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Requested move 18 February 2022

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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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Sceptre (talk) 14:35, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Booze cruiseAlcohol tourism – Limiting this article to what is described in the UK as a "booze cruise" prevents the scope of this article from incorporating similar practices elsewhere, such as trips from Finland to Estonia to buy cheap alcohol: see e.g. [1] [2] [3]. feminist (talk) 10:15, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support because I suspect that the Channel crossing is not the primary meaning of "booze cruise". I was unable to easily verify that it is, and it is certainly not what the term means in North America. Srnec (talk) 18:54, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - As the article states, "This article is about the British practice of buying alcohol and tobacco products from mainland Europe". As it is about the British practice, WP:MOSTIES dictates that British English is used, and in British English, the WP:COMMONNAME is booze cruise. --Ykraps (talk) 08:30, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. There probably is scope for a generic article about crossing borders to buy alcohol, but this article is about the very well-known (to us) British practice, and "alcohol tourism" would not be a good title even for a generic article. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:42, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose for the proposed generic title sounding more like the concept of people travelling somewhere to drink alcohol, not to buy it. The arguments for the article defining a "British practice" seem circular, though, I don't see any reason why the article can't have sections about Finland and other countries where it also happens, with local names for the practice being included. If there's scope for "a generic article about crossing borders to buy alcohol", this could and should be it. --Lord Belbury (talk) 16:24, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.