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This page lists all requests filed or identified as potentially controversial which are currently under discussion.

This list is also available in a page-link-first format and in table format. 65 discussions have been relisted.

September 6, 2024

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September 5, 2024

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  • (Discuss)Pakistan National CongressBangladesh National Congress – There is no proof that Pakistan National Congress existed in Pakistan after Bangladesh Liberation War. The sources in the article clearly indicated that Pakistan National Congress became Bangladesh National Congress in 1971. It also participated in the 1973 Bangladeshi general election. On the other hand, Pakistan National Congress didn’t join 1977 Pakistani general election. In that sense, Bangladesh National Congress is the only successor of the Pakistan National Congress. Also, there is no proof we find that will lead us to believe that many politicians from West Pakistan were in this party, the names of the PNC politicians from the sources we find are mostly from East Pakistan which is now Bangladesh. It should be renamed to Bangladesh National Congress. However, if anyone can show us proofs stating many West Pakistani politicians were in that party then I would propose to rename it as "National Congress (1947–1975)". Mehedi Abedin 14:33, 29 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting.  ASUKITE 17:41, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Neo Geo (system)Neo Geo – As argued above, 'Neo Geo' refers primarily (PRIMARYNAME) to what this article is talking about - as opposed to the other entries in Neo Geo (disambiguation). It is also inaccurate to call Neo Geo a 'family' as they are very distinct and different hardware (not like Atari 8-bit computers) only sharing similar names. As for the current Neo Geo article: the entire 'Retro consoles' section (which makes up more than half of it) is directly related to the topic of this (currently Neo Geo (system)) article specifically - therefore, that section would be merged here. The rest of the article would be redundant as it is merely a list and a 'family' even though it isn't - the info is already well covered in SNK, the manufacturer of these products. It is also poorly sourced as we speak, anyway, and with questionable accuracy (infobox 'discontinued in 2004' refers to this 'Neo Geo (system)' article, the logo is also representative of what is currently 'Neo Geo (system)', not another product). Sceeegt (talk) 15:49, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Dragon Slayer (series)Dragon Slayer – This page was moved away from the un-disambiguated title by Anthony Appleyard in 2018, with the assertion there is no primary topic. However, I believe that WP:DIFFCAPS and pageviews demonstrate that it is primary for the capitalized version. No other page, besides the first video game in said series, gets any sort of significant pageviews, and typically series get the primary name unless the game is exceedingly famous for whatever reason. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 12:10, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)School Strike for ClimateFridays for Future – The naming here appears to be a bit of a head scratcher. It resembles a capitalised descriptive title, but is based on a literal transliteration of a phrase in Swedish once held up by Greta. And yet it was never the common name for the climate movement, which quickly adopted "Fridays for Future" as the WP:COMMONNAME for its international actions and campaigning. This is more than evident from Ngrams, which reveals a pretty wide gulf in respective usage. The FFF name is also now incredibly consistent in its usage by the organisation, down to the naming of its chapters, e.g. FFF Sweden, FFF Deutschland, etc., and it's also pretty descriptive, i.e. they protest on Fridays on issues related to the future. There appears to be comparatively little cause, if any, to use the current title, which rises to nothing even approaching a WP:COMMONNAME. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:36, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) - Hawk Tuah GirlHawk Tuah – The closure of the previous AfD stated we should make it primarily about the meme rather than the person, and the corresponding discussion was clear that the article should not exist to cover only Haliey Welch because of WP:BLP1E but should instead focus on the event. The current title was chosen unilaterally and I think fails to orient the article towards the meme/phenomenon/video, and instead continues to orient the article around the individual. I am therefore proposing the article be renamed to simply Hawk tuah (capitalisation up for discussion) in similar fashion to other articles that discuss viral phrases, see You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?. This would also address several of the concerns raised on this talk page about the unusual/informal current page name. EoRdE6(Talk) 01:43, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 4, 2024

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  • (Discuss)TweetDeckX Pro – This was requested by another user on the TweetDeck article talk page, because the service has been renamed to X Pro. The page 'X Pro' already exists as a redirect to TweetDeck and so would need to be deleted before this move can take place. Onyxqk (talk) 21:18, 4 September 2024 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). Onyxqk (talk) 22:18, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Diffie–Hellman key exchangeDiffie-Hellman Method – On first encountering "Diffie-Hellman key exchange", the image evoked in my head was that A and B somehow exchange their secret key and I'm probably not alone. A Google search for "key agreement vs key exchange diffie hellman" is quite illuminating. All non-Wikipedia articles indicate that the most Generic term ("Diffie-Hellman Method") would be better-suited to serve as title for the description of this method/protocol than a title that highlights any particular aspect of the method such as “key exchange”. AliBabbaD (talk) 21:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC) AliBabbaD (talk) 21:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) - Amadou Koné (Ivorian footballer)Amadou Koné (footballer, born May 2005) – Initially, the articles were located at Amadou Koné (footballer) and Amadou Koné (soccer) respectively, but I knew that was wrong since we don't disambiguate by football vs soccer, so I moved them to Amadou Koné (footballer, born May 2005) and Amadou Koné (soccer, born January 2005), as per disambiguation per birth year (and month when need be). However, RedPatch recently moved the players to Amadou Koné (Ivorian footballer) and Amadou Koné (Canadian soccer), on the basis that since they have different nationalities, they can be disambiguated by nationality first. This is the standard, number one method of disambiguation for footballers we use at WP:WPF. Nationality first, and if that doesn't work, then birth year, birth month. I would agree with RedPatch in most situations like this. However, here, there is a "complicated" nationality scenario for the first Amadou Koné. He was born in Mali, grew up in Mali, represents Ivory Coast at international level, and holds both nationalities (all according to his article). The long-term consensus at WPF in these types of "double nationality, and discrepancy between birth country and country being represented" is to remove the nationality from the first sentence and to explain it further down in the lede (as is done here for Koné). If we (the project) agree that we can't classify the player as "Ivorian" in the first sentence, then, we also cannot classify him as "Ivorian" in the title of the article. My rationale for this move is basically just the overall consensus of the WikiProject in these nationality scenarios.
    I'm not gonna explain further why we don't do Ivorian-Malian, most of you all know why.
    Anecdote: all the notable players that hail from the Afrique Football Élite academy in Mali have some kind of connection to both Mali and Ivory Coast: either they're born in Ivory Coast with Malian descent, born in Mali with Ivorian descent, or born in Ivory Coast but emigrated to Mali (and the guy for which this latter scenario is the case has Malian descent according to the unreliable Transfermarkt).Paul Vaurie (talk) 18:36, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)MoggyDomestic cat (landrace) – Wikipedia is a worldwide resource. Cats are found worldwide. There is no place for a localized colloquialism to be a MAIN page reference on Wikipedia. I am located in the United States and never once have I ever heard the term “moggy” used to refer to a cat. The merging of Domestic short-haired cat and Domestic long-haired cat was an appropriate move as the only difference is the gene for hair growth. However, I don’t understand why a slang term page was revived from like, 2007 to merge the two pages together. Wikipedia Manual of Style in the Opportunities for Commonality section states that as an international English-speaking Wikipedia, using universally accepted terms is much more appropriate. For example, “to mog” or “mogging” in Gen Alpha terms - see mog. Nobody outside of Britian or Australia even knows what a moggy is. To make things messier, there were previous merges and fights about “moggy” vs. “moggie.” Y’all do not need a page for your local colloquialism. Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Opportunities for commonality bullet points 1-4. My new write-up for the beginning of the new article also explains this landrace breed, using hyphenation glossing as is suggested by the Manual of Style: A Domestic shorthair or Domestic longhair cat, sometimes regionally referred to as a moggy, is a landrace breed of cat reproducing without human intervention for type. The vast majority of cats worldwide lack any pedigree ancestry. The landrace can include cats living with humans or in feral colonies. Gene flow moves between the two populations as feral cats are tamed, housecats are released, and free-roaming unneutered cats breed freely. Simmy27star (talk) 11:37, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Altaic languagesAltaic hypothesis – Per above This article has been a constant struggle to get the academic consensus to be the focus of the article, particularly in light of many people simply not realizing the Altaic hypothesis isn't actually widely accepted as fact. "Altaic hypothesis" is heavily used in the literature (i.e. here) and allows us to differentiate the sprachbund and language family arguments more clearly in the body of the article. It also means someone looking up the topic on Wikipedia who isn't familiar with it isn't going to be met with the same heading we use for language families followed up immediately by a statement that it isn't likely a genetic language family. Warrenᚋᚐᚊᚔ 09:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)The Adecco GroupAdecco – The use of the leading "the" and the suffix (group) in RS is mixed, with no evidence that it is considered an integral part of the name. The two moves (in 2016 and 2017), while following official naming of the company (WP:OFFICIAL) are thus inconsistent with English Wikipedia titling conventions, both in general ([WP:UCRN]], WP:CONCISE) and company specific (WP:NCCORP), which indicate that such prefixes and suffixes should not be included where not required to fully identify the topic to a person familiar with the general subject area. Alpha3031 (tc) 06:30, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 3, 2024

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  • (Discuss)H2XAN/APS-15 – The article's lede immediately identifies that the only system discussed is the AN/APS-15. It is common practice when naming articles for devices which use the American military JETDS naming convention for the article to be like either "AN/APS-15" or including the system name and type like "AN/APS-15 H2X radar". For many examples, see Category:Military electronics of the United States. This move would make the page far easier to locate since most users will search for either AN/APS-15 or AN/APS-15 H2X radar. But I am open to ideas. Please share your thoughts — TadgStirkland401 (TadgTalk) 21:20, 16 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Waqar💬 18:33, 25 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Reading Beans 08:57, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)TwitterX (social network) – Before reading this move request, the comments written on the move requests I opened on this article and Twitter under Elon Musk should be read. I am opening this move request for a second and final time given wbm1058's closure of the latter move request two days ago, which is well-articulated and notes that the AP Stylebook no longer requires "X, formerly known as Twitter", as mentioned by an editor here. The New York Times does not mention Twitter unless in reference to an action or statement made prior to July 2023. The strongest argument that opponents of a move have—that Twitter is the common name—is a difficult claim to substantiate, even with fallible Google Trends data. The page notice and WP:COMMONNAME defer to reliable sources. Efforts to move this article in the past were premature. In terms of the claim that the history and cultural impact of Twitter should bear weight, I note that Guaranteed Rate Field is named such, though many continue to refer to the South Side baseball field as Comiskey Park. The use of parentheses in the proposed move target is unfortunate, but Wikipedia does not always decide what products are named. If X was the original name of Twitter, this article would be named appropriately. Threads (social network) is not named P92 or Project 92 because of an aversion of parentheses. This move request should not cover the status of Twitter under Elon Musk, though discussing a page move if this article is moved would not be improper. As wbm1058 stated, "scope-changing issues are problematic with project guidelines." Consensus would have been solidified if moving Twitter under Elon Musk to X (social network) had not been proposed. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 22:13, 25 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. FOARP (talk) 07:29, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel – I believe that enough time has passed since the last RM (which proposed the simpler "7 October attacks" name and closed with consensus to retain the current title) to re-propose a title change for this article. I believe that "7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel" is the WP:COMMONNAME for this event, as seen in sources such as: * Al Jazeera: "... counter the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, which saw ..." * Bloomberg: "... trapped in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, which prompted ..." * CBC: "... around the world since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel of Oct. 7 but are now ..." * CNN: "... from the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel being held ..." * Euracitiv: "... triggered by the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel in which ..." * France24: "Before the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered ..." * ISW: "... spokesperson claimed that the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel was retaliation ..." * Middle East Eye: "Following the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel and subsequent ..." * NPR: "... Palestinian armed groups since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel that set off the war ..." * NYTimes: "... including some who participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and that ..." * Reuters: "... were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel that precipitated ..." * Times of Israel: "... during and after the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel." * The Conversation: "... participated in the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, which resulted ... " * WaPo: "Since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, restrictions have ..." Many sources simply say "7 October" or "October 7 attacks" instead of spelling out the full name, but I believe that while "7 October attacks" could be a more COMMON name, I think that it fails WP:AT#Precision in favor of "7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel." DecafPotato (talk) 00:43, 15 June 2024 (UTC) — Relisting.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:09, 9 July 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. FOARP (talk) 07:27, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 2, 2024

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  • (Discuss)Karen ChapmanKaren Chapman (badminton) – With Canadian film director Karen Chapman now having an article, it is no longer clear that the badminton player would be highly meganotable enough to retain WP:PRIMARYTOPIC status. Note that I am proposing a disambiguation page at the base title rather than the film director getting primary status at this time, as she's notable primarily in Canada rather than worldwide, but this may need to be reevaluated in the future as she is likely to accrue more notability going forward than an already-retired badminton player from the 1980s is. (I did also catch two wikilinks that were leading here while intending the Canadian film director, which I've already corrected.) Note as well Karena Chapman, an Australian academic whose name is similar enough that she should perhaps also be listed on the dab page to minimize any potential confusion. Bearcat (talk) 21:59, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Islamic terrorism in EuropeJihadist terrorism in Europe – The current page title is at odds and inconsistent with the page contents. The first paragraph begins by outlining the topic as terrorism perpetrated by jihadist groups and individuals, which Europol has defined since 2015 as "jihadist terrorism". The definition section then explains the meaning of "jihadism" and the page features the "Jihadism" series template. If the topic is defined in this way by the principal body monitoring this activity, as well as in the definition section and other parts of the page, "jihadist terrorism" would seem to be the correct terminology for the topic. It is also more specific and precise than "Islamist terrorism", of which "jihadist terrorism" is a subset. "Islamic terrorism" is a generally poor term that is essentially shorthand for "Islamic extremist terrorism", but here the far better and more specific term to use is "jihadist terrorism" - hence the usage by Europol and here for practically every entry throughout this list. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:38, 25 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. FOARP (talk) 14:19, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 1, 2024

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  • (Discuss)Ivan TurchinJohn B. Turchin – The predominance of the higher-quality works refer to Turchin as either John B. Turchin or John Basil Turchin. The references in this article mostly refer to him as John B. Turchin or John Basil Turchin, and both Generals in Blue and Civil War High Commands refer to him first as John Basil Turchin, with his Russian name in parantheses. I came across this as both the book I am currently reading (Welcher's The Union Army: Organization and Operations) and the book before that (Cozzens' The Shipwreck of Their Hopes) use the form John B. Turchin. I do not have strong feelings between John Basil Turchin or John B. Turchin, but I believe the current title is inferior to either of these two options. Hog Farm Talk 20:26, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) - One-wall handballWallball – Wallball is the name now used by most of the major organisations involved in governing the sport in countries across the globe, such as GAA Handball, UK Wallball, the United States Handball Association etc - they have moved away from referring to the game as 'one-wall handball', instead using the name 'Wallball' for the sport. N.B. the United States Handball Association (USHA) uses both names albeit they are used for two different codes of American handball - they use the name 'One-wall handball' to describe the code played with the smaller, harder rubber ball normally used in the four-wall code of American handball and the name 'Wallball' to refer to the game played with the bigger, softer rubber ball, very similar to a racquetball, that this article talks about. The name 'Wallball' was also introduced by the organisations above, to differentiate itself from the game of handball currently played in the Olympics, that is similar to the sport of soccer, but played with one's hands. Indeed a few weeks ago, the World Wallball Championships took place in Limerick, Ireland, with 13 countries taking part, as can be seen in the name of the event itself, being 'World Wallball Championships' rather than 'World One-wall Handball Championships', as it used to be called. Rhubarb500 (talk) 18:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) - SlobodaSloboda (settlement) – Everything I said three months ago in #Requested move 22 May 2024 still holds, we just had so little interest. In summary, there is no primary topic here. I believe I addressed the sole complaint. Here's hoping we'll get more people to read this now. In the meantime, the usage statistics continue to show the same picture of a lack of a primary topic, the topics most commonly navigated to are consistently not about the settlement meaning.
    Clickstreams from the last three months

From meta:Research:Wikipedia clickstream: :clickstream-enwiki-2024-05.tsv:  :* Sloboda Sloboda_Ukraine link 28  :* Sloboda Sloboda_(disambiguation) link 12  :* Sloboda Boyar link 12  :* total: 52 to 3 identified destinations :clickstream-enwiki-2024-06.tsv:  :* Sloboda Sloboda_Ukraine link 32  :* Sloboda Sloboda_(disambiguation) link 12  :* Sloboda Boyar link 12  :* total: 56 to 3 identified destinations :clickstream-enwiki-2024-07.tsv:  :* Sloboda Sloboda_(disambiguation) link 17  :* Sloboda Sloboda_Ukraine link 16  :* Sloboda Boyar link 13  :* total: 46 to 3 identified destinations Even if we're unsure, I say we should move it and then do the same measurements again later, and see if reader behavior indicates we need to keep or revert. -- Joy (talk) 08:14, 24 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 07:10, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • (Discuss)Brazilian investigation into Elon MuskBlocking of Twitter in Brazil – The main subject of this article is the blocking of Twitter/X in Brazil, according to the court order issued by Justice Alexandre de Moraes on August 30. Even though the investigation into Elon Musk began in April 2024, it is the blocking of the website that received widespread coverage from international media. Most sources cited were written on the decision to block the website, which is also what most paragraphs in the article discuss.Therefore, the main topic of this article is the blocking of Twitter/X in Brazil, and should be titled as such per WP:PRECISION. Relevant information on the investigation into Musk that led to the blocking can be added to the background section. Since the Wikipedia article on X still calls it Twitter, the title for this article should do the same for consistency. Alex98 (talk) 02:29, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 31, 2024

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  • (Discuss)Will Wood (musician)Will WoodWP:PTOPIC. Of every name listed at William Wood, a majority have amassed under one thousand pageviews this year. Below are some statistics about names on the page: * Will Wood (musician) - The most viewed page from the William Wood disambiguation with 120k this year. This is consistent to 164k from last year and 150k the year before. * Merlyn Wood - The second-most viewed page with 15k from this year. Merlyn doesn't refer to himself as Will Wood, so the name is not in common usage (1:8 with the musician). * William P. Wood - The third-most viewed page with 8k from this year. 6k of those views are from an abrupt spike in late-July, which is unnatural for a 19th century politician (1:15 with the musician). * USS William M. Wood (DD-715) - The fourth-most viewed page with 2k from this year. 1:60 with the musician. * Will Wood (footballer) - The only other name on the page that uses Will over William. 1:70 with the musician. Noting all of this, the musician is by far the most common usage of the name Will Wood. Koopastar (talk) 23:56, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame PalatineElizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orleans – There is no historical or modern basis for this figure to bear the title of "Madame Palatine". As the wife of the King's eldest brother, yes, she indeed was known as "Madame"; but (1) this was not an actual title, merely a form of address, and (2) it was never combined with the word "Palatine". Her official title was Duchess of Orleans. As such, I request that this article be renamed to Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orelans. Her birth title is also possible - but there another Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, so Duchess of Orleans would be more descriptive. Regardless, either style would be a huge improvement over the ahistorical and crudely made-up "Madame Palatine". FiveBy21 (talk) 23:09, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Eric XI of SwedenErik Eriksson (king) – The WP:COMMONNAME for this king is "Erik Eriksson". * Ngram shows that Erik Eriksson has been more common in the literature since 1910 or so. However, "Erik Eriksson" is also a common name for other people, so the full curve for "Erik Eriksson" cannot be attributed to the king. The decline in the use of "Eric XI" is more clear. * Reliable sources usually use the name Erik Eriksson. See e.g. GBooks search for Erik+1222+1250. Typical example is the Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Britannica does not have a dedicated page for him, but the "Learn more page" is titled Erik Eriksson. *There are a lot of other Erik Erikssons (dab page), and the king is not the primary topic. For disambiguation, I suggest the parenthetical disambiguation, which would be a concise choice. I don't believe our hands are tied very strongly by WP:NCROY here since its applicability to medieval Sweden is somewhat dubious. These patronymic names are not of the "common stock", and Sweden was not a hereditary monarchy at the time. — Jähmefyysikko (talk) 04:50, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Overlake SchoolThe Overlake School – The school is called The Overlake School. All of the language on the school's official website refers to it as such. It was recently changed by another user who suggested that "The" should not be used in the names of schools. I couldn't find any documentation of that fact in the Wikipedia Article Titles guidance, and plus -- the name of the school is THE Overlake School. I went to this school and everybody - students, faculty, administrators, Seattle Times articles, the school's website itself - refers to it as such. The Beatles? The Walker School? I don't see why an arbitrary rule should require that we name an article after a name that nobody uses.Fantasyfootball420 (talk) 04:50, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 30, 2024

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  • (Discuss)Okinawa (disambiguation)OkinawaOkinawaOkinawa (disambiguation) Sources immensely vary on what Okinawa refers to without qualification, with the island, the islands, and the prefecture all commonly being referenced by that name; I cannot find a clear primary topic at all here. Despite this, Okinawa is currently just a redirect to the prefecture, with the dab hatnoted. Dictionary definitions are unhelpful, variously describing it as "an island" or "islands", which itself is ambiguous between the island chain and the prefecture. "Okinawa Island" and "Okinawa Prefecture" return similar amounts (18,000 and 19,000) of results on Google Scholar, but "on Okinawa" is much less used than "in Okinawa". Page view analysis shows that Okinawa Prefecture is less viewed than Okinawa Island, but not enough that the island would be a primary topic. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 14:45, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • (Discuss)Sophia HoweSophia Waller, 2nd Baroness Howe

    DrKay and I have found ourselves in disagreement over the title of this article. At creation, this article was named like it currently is: Sophia Howe. Since she was a peeress suo jure (having inherited the barony from her father), I moved the article to Sophia Howe, 2nd Baroness Howe, which is generally the format for articles on peers – unless they disclaim the title, or don't use it (like for instance author Nicholas Mosley). DrKay moved it back to Sophia Howe with the comment Remove unnecessary parentheses/disambiguator: mismatch of her maiden name and a title she inherited after her marriage. I can buy that her surname wasn't Howe when she inherited the barony, but I find it peculiar that DrKay nevertheless kept it, while removing the title, which was correct. It seems to me that it flies in the face of his own edit summary. As I said, I totally buy that her surname wasn't Howe when she inherited the barony, so I then moved the article to Sophia Waller, 2nd Baroness Howe; Waller being her surname when she inherited the title. DrKay has now moved the article back to Sophia Howe again, with the edit summary bizarre use of unknown surname! What's bizarre?, I ask. DrKay complains the Howe wasn't her surname when she inherited the title, I move it to the surname that she had when she inherited the title, and DrKay moves it back again (never mind referring to WP:RMUM after they have done it themselves ... ). I don't know if anyone is move-warring here, but if so, it certainly isn't me. I have acted in good faith. So, what should the article title be? # Sophia Howe (with or without "2nd Baroness Howe"), this lastname is her maiden name. # Sophia Curzon (with or without "2nd Baroness Howe"), this is the lastname from her 1st husband. # Sophia Curzon-Howe (with or without "2nd Baroness Howe"), #1 and #2 combined, which is what her son, who inherited the barony from her, chose. # Sophia Waller (with or without "2nd Baroness Howe"), this is the lastname from her 2nd husband. Vote 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, etc, with a=with "2nd Baroness Howe", and b=without the title. My vote is 4a.

    HandsomeFella (talk) 18:44, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Sol Kyung-guSul Kyung-gu – Sul Kyung-gu is the version Sul uses, as he confirmed, it is on his English passport as well, it’s the version his agency uses, the version media outlets, reporters and even streaming services use for him. A lot of websites also use this name for him, using the correct version on here can clear up confusions people might get with his name and also show respect to the actor. Sul is the version used by most official sources now so that being used on Wikipedia as well can be great help to finally clearing up misunderstandings and help people. Thank you. Do let me know if source is needed for anything. ... Ku9979 (talk) 10:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) - Wi-Fi 6IEEE 802.11ax – So this article was moved to the Wi-Fi 6 title in 2021, citing WP:COMMONNAME. However, all the other Wi-Fi articles (Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 8, Wi-Fi 5) use the IEEE technical name, rather than the "Wi-Fi x" marketing name. Thus I suggest moving this article to IEEE 802.11ax (without the "-2021" at the end, as it's not needed - WP:CONCISE; also the later articles don't have "-year" in the title either) to be WP:CONSISTENT with all these other Wi-Fi articles that are titled under the IEEE name. I'd say No one but advanced experts in this field would be searching for this article by its IEEE number, nor know what this article is about from its IEEE number. (from the previous RM) is not much of an issue anymore, as these Wi-Fi articles all now have a neat navigational template at the top clearly showing the "Wi-Fi x" marketing designations of each IEEE WLAN standard. Also, that's what redirects are for. — AP 499D25 (talk) 10:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Use of human shields by HamasAllegations that Hamas use human shields – The current title puts increasingly controversial claims in wiki voice. After 4 months more evidence, it is worth discussing this title again. Since the first two discussions there has been strong expert criticism of the IDF claim that civilian casualties are human shields, particularly by Francesca Albanese, but also by others. Even if some of the past allegations are credible or proven, the current title somewhat implies that human shield use can explain a substantial proportion of recent casualties. Adding "allegations" is the simplest and mildest thing we can do to fix the bias in the current title. "Allegation" might be a more acceptable compromise for some people who rejected "accusation", and this proposal is hopefully less confusingly phrased than previous suggestions. FourPi (talk) 09:32, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • (Discuss)Sid EudySycho Sid – Reposting on behalf of User:Rusted AutoParts, with the following rationale: "at no point was Sid ever known by his real name, so I find his being located at Eudy being confusing. I see there's prior rationale being debate over whether Sycho or Vicious was the common name. That'll probably be needed to be sorted through this discussion, but the point remains that to me, Eudy was not the common name, and is inappropriate the keep the page hosted at that location." 162 etc. (talk) 16:30, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)Midland MainlineMidland Mainline (train operating company) – The last time I requested this, I got the disambiguator tag wrong ('company' rather than 'train operating company'). Since its been a few months, and I am moving this to a different name this time, it should be acceptable (as in, not disruptive) to revisit it again. But anyway, similar to my previous rationale, the Midland Mainline TOC is long gone, and almost everyone searching for this is looking for the mainline, so I propose moving Midland Mainline to Midland Mainline (train operating company) then redirecting Midland Mainline to Midland Main Line. Even Google comes up with Midland Mainline first. I do get WP:SMALLDETAILS but I don't think it applies here since the primary topic is probably the mainline over the TOC. JuniperChill (talk) 19:26, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss)AscalonAshkelon (ancient city) – Recently, the name of this article was changed from Tel Ashkelon to Ascalon. The rationale was that Ashkelon and Tel Ashkelon are too similar, and that readers cannot be expected to differentiate. It was said that Ascalon is the name of the historical site. This rationale is invalid. The name Ashkelon, is the conventionally accepted name for both the modern city, and the ancient site. In many cases, the name Ashkelon is even used when referring to periods in which it was historically known as Ascalon. This place has at least 20,000 years of history, accros many periods of times. It was a prehistoric site, a Canaanite, Philistine, Hellenistic city, a Crusader city, an Islamic city... We don't always know its actual name, and it has never had a single way to pronounce its name. I am suggesting to change the name to Ashkelon (ancient city). I divided my argument into three parts: (1) Ashkelon and Ascalon are virtually the same and therefore confusing; (2) The toponym for the ancient site is known in maps and sites as "Ashkelon"; (3) the conentional scholarly name for the city in all periods is "Ashkelon", including periods in which it was called in different names. 1. Ascalon and Ashkelon are virtually the same. It is very confusing still. Differetiating them with "ancient city" in brackets makes no mistakes. Another option would've been "Tel Ashkelon", but there were times in which the ancient settlements in Ashkelon were not exactly on the Tel, and the city often controlled a much broader territory. Tel Ashkelon would strictly refer to the antiquties, but the article's scope goes beyond it. Another opition I thought about was "History of Ashkelon", simmilar to how we have "History of Athens", but I think that this might confuse the people who are looking for the history of modern Ashkelon, whose place should be in the article about the modern city. Therefore, I think that Ashkelon (ancient city) is the clearest option for the scope of the article. 2. Location identification: Today, the principal site of ancient Ashkelon is known as Tel Ashkelon. This is a declared national park in Israel, and it apears by that name. The official name of the park is "Ashkelon National Park". I think it makes a lot of sense to assume, that many people who visit Israel as tourist, will likely enter this Wikipedia article. They will not be referred to Ascalon, but to Ashkelon, either Tel Ashkelon (mentioned here, here, here and [104], which were the first results I was given by google. Therefore, the site, as a location, is better identified with Ashkelon rather than Ascalon Bolter21 (talk to me) 11:03, 20 July 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. ToadetteEdit (talk) 18:04, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) - Tales of the Jedi (TV series)Star Wars: Tales – Since this move made nearly three months ago has been objected to, here is an RM. I personally don't agree with the need as consensus was reached on the matter. Never the less, this anthology series had its first installment released as (formally) Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (commonly Tales of the Jedi) in October 2022, with it announced in April 2023 that it would get a second season (wording used by media outlets, though the quote from Filoni was "Tales of the Jedi was so fun the first time, I decided to do some more.") Subsequently, it was announced a year later in April 2024 that this second "season" was a new "installment", Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (commonly Tales of the Empire). This press release shows the use of both formal names as well as the key quote in my view (and the determination of the previous consensus) that Tales of the Empire was the second installment of the "Tales" series. Thus, an appropriate name to address this anthology series considering the formal name would be Star Wars: Tales, which provides a WP:NATURAL name. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:25, 2 July 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 17:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 05:42, 21 July 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 10:39, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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