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You've not made your case (which is not to say that you are wrong)
What was wrong with moving it? Google hits are good for general observations, but in this case "firefighting" is definitely the more correct term; at least it's how i've always seen it spelled. Google's algorithim gives results without the space when you search for "fire fighting" so the numbers can be misleading. Plus some pages may have nothing to do with firefighting and only have the words "fire" and "fighting" in separate places. [[User:Fantasia|Fantasia]] 19:40, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
What was wrong with moving it? Google hits are good for general observations, but in this case "firefighting" is definitely the more correct term; at least it's how i've always seen it spelled. Google's algorithim gives results without the space when you search for "fire fighting" so the numbers can be misleading. Plus some pages may have nothing to do with firefighting and only have the words "fire" and "fighting" in separate places. [[User:Fantasia|Fantasia]] 19:40, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
: There may be nothing wrong with moving it (done properly, rather than cutting and pasting).
: I've just tried running the Google search again (you are correct that "fire fighting" returns results which include "firefighting"), and get quite different figures (perhaps I have some settings different now?). But "fire fighting" still comes out on top:
:* {{tt|firefighting}}: 3.34 million hits
:* {{tt|"fire fighting"}}: 4.16 million hits
:* {{tt|firefighting -"fire fighting"}}: 3.09 million hits
:* {{tt|"fire fighting" -firefighting}}: 3.80 million hits.
: However, I agree that Google is only a general observation, and doesn't make it right. I note that you said that "firefighting" is "definitely" the more correct term, then appear to undermine that by giving the impression that you only say that because that's what you are used to.
: It could well be that one term is preferred in some countries and the other in other countries, although I did note in the Google search that both terms were used on official web-sites in Australia! For example [http://www.bushfire.nsw.gov.au/dsp_content.cfm?CAT_ID=519 this page] of the NSW Rural Fire Service uses "fire fighting", whilst [http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/dsp_content.cfm?CAT_ID=559 this page] of the same web-site uses "firefighting".
: Perhaps there is no "correct" way, and both are in general use?
: Anyway, my point is that you haven't really made the case that it ''should'' be moved, although neither am I claiming that the current title is necessarily the more correct one.
: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 23:32, 26 June 2008 (EDT)