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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 22:19, 3 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Ferrite → Ferrite (disambiguation)Ferrite (disambiguation) – Clear primary name Andy Dingley (talk) 12:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. Dekimasuよ! 20:37, 28 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Then make Ferrite into a redirect directly to Allotropes of iron#Alpha iron (α-Fe) Andy Dingley (talk) 12:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Probably a good idea. --Smokefoot (talk) 13:18, 21 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
• Support In ictu oculi (talk) 21:56, 21 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
• Oppose There is no primary topic for this word. The term "ferrite magnet" is quite common, not everyone will type ferrite looking for the allotrope of iron._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 11:58, 22 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

What they're looking for depends on whether they're looking at metallurgy or magnetism. But ferrimagnetism, ferrite magnets and ferrite cores are a century later than the study of ferrite in metallurgy. I would still see ferrite as having a strong primary link to the metallurgical sense. For one thing, it's rare to talk about a "ferrite" in a magnetic sense as a noun, without that being a qualifying adjective in part of some compound term - and as our need on WP is for lexical matching, then that makes a big difference to what we're doing here. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:24, 22 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Once again, of the 441 reviews written on the subject "ferrite" 2008, 1/3 use the term in a metallurgical sense (allotrope of Fe) and 2/3 use it in a ceramic sense. Those are DATA. Our personal experience or lack thereof with the common meaning is irrelevant.--Smokefoot (talk) 13:43, 22 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

I doubt very much that the ceramic or magnetic sources are using "the term" in the same sense (If you have a figure for "441 reviews written in 2008" is there any sort of link to show how you determined that figure?). "Ferrite" (like that) is relatively rare, compared to "ferrite magnet", "ferrite core", "ferrite ceramic" etc. using ferrite as a qualifier within a larger term, not as a stand-alone word. In metallurgy though (which is certainly where the term first originates) it's used as a stand-alone noun, and that's what a wikilink to ferrite alone ought to be used for. I don't think we can claim "2/3rd ceramic magnets" unless we also exclude those where the word isn't being used in isolation. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:52, 22 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Support: "ferrite" is both a noun and adverb, and as a standalone noun it indicates the broad class of iron compounds, satisfying WP:CONCEPTDAB. No such user (talk) 21:32, 29 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

• Oppose per Zxcvbnm. Disambiguation is good here. Dicklyon (talk) 03:11, 31 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

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