Talk:Host and hostess clubs

message: I merged host club into this. Did some copyediting, still needs a lot more. And more content. Drcwright 01:03, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to revive a dead subject, but since the host club section is significantly long than the hostess club section, either the hostess club section needs expansion or the article should be renamed to host club? Zharmad (talk) 02:01, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  merged 

message: This article needs some content on the history of host(ess) bars, as well something on the possible health effects of such a line of work. Also, some mention of the different countries in which they are prominent Drcwright 03:17, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. the article says when the first Host bar was established, but not when the first Hostess bar. Are we to presume that hostess bars have been around since the Allied occupation? Were there any during the war or before? 173.206.74.159 (talk) 00:47, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  History, health, cultures, etc. 

message: Anyone else (dis)agree with merging this into the mizu shobai article? Discuss on mizu shobai talk Drcwright 23:36, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge into [[mizu shobai]] 

message: */mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/ Mathmo Talk 03:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A reference for host bar (or at least service for women in japan) 

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message: recently moved this article from  to , citing WP:SINGULAR.  I disagree with this move; the problem is that there is no single entity as a "host and hostess club" (that caters to to both men and women), only a "host club" or a "hostess club".  So while I would agree with using the singular if there were separate articles located at  and , I don't think a singular makes sense for this combined article.  (I'm also not arguing that this article should be split; seems like they were merged a long time ago, and I don't think separate articles really would be particularly useful.)  Unfortunately neither WP:SINGULAR nor WP:PLURAL specifically address this case, so I don't know if there's a clear precedent here. --Pokechu22 (talk) 19:41, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: In hindsight I agree that WP:SINGULAR isn't exactly applicable in this instance. I've reverted the move; thanks for letting me know. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 23:07, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plural article name