Talk:Romance

message: * Keep the article as a disambiguation page 200.78.133.10 20:24, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request 

message: I was looking for "romanticism"/"romance" in terms of having romantic ideals and attitudes (not necessarily Romantic love, though), but all I get are stuff about art styles and movements.  Anybody want to create something about romance as a state of mind or something? Comrade-HW 04:10, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other meanings for romance 

message: So everyone can tell, I've group the various links on this page by subject/field.  This puts the articles Romance languages and Romanticism at the bottom on the list.  I'm interested in alternative arrangements and/or orders for the entries. -Acjelen 02:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly alphabetical order of the main subjects (Cinema, Culture, Fiction, Music, Poetry) and then alphabetical within them?  That's the simplest...  Bookgrrl 16:39, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grouping 

message: If (since) this is a Disambiguation page, why doesn't it say so at the top?  Newbie Laurie Fox 21:51, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of the time, the disambiguation notice is at the bottom of the article. -Acjelen 16:19, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation? 

message: The following request to move a page has been added to Wikipedia:Requested moves as an uncontroversial move, but this has been contested by one or more people. Any discussion on the issue should continue here. If a full request is not lodged within five days of this request being contested, the request will be removed from WP:RM.  —Stemonitis 15:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Contested move request (2007)

message: I am currently one of the primary editors of the romantic love, and I believe this move was made erroneously.  Although in modern Western society romance and love are categorically classified as being interwoven, historically this was not the case (as I have found out after some extensive research.)  The article "Romance (love)" originally titled "Romantic love" details this distinction throughout certain portions.  The reason for the move was in order to co-create a similar term to that of which is used in the Cambridge dictionary, (which educationally makes sense), but unfortunately that dictionary was written after the 19th century in which the major terminology and definition of the word "romance" changed in order to incorporate the aspect of love.  It is difficult to see a distinction in modern day society bbecause the word romance currently implies love relationships, yet historically this was not always the case.  In the past it romance may have been seen more as expression of the soul, rather than romantic love involvement.  "Romantic love" is a more specific term than romance when closely examined, but a good majority of post-modern thinkers place the emphasis on love and romance as being integrated.  Although there are those who readily understand the difference.  It would be best to have two differing articles "romance" and "romantic love" IF, and I say if, if it were not for the mere fact that many societies currently use the terms in comparison to one another.  With all this said, the controversy of the title change is now that matter of personal opinion, because modern terminology is different than the historic terminology of the same concepts.
(please ignore my spelling mistakes above, I seem to be a poor speller.) Until I examine this further, I remain neutral as to the title change.  Thanks Chado2423 18:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I must say

message: Considering this article exists, it could be a possible candidate for an addition to the 'See also' section, but I'm a bit hesitant.. -- œ™ 13:19, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Bromance]]

message: The quoted sentence is contradictory, in that it ignores that sexual arousal is an emotion. EIN (talk) 21:42, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  “Romance … [is] love emphasizing emotion over libido.” 

message: Since the actual definition of romance is politically incorrect,  i doubt any actual page on the topic in literal would be allowed to exist long anyway.
Romance isn't about emotion or libido.  If anything it is simply the precurser permitting either of these the permission to exist..  It is also a term; of which the definition differs depending on the culture, gender, and maturity of the person discussing it - so any definition or article on the topic would be "wiki griefed" by any group with a differing view. Yes it is notable and worth an entry in Wiki, but NO it will never be allowed.
IE
Romance - the art of spending signifiant amounts of time, (often doing dangerous things) and resources (ie money) on objects of no practical or useful value in order to prove your Strength, prosperity and suitability for mating, therefor appealing to the opposite sex. See also Animal courtship, and mating rituals.
Although this is a literal definition, even this varies within the groups mentioned earlier.
Good luck finding anyone willing to put this or any other definition in a quotable or notable document, that wouldn't immediately be disageed upon or deleted by someone of a differing opinion group.  For the sake of political correctness, this article is doomed from the start; it has too much opinion and emotion attached.
Leave it as a Disambiguation - less "wiki fights" will ensue.  The lesser of two evils.
203.123.90.144 (talk) 02:08, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition 

message: :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. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the move request was: not moved. I've edited the dab so that Romance (love) no longer looks like it's the primary topic (although it's a prominent one, IMO). As far as Romance (love) → Romantic love, that should be settled in a separate RM if someone still wants that page moved.  -- Tavix (talk) 22:31, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
===Comment after the close===
Even though this page is on my WP:Watchlist, I somehow missed this discussion. I would have voted "support" since I think that Romance (love) is the WP:Primary topic. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 05:46, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

text: Me too, maybe.  But "Romance" is not the best title - Romantic love would be better, as I said above. Johnbod (talk) 15:18, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 17 April 2016 

message: Even though this page is on my WP:Watchlist, I somehow missed this discussion. I would have voted "support" since I think that Romance (love) is the WP:Primary topic. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 05:46, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Me too, maybe.  But "Romance" is not the best title - Romantic love would be better, as I said above. Johnbod (talk) 15:18, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment after the close