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On 29 December 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Top (comics) to Top (DC Comics). The result of the discussion was moved.

Moving to The Top (comics)[edit]

I'd like to move this to The Top (Comics), reversing the redirect currently in place. Any objections to putting the main article at the proper page for his moniker?ThuranX 01:08, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would disagree per naming conventions. The Top may be the proper name, but he's almost always referred to as "Top" when in speech.--Toffile 01:38, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd normally concede the point, but whereas the convention among writers in Batman comic books is to refer to the villian as 'Joker' not 'The Joker', as per the naming conventions page, Roscoe Dillon is regularly called by characters either 'The Top', or 'Dillon', but not 'Top'. Multiple Flashes have stated they need to stop 'The Top', while Batman calls The Joker 'Joker'. Even in Flash comics, Trickster is officially 'The Trickster', but is called 'Trickster'. I submit that this is a significant case of use of 'The' as a major part of the character's name, not a lacking indefinite article situation, more akin to 'The Band', wherein the noun is so generic without the 'The' that it loses all identity.ThuranX 18:20, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can think of a few cases off the top of my head where Dillon has been called "Top" in speech. The special where Superman raced Jay Garrick, Abra Kadabra addresses him as it, as well as Captain Cold talking to him during Rogue's War. I'd go see if I could find some more, but he's had only a handful of appearances in the Modern Age. --Toffile 14:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Snart uses it derisively, as for a Superman special racing Garrick, I'm not sure how to weight non-Flash writing against Flash writing, or if weighting it's reasonable. Anyways, this is, ultimately, a minor thing, so I'm not going to push this further. I'm good with it staying here. Now on to other Flash related things... <goes off looking for that obnoxious bit with the speedsters of every century, looking to make Wiki's most geek-oriented Flash page ever...> Thanks for the talk about it. ThuranX 01:21, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The Batman[edit]

I think whoever added the bit about Top being in that episode of The Batman is mistaken. The game show host's name was Ross Darren, not Roscoe Dillon, and his spinning stunt was something any normal person could do, not like Top's superspeed spinning. I think it should be removed. LiaBrown (talk) 13:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Turbine[edit]

Turbine isn't a former Rogue this chronologically impossible since he was trapped in the speed force for 70 years, additionally he was not recruited by them on the present and his appearance in Flash Annual (Volume 4) #1 is as supporting or rather neutral character. Steve Sexton II (talk) 23:00, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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{{subst:requested move|Top (character)|reason=does not follow Wikipedia's naming conventions.}} NeoBatfreak (talk) 19:05, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

{{subst:requested move|Top (character)|reason=per naming convention.}} NeoBatfreak (talk) 19:06, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 29 December 2023[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. to Top (character). (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 21:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Top (comics) → Top (DC Comics) – Proper naming. NeoBatfreak (talk) 20:41, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Move to Top (character), per WP:NCCDAB. 162 etc. (talk) 21:20, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom There are many characters called "Top" because it is the nickname for ranks, the ranks are listed at Top (disambiguation). So this would engender confusion with people looking up information on some character referred to as "Top" which isn't specific personal name but a rank, so they would then necessarily look up why the character is called Top is due to rank, and the rank page is what they want. -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 07:55, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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