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Where are the birds and dinosaurs? Unimath (talk) 16:18, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
You should look at your own disambiguation page, and cross-check the sports entries. The Ogden Raptors are certainly and the Toronto Raptors are almost certainly named for the velociraptor.
Look at the Ogden Raptors logo. That's a dinosaur, not a bird. Read your own entry's Toronto/NBA naming history. Infer from the years those two teams were named and the year Jurassic Park came out.
Yet your Raptors page suggests both were named for the birds of prey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.175.21.210 (talk) 18:47, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved -- JHunterJ (talk) 12:59, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
Raptor → Raptor (disambiguation) – Raptor as a bird of prey seems to be WP:PRIMARYTOPIC here (and confirmed by books). Consequently, raptor should redirect to bird of prey, with a relevant hatnote, rather than to a dab page. Brandmeistertalk 15:08, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
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Raptor → Raptor (disambiguation) – Raptor as bird of prey is clearly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and I'm a little bit perturbed at the opposing reasoning on the last discussion. Hit counts do not dictate primary topics. First, dinosaurs like Velociraptor or Dakotaraptor are named for their resemblance to extant raptors -- raptor literally meaning "robber" for the way that birds of prey generally take quarry. Second, everything with the "raptor" name refers directly or indirectly (through dromaeosaurid dinosaurs) to birds of prey. The NBA team, computer code, fighter jet, et all are named as such to draw a parallel to the ferocity and power of either raptors (the birds) or raptors (the dromaeosaurs). Lastly, dromaeosaurs are only colloquially called "raptors", whereas birds of prey can be formally referred to as such. wound theology◈ 06:32, 17 April 2024 (UTC)