Talk:First-class citizen

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Proposing move over redirect to "first class object"

"First class citizen" is a significantly rarer term for this topic than both "first class object" and "first class type". Further, "first class citizen" has another conflicting meanings in the content of a human society so this unnecessarily exposes the article to potential disambiguation issues. While not a definitive metric, Google's search results are a guide to help understand the frequency with which synonyms are used:


Search term	Results
"first class object"	867,000
"first class type"	844,000
"first class citizen"	440,000
"first class entity"	16,500

So it appears "object" or "type" should clearly be the title. Jason Quinn (talk) 09:38, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that using this term introduces unnecessary ambiguity, however Object is also introduces ambiguity in a different way.

I'd suggest using Type or Entity. 2603:3005:5008:3700:A1D9:9851:5DC2:EB03 (talk) 22:46, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]