Talk:HSL

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Requested move 2 January 2026

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HSL → HSL (disambiguation)HSL (disambiguation) – To make HSL a WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT to HSL and HSV. The color space is the clear primary topic for the acronym as can be seen on WikiNav here and by all-time pageviews. Thanks, Glasspalace (talk • contribs) 12:57, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nom. Carguychris (talk) 20:02, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This is compelling, because WikiNav does indeed show 107/161 which is ~66%, and the all-time mass views show HSL and HSV at 1,167/day, the next item is a single partial mention in another similarly popular but differently titled article, and then the next item where the title is really ambiguous is just 105/day, so it's a difference of an order of magnitude.

I didn't add up the entire long tail, though.

At the same time, it is a three-letter acronym, and those are usually inherently pretty ambiguous.

In WikiNav, we do also see 43 other identifed clickstreams to two other topics, which is ~27%. That means if we redirect, more than a quarter of readers coming through the redirect will have to click the hatnote.

If it was just one other topic and <10%, so a difference of an order of magnitude and a single outlier that could be put into the hatnote, that would be clearer.

As it is, there's still a fair indication of ambiguity, and I think we need a comparison of long-term significance. --Joy (talk) 09:19, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]