse. That is overly long. Fish567 (talk) 20:26, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Article title policy emphasizes the use of neutral, precise, and commonly recognizable titles, whereas "Sex" is a colloquialism and lacks specificity. EVaDiSh (talk) 21:35, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Er, yes they do. Very commonly. And avoids having to disambiguate. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:34, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Per above. I have no words. 162 etc. (talk) 17:46, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 6 April 2024[edit]

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Add Category:Sexual intercourse. 202.134.11.235 (talk) 10:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Dimadick (talk) 10:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 6 April 2024[edit]

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It was proposed in this section that Sexual intercourse be renamed and moved to Sexual intercourse in humans.

result:
Procedural close. This request conflicts with the move proposal at Talk:Copulation (zoology), so it will be combined into that request. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 19:54, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sexual intercourse → Sexual intercourse in humans – The common article is Copulation (zoology) which should be renamed as sexual intercourse (in common) or sexual intercourse in animals. 202.134.11.235 (talk) 10:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Copulation (zoology) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 20:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]