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June 25, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Delaware Valley → Greater Philadelphia – "Greater Philadelphia" is the more common and less confusing term for the Philadelphia metro area. "Delaware Valley" is mostly used only be media sources, and can be confusing to outsiders, as it could also refer to the area surrounding the Delaware River along the PA/NJ border. Additionally, "Delaware Valley" can cause confusion that it refers to an area solely within the state of Delaware. Red0ctober22 (talk) 21:21, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Army of the Czech Republic → Czech Armed Forces – The Army of the Czech Republic is a literal translation of the Czech name of the military (Czech: Armáda České republiky) not supported by relevant official sources. Recent documents issued by the Czech Ministry of Defence in English (and cited in sources, namely The Czech Armed Forces Development Concept 2035 and Czech Armed Forces in 2022) use the term Czech Armed Forces. Similar example of such naming convention policy may be the Swiss Armed Forces (German: Schweizer Armee; French: Armée suisse; Italian: Esercito svizzero; Romansh: Armada svizra; lit. 'Swiss Army'). Mossback (talk) 20:55, 15 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPathtalk 10:09, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – "Yo mama" joke → Maternal insult – I know this discussion has been done before but I genuinely believe this should be moved to Maternal insult. Disparaging one's mother isn't exclusively considered a joke. Even the examples given in the article are mostly non-humourous. In fact, I think, in the majority of non-English languages such as most other European languages, Arabic, Hindustani, Persian, etc., insulting one's mother is usually taken as a serious insult. As a native Hindustani speaker, I can confirm that even simply "teri maa" ("your mum") is considered offensive, and "teri maa ki chut / ka bhosda" ("your mum's cunt/pussy") or anything like that is considered equivalent to "fuck you" with no humourous connotations. It's only recently, especially in English, that insults towards one's mother are taken jokingly. Even then, they're still considered insults—non-serious ones, but insults nevertheless. The article is quite clearly about both genuinely derogatory and humourous uses. So, some usages can be considered "humourous insults," as in they're just as a joke among friends etc. and not seriously offensive/abusive, but all usages including humourous ones are insults nonetheless, therefore, Maternal insult is the appropriate title. Also, another reason I don't think "Yo mama" joke is the right title is because the article isn't just about the "yo mama" trend (sort of a meme) but about maternal disparagement in general; I personally don't think stuff like the Rabbi Eliezer example would or could be considered a yo mama joke. — Ö S M A N  (talk · contribs) 09:45, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 24, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Meghna Division → Cumilla Division –
    I propose that the page Meghna Division be moved to Cumilla Division. On 17 December 2024, the Public Administration Reform Commission of the interim government officially recommended naming the new administrative division “Cumilla Division” page 191 and this has become the de facto designation. Sheikh Hasina’s original proposal to name the division “Meghna Division” is no longer under consideration following her ouster. Since “Meghna Division” no longer reflects the current official nomenclature, retitling the article will ensure accuracy and consistency with government usage. Tausheef Hassan (talk) 05:43, 10 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 14:37, 17 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. CoconutOctopus talk 16:11, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Sergey Nechayev → Sergei Nechaev – I noticed that the current title doesn't quite line up with standard transliterations of his Russian name, so I dug around for different transliterations. I found that Sergei Nechaev is the most commonly used English transliteration by far, with 1,010 results on Google Scholar. In contrast, the current title "Sergey Nechayev" received 281 results; "Sergei Nechayev" received 212 results; and "Sergey Nechaev" received 171 results. According to Google Ngrams results, "Sergei Nechaev" has been the most commonly used transliteration since 1974 and has been the most used by far for a couple decades (it also disconcertingly shows that "Sergey Nechayev" has spiked in usage since this Wikipedia article was created in 2004). A Google Search also gives 132,000 results for "Sergei Nechaev", 86,500 results for "Sergey Nechaev", 24,900 results for "Sergey Nechayev" and 12,600 results for "Sergei Nechayev". As "Sergei Nechaev" appears to be, by far, the most commonly-used transliteration of his name, I'm proposing this article be moved to reflect that. Grnrchst (talk) 12:19, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Luton Airport Parkway station → Luton Airport Parkway railway station – Since the move is being contested, it's time for a full move discussion in the interest of getting consensus from the community :-) "[place] railway station" has become the standard naming convention for rail stations in the UK, with the obvious exception of London Underground stops. The only other article I'm aware of which goes against this convention is East Croydon station (there may be others that I don't know about, happy to be corrected), which makes sense as it is an interchange with bus transportation. However, Luton Airport Parkway is exclusively rail, even if DART is light rail. I'm proposing either of the following for the purposes of both naming conventions, and reader clarity: * Rename Luton Airport Parkway station to Luton Airport Parkway railway station, in accordance with convention due to it being a purely rail station or * Rename Luton Airport Parkway station to Luton Airport Parkway Interchange (open to suggestions on other/better options) along with other similar interchanges, like East Croydon - distinctly marking such articles as transport interchanges and not just "station". Danners430 (talk) 09:39, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 23, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Mossad infiltration of Iranian nuclear archive → Israeli infiltration of an Iranian nuclear archive – 1. Attributing the operation to Israel in the title is clearer for readers, specially for those not familiarised with the subject, and makes the article easier to find. In Wikipedia we most commonly use country demonyms rather than specific national organs for titling articles. See the articles at Category:Mossad, all articles but two including this one do not mention Mossad in the title. 2. "of Iranian nuclear archive" is not proper English. I propose using "an" but I am not opposed to other proposals. We could also use "the" or even flip the title somehow to avoid this awkward wording (from the top of my head, as an idea, "Iranian nuclear archive infiltration by Israel", though that's also weird). Noting that I started this RM over the second issue and only thought of the first as I was writing the RM. I don't have a particular preference so long as the next title employs proper grammar. Super Ψ Dro 21:21, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Morning dew (disambiguation) → morning dew – Unnecessary " (disambiguation)". The base topic is "dew" AKA "morning dew" (lowercase), the first list entry on the DAB page. The capitalized items (the lead entry, which is the primary topic for Morning Dew but not morning dew, and other list entries) are songs and a ship, and maybe more will turn up later. Given the mixed-case entries, morning dew is the appropriate title for the DAB page, we just don't need the parenthetical tacked onto it. Everyone looking for a song or ship knows that's capitalized (if they're competent to be using an English-language encyclopedia), and if they bork it up anyway, the entries at the DAB page will get them where they're intending to go.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  12:02, 1 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Ivey (talk - contribs) 13:26, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Gingalain → Fair Unknown – It is a general trope (aka tradition,[1] story type,[2] pattern,[3] or theme[4]) for a number of different characters, including the eponymous Tale of the Fair Unknown.[5] (The sample links above in particular classify Lancelot as a Fair Unknown type, and here for example is a discussion of Lancelot in relation to some other early instances of the "Fair Unknown romances":[6]) Gingalain is NOT the only other representative of such trope (etc.) and his excess material should be moved to Knights of the Round Table at the same time when the articles is being correctly retitled and quickly rewritten (it is important to also rewrite it while moving). Fair Unknown is right now just redirect but is actually the subject if this article, while Gingalain on his own is barely even covered as a character, thus should be moved to the the list of Knights as a new section. Actually I may handle it all myself, just notify me on my talk page after you change the title of this article here. 94.246.147.217 (talk) 08:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)94.246.147.217 (talk) 09:11, 16 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. CoconutOctopus talk 12:39, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Voice of the City → The Voice of the City – Looking through online mentions of the film, I do see a few hits that just say Voice of the City, but The Voice of the City seems like the more appropriate title since it's the one being used more often, appearing on the film's title card, appearing on recent home media releases, and being used in this article for several years now. hinnk (talk) 05:41, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Mother (video game) → Earthbound Beginnings – Per WP:Natural, Using an alternative name that the subject is also commonly called in English reliable sources, albeit not as commonly as the preferred-but-ambiguous title, is sometimes preferred.Since this applies to the parenthesis in this context, the page should be moved to a natural title which is also in common usage as it is the official English name. Although this move has been suggested before, this arguement has not been brought up and might force the discussion the other way. Yes I am a nerd -XCBRO172 (How could you tell?) 00:14, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 22, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Nuseirat rescue and massacre → Nuseirat raid – The term massacre is absent from neutral and pro-Israel sources and thus violates NCENPOV. Two reasons, the RfC on EuroMed as yellow and always attribute and WP:TITLEWARRIOR, which called out opinion pieces and failing to recognize authorial voice (newspaper quotes X who says massacre, therefore newspaper says massacre which is false). This is similar to Entebbe raid, and the AP (premier neutral source) has also clarified less than a month ago that the Paletinian deaths ocurred during a gun battle during the raid (see [30]) Closetside (talk) 23:31, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Disney Star → JioStar – JioStar has become the common name in news sources. See the table made from Google searches restricted to particular sites and removing unrelated results, non-news results and results in other languages:
  • (Discuss) – Andrew Boden → Andrew Boden (politician) – Now that we have an article about Canadian writer Andrew Boden, it's no longer clear that the American politician, who served 200 years ago, would be highly meganotable enough to keep WP:PRIMARYTOPIC rights anymore, as his daily average over the past month is just two page views per day (with no page views at all on some days) according to the pageviews analysis tool. There's a good chance, further, that even his peak viewing day across all of 2025 combined, nine pageviews on May 29, might even have been attributable to people looking for the writer rather than a sudden spike of interest in the politician.
    I'm proposing a disambiguation page at the base title for the time being, as the Canadian writer just got his article today and thus can't be feasibly measured for meaningful pageview comparisons yet — however, considering that he's just coming off a significant literary award nomination for his debut novel, there's a good chance that we'll have to revisit it in the future, with far more chance of a living contemporary writer overtaking a fairly obscure 19th-century politician as primary topic than there ever will be of the obverse. Bearcat (talk) 02:38, 11 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Garsh (talk) 05:04, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 21, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Kamurú language → Pedra Branca language – My suggestion is to rename Kamurú to Pedra Branca. Let me explain: according to Azevedo (1965), there are records of four Kariri dialects (or languages?), namely: (1) Kipeá (well-documented by Mamiani), (2) Dzubukuá (documented by Nantes), (3) Sabujá, and (4) Pedra Branca. According to the same author, only vocabularies of 100 to 150 words survive for the last two dialects (or languages?), found in von Martius. Rodrigues (1948) notes that Kiriri is an alternative name for Kipeá, Kariri for Dzubukuá, and suggests that Kamurú may be an alternative name for Pedra Branca: “Pedra-Branca (Kamurú?)”. Pedra Branca was the name of a village visited by von Martius. From the Pedra Branca vocabulary, according to Rodrigues—and merely as a point of interest—there are a large number of Kipeá words as documented in Mamiani’s grammar. Also according to Rodrigues, “Curt Nimuendajú encountered a few Kamurú individuals” (although by that time, no Kariri language was still spoken…). Queiroz (2012) is more categorical in affirming that Kipeá, Dzubukuá, Sabujá, and Pedra Branca (which he also refers to as Kamurú) all belong to the same Kariri language family. The same is true of the only source cited in this article: “Kamurú* (Camurú, Pedra Branca)”. Apparently, the confusion stems from Ethnologue, which suggests that Pedra Branca is synonymous with Sabujá. In fact, I also cite: “Eduardo Ribeiro points out that the languages spoken by the ‘Cariri’ tribes of Ceará are essentially unknown. The only Karirian languages for which there is any documentation were those spoken in Bahia and Sergipe (Kipeá, Dzubukuá, Sabuyá, Pedra Branca).” My suggestion to rename Kamurú to Pedra Branca stems from the fact that the latter is the name used by von Martius, the only primary source we have for this language. Why rely on a name coined by Nimuendajú—one that has also caused confusion elsewhere—when documentation is so scarce and there appears to be no more established term? In such cases, I believe it is best to adhere to the primary source, which will always be revisited whenever the topic is researched. RodRabelo7 (talk) 08:54, 14 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. CoconutOctopus talk 09:58, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Viva (Brazil) → Globoplay Novelas – The move discussion has just closed yesterday. But, there's missing information here, Viva is now named as Globoplay Novelas, per multiple sources that previously revealed at initial discussion. This page was previously moved as "Globoplay Novelas" by Klebs1 but swiftly reverted the old name pending initial page move discussion result (i advised this move by Cactusisme, who previously close the initial move). 103.111.102.118 (talk) 06:54, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 20, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Mallows's Cp → Mallows' 𝐶ₚ – (1) MOS:POSS is clear. (2) Mallows' is far more commonly used; a google search for Mallows's just redirects me. (3) I worked alongside Colin Mallows in the 1990's, and Mallows' is just the correct form to use; (4) The one reference currently in the article doesn't negate all this. (5) and the subscript p, italic C also should be fixed. Zaqrfv (talk) 23:17, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Na Woon-gyu → Na Un'gyu – Defaulting to MR per WP:KOREANNAME. Seems like there isn't a single dominant spelling. No results for any spelling of his name in ngrams. He clearly appears in English-language scholarly literature though, but haven't checked what they use. Note that "Woon-gyu" is ad-hoc and doesn't even fit the modern Revised Romanization system that South Korea uses. RR would recommend "Ungyu", and if you use the common modification of RR with a hyphen in the name, it'd be "Un-gyu". grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 21:25, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Rockstar (drink) → Rockstar Energy – The current name of "Rockstar (drink)" gives the impression that this article is about the beverage and not the brand. "Rockstar Energy" is the name of the brand specifically and what most people would recognize, as that is its common name. Reliable news sites like CNBC and the Hill also refer to the brand as Rockstar Energy.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Archibald, Elizabeth; Edwards, Anthony Stockwell Garfield (June 16, 1996). "A Companion to Malory". Boydell & Brewer Ltd – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Walters, Lori J. (December 3, 2015). "Lancelot and Guinevere: A Casebook". Routledge – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Severe, Richard (December 16, 2015). "Arthurian Literature XXXII". Boydell & Brewer – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Arthur of the French: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval French and Occitan Literature". University of Wales Press. October 15, 2020 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Lancelot of the Lake". Oxford University Press. June 16, 2000 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Severe, Richard (December 16, 2015). "Arthurian Literature XXXII". Boydell & Brewer – via Google Books.
  7. ^ https://jamestown.org/program/pakistani-taliban-broaden-support-among-baloch-merge-with-separatist-groups/
  8. ^ https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2021/May/05/four-pakistani-soldiers-killed-in-terrorist-attack-while-fencing-border-with-afghanistan-2298778.html
  9. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx27nx0j1kjo
  10. ^ Even if the dictionary definition did take priority, wikt:taskmaster is the only definition I can find that includes "supervises workers"; Oxford Dictionary of English, New Oxford American Dictionary and Merriam-Webster all define it as a person who imposes a harsh or onerous workload on someone (or words to that effect). Despite the fact that Taskmastership redirects to Supervisor, I can find no evidence that modern usage of the word "taskmaster" indicates a synonymous meaning with "supervisor", so there's no reason why Supervisor would be the primary topic here.
  11. ^ https://www.britannica.com/place/Jerusalem/Roman-rule#ref242895
  12. ^ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sophronius
  13. ^ Eisen, Amelia Lucas, Sara (March 11, 2020). "PepsiCo to acquire energy drink maker Rockstar Energy in a $3.85 billion deal". CNBC. Retrieved March 11, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Breslin, Maureen (1 February 2022). "PepsiCo unveils hemp seed-infused drink from Rockstar Energy". The Hill. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
EC for Golin (talk) 19:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. CNC (talk) 14:05, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Capsule toy → Capsule toy vending machine – The current name of this article is very misleading, suggesting it is about the toys sold by this type of the vending machine. Instead, the article is clearly about the vending machines themselves. The article should be renamed accordingly. I am unsure if capsule toy should have its own article one day. For now it can safely redirect to the "capsule toy vending machine" article (note: it did not exist, I just created it now as a temporary redirect here). Side note: there is also confusion about how this topic is different from Gashapon, which on en and ja has a stand-alone article. But most interwikis here - i.e. to capsule toy (vending machine) article are known as gashapons in other languages. Compare: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11294641 vs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1204526 . From what I can tell, Gashapon is a specific brand name of a capsule vending machine. I am unsure if any merge is needed (leaning no), but I wanted to mention this before someone suggests renaming this article here to Gashapon. Interwikis at wikidata might merit some cleanup too, sigh;in fact the Wikidata article is about the capsule toy (not capsule toy vending machine), although most of the interwiki'd articles, like ours, are about the vending machine. A mess. PS. What needs to be done: Wikidata needs a page about capsule toy vending machines, pretty much all interwikis from Q11294641 need to be switched to that page (it can be an intentional sitelink to redirect to our capsule toy redirect). I'll do it later this year if nobody jumps on this first. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:23, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Thomas Robb (Ku Klux Klan) → Thom Robb – There are two problems with this disamb. Firstly, Robb was in a plethora of racist movements and groups, and his involvement in the KKK is about as notable as his involvement in Christian Identity. It is therefore rather misleading to only center out that one rather than broader white supremacy. It's also just improper as formatted, because it's just the group name, no qualifiers like member or wizard or the like. The second is this is not the common name. He is referred to in most sources as "Thom Robb". Thom as a nickname is a rather obscure one for Thomas, mostly used as its own name, and no one else at the Thomas Robb appears to have ever been referred to with it. Here is how other encyclopedias refer to him: Encyclopedia of White Power, Kaplan: "Thom Robb". Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups, Atkins: Thomas "Thom" Arthur Robb. Alternatives include Thom Arthur Robb. PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:15, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Fire ant → Solenopsis (ant) – The vast majority of species in this genus are not fire ants, which only comprise two species groups containing a total of 23 species out of over 200 total species. Should this article really only reflect the common names of those 23, most of which are poorly known? The thief ants, comprising the rest of the species diversity, far outnumber the true fire ants in distribution, number, and diversity. This article would be better off named "Thief ant", but that will likely never happen. See [39]. 2003 LN6 05:07, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Luigi → Luigi (character) – It always seemed odd that the primary topic was a fictional character instead of the real life given name. In recent times Luigi Mangione is a huge talking point in at least USA news, and commonly referred to by his first name. I think that's a sign that any real-world individual could supersede the game character in terms of cultural relevance, so it may be time for the given name to become the primary topic. If this requested move passes, a similar move request may be started for moving Mario to Mario (character) while Mario (given name) becomes the primary topic, though unlike Luigi, to my knowledge there's currently no real person named Mario competing with the game character's notability. Unnamed anon (talk) 00:37, 13 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. ASUKITE 04:02, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 19, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Brown–Forman → Brown-Forman – The above RM was based on an error of fact. As noted in the post-hoc comment, hyphens are correct for a company named for multiple founders (regardless of whether they're correct for merged companies). That's is the case here. Brown-Forman is named for its two founders, not the result of a Brown company merging with a Forman company. The analogy to Hewlett-Packard is spot on. This needs to be moved back. oknazevad (talk) 11:09, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Mayor of Far North → Mayor of the Far North – Introducing the indefinite article is in line with the FNDC Mayoral letterhead [44], and how the incumbent, Moko Tepania is referred to in the media and news releases: [45] [46] [47]. I am doing a WP:RM instead of WP:BEBOLD because this, although in line with naming conventions, is inconsistent with all other articles about mayoral offices in New Zealand (e.g. Mayor of Auckland or Mayor of Invercargill), where the established format is "Mayor of X". There seems to have also been consideration in the edit history about including the indefinite article. I think this is mostly a question of correct grammar, and the correct grammar in this case would be "Mayor of the Far North". MrSeabody (talk) 01:58, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 18, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Richard Butler (white supremacist) → Richard Girnt Butler – Using his full name forms a WP:NCDAB which is preferred over parenthetical disambs, and I think the name with the middle name is the WP:COMMONNAME for him anyway. His full name is used in most sources that refer to him, including encyclopedias (e.g. Kaplan's encyclopedia) and most obituaries. We could also do "G." because that's common, but full name seems to be more common. Was moved without discussion because it was "better" (I do not think it is, as he is very often referred to with his middle name). PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:09, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • (Discuss) – 2017 Hamas charter → Hamas Document of General Principles and Policies – The current title does not reflect how this document is most commonly and neutrally described in reliable sources, contrary to WP:COMMONNAME and WP:NPOV. An analysis of sources shows that sources more frequently use "document" or similar terms than "charter", even when generously counting sources that use "charter" only with qualifications like "could be considered." Among sources that consider whether this constitutes a charter, there is no consensus, with some explicitly noting the document "does not replace the charter." The proposed title uses the official name given by Hamas, reflects the predominant terminology in sources, and maintains neutrality on the contested question of whether this document constitutes a new charter. If you're concerned about the length of the proposed title, please indicate whether an alternative 2017 Hamas policy document would be preferable. The current name is the result of a move that was done without a RM despite being clearly controversial and was challenged almost immediately here, so it doesn't constitute a stable consensus version. Alaexis¿question? 21:02, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – F1 (film) → F1 The Movie – I see there is an account who already proposed this move. However, there have been a lot of changes since the votes were tallied and we are now closer to release to make a better decision. Since that discussion, Apple TV has now edited the titles of all their trailers on YouTube to include “The Movie." All the posters, except for the teaser poster, include “The Movie.” The official sites include “The Movie.” The only argument I saw against it was the billing block, however there are numerous examples on Wikipedia where the billing block is ignored. I’d much rather have the article’s title include a natural disambiguation over a parenthetical one. This also is growing quite substantially as the common name too. SuperFunHouse1 (talk) 18:34, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Kissufim massacre → Kissufim attack – WP:NCENPOV states that massacre should be used in titles if it is the "generally accepted word" used to refer to an event in scholarly sources, or if it's part of the WP:COMMONNAME. This is due to the POV connotations. It doesn't appear as that standard is satisfied right now nor was it satisfied at the last requested move. Specifically, since the last requested move, WP:ARBPIA5 happened and inconsistencies in article titles relating to the word "massacre" were a major part of that case. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 00:35, 24 April 2025 (UTC)— Relisting. >>> Extorc.talk 10:25, 2 May 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Alpha3031 (t • c) 15:40, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • (Discuss) – Standee → ? – Possible new titles include Cardboard cutout, Cardboard cut-out, etc. (I'm open to other suggestions!) I raised WP:COMMONNAME concerns on the article's talk page last month, but as there have been no replies, I'm bringing it here. A Google Books Ngram Viewer comparison between the terms standee, cardboard cut-out and cardboard cutout as nouns (here) shows that usage of cardboard cutout is significantly more common. Also, even though the article previously claimed that standee was an American term, neither Merriam-Webster,[1] the New Oxford American Dictionary,[2] nor the Oxford Dictionary of English[3] actually list this definition of the noun standee. (Many of the 'Recent Examples on the Web' listed automatically by Merriam-Webster are examples of this usage, but this only shows that the use of standee to mean "cardboard cutout" may be more frequent than the use of standee to mean "standing passenger", not that standee is the most commonly used term for a cardboard cutout.) As noted in the article, it's true that They are typically made of foam-board; if the title were changed to include "cardboard", it would be easy to expand this sentence to (eg.) Despite their common name, they are typically made of foam-board, to explain the discrepancy. I'm interested to hear what others think on this!

References

  1. ^ "standee". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 5 May 2025. noun : a standing person : one who occupies standing room
  2. ^ Stevenson, Angus; Lindberg, Christine A., eds. (2015). "standee". New Oxford American Dictionary (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199891535. Retrieved 5 May 2025. noun — a person who stands, especially in a passenger vehicle when all the seats are occupied or at a performance or sporting event.
  3. ^ Stevenson, Angus, ed. (2015). "standee". Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191727665. Retrieved 5 May 2025. noun — a person who is standing rather than seated, especially in a passenger vehicle.
Pineapple Storage (talk) 01:04, 10 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Bensci54 (talk) 16:05, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Fall of Maximilien Robespierre → Coup of 9–10 Thermidor – The current title centers on the personal downfall of Maximilien Robespierre, whereas the article addresses a broader political event: the orchestrated overthrow of Robespierre and his Montagnard allies on 9 Thermidor Year II. "Coup of 9 Thermidor" is a more historically accurate and neutral title. It is consistent with the naming conventions of similar events (e.g., the "Coup of 18 Brumaire") and better reflects the article’s focus on the political context of the Thermidorian Reaction, rather than solely Robespierre’s fate. Marissa TRS (talk) 04:20, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Quinn, Josephine Crawley (2014). "A Carthaginian perspective on the Altars of the Philaeni". In Quinn, Josephine Crawley; Vella, Nicholas C. (eds.). The Punic Mediterranean: Identities and Identification from Phoenician Settlement to Roman Rule. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 169. doi:10.1017/cbo9781107295193.012. ISBN 978-1-107-29519-3.
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Meluiel (talk) 18:44, 21 May 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. ASUKITE 20:43, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – 2025 killing of Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C. → 2025 Capital Jewish Museum shooting – - Much of the discussion below was split into two categories: a) an immediate need to change the grammatically nonsensical title the article initially had, and b) identifying whether the final correct article would be centered on the death of Israeli embassy workers, the Capital Jewish Museum venue, or the names of the two victims. As noted, there was a consensus to speedy move from the nonsense title to something, although no clear consensus was reached on precisely what to move the page to. The page was moved by an editor on the basis of WP:IAR. That resulted in a better page title, albeit not a consensus and not the result of a full, proper requested move procedure. The move brought the page name closer to the original move request. Now that that request has been effectively vitiated, I'm updating the request to propose moving to the museum name title. I'm not sure if this is the correct way to update the move request; if this update should be moved to the end of this talk section or otherwise reformatted, please do so. This seemed more logical than creating a wholly new move request and starting a new discussion of the same merits. The arguments for various proposed names are discussed at length below, with no clear consensus reached or, to me at least, immediately evident. Jbbdude (talk) 21:2evan0, 25 May 2025 (UTC)  :Oppose, Oppose, Oppose - if there must be a change, the names of the two victims would be appropriate. The fact that they were Israeli Embassy workers is more salient and important than the physical location of the shooting. For example the Killing of Brian Thompson title doesn't reference the location of the shooting.ProfessorKaiFlai (talk) 16:22, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Astoria (recording studio) → Astoria (houseboat) – Astoria is a houseboat. Yes, she has a recording studio onboard, and yes, some epochal albums have been recorded and mixed in her studio, but a recording studio doesn't float on water. On the basis of WP:PRECISION (and basic ontology) Astoria should be described as a houseboat because she is one. I will declare my interests: I live about half a mile from Astoria, and can personally attest to her essential boatiness. I wrote most of the article for nearby Tagg's Island, including the sections on Fred Karno (first owner of Astoria). I am a middle-aged man who counts Pink Floyd among his favourite bands, and I was bitterly disappointed not to get tickets to the Luck and Strange shows at RAH. I note the contributions of editors who have duly recorded Astoria's linkage to Pink Floyd and Dave Gilmour, however Astoria did not hold a recording studio for the three-quarters of a century before Dave purchased her. There may yet come a time when Astoria no longer holds a recording studio, and begins a new chapter in her illustrious history. Either way, long may she grace the calm waters of the Thames, or any other body of water, as a boat should. I am happy to volunteer to tidy up links and redirects (the majority of which are transcluded in templates). Thank you for your consideration. Orwell'sElephant (talk) 11:49, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Transnistria War → War in Transnistria – I thought the use of the proper noun Transnistria but not its adjective form was a bit peculiar, so I did a cursory search on Google to see if it is the common name. Google Ngrams returns no results for Transnistria War and plausible variants with the use of "war", including War in Transnistria, Transnistrian War, and War of Transnistria. Transnistrian conflict and Transnistria conflict return some results (conflict in / of Transnistria returning none), with the former adjective form seeing much more usage. However, Transnistria conflict is a separate article from Transnistria War with a wider scope, time-wise. "War in Transnistria" and "Transnistrian conflict" are the most used names by a significant margin in Google Search, Google Books, and Google Scholar. I'd rather not waste time copying-and-pasting all the links, but anyone can make the searches themselves and correct me if I'm mistaken. For consistency's sake, it may be preferential to move Transnistria War to Transnistrian war in conjunction with a move to Transnistrian conflict. A final note is that the Romanian and Russian translations provided in the lead also translate literally to "War in Transnistria". Yue🌙 16:21, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Darkstalkers 3 → Vampire Savior – Vampire Savior was the title of the game used for all regional versions of the game and is even used on the Capcom Fighting Collection compilation in all regions and it ought to be given more priority than the Darkstalkers 3rebranding that was exclusive to a single console conversion of the game. I was disappointed that I was not notified of the prior discussion, given I was somewhat involved in editing this article before. Jonny2x4 (talk) 18:07, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Negative responsiveness → Mono-raise criterion – Last year these three pages were moved from their earlier names of "Monotonicity criterion", "Consistency criterion", and "Reversal symmetry" (as was "Participation criterion"). Two of the stated justifications for these moves were that the terms "monotonicity" and "consistency" are vague and can mean multiple things and that the pages should be named consistently. But these changes created an inconsistency between these pages and the other pages on voting system criteria (which are named after the criteria themselves and not the paradoxes that occur when they are violated). And the vagueness of the terms "monotonicity" and "consistency" could be addressed by simply making the titles more specific. "Monotonicity criterion" could have been renamed "Mono-raise criterion" or "Monotonicity criterion (electoral systems)" and "Consistency criterion" could have been renamed "Join-consistency criterion" or "Consistency criterion (electoral systems)". As shown in the pages' histories, I tried to fix this. I moved "Best-is-worst paradox" back to "Reversal symmetry". I requested that "No-show paradox" be moved back to "Participation criterion", which later happened. I moved "Negative responsiveness" to "Mono-raise criterion" (which required editing to restore the page's earlier language). And I moved "Multiple districts paradox" to "Join-consistency criterion". However, the user who made the initial changes (Closed Limelike Curves) reversed most of what I did. They moved three of the pages back (but couldn't move back "Participation criterion") and reverted the aforementioned edits to the one page. I apologize if my actions have come across as aggressive, but in my opinion the pages "Participation criterion" and "Reversal symmetry" were fine under those names and the other two pages should have names that, while precise, are consistent with those of the other pages on voting system criteria. Discussion is welcome. But I do want to note that as it stands the page "Negative responsiveness" has the same paragraph (about monotonicity violations in proportional representation systems) appear twice in different sections. One of my reverted edits fixed this by removing one of the duplicates, and it would need to be fixed again in a future edit. I would do it myself, but I might as well let people first discuss which location is more appropriate for the paragraph. Thank you for your input. Man of Steel 85 (talk) 03:25, 16 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting.  — Amakuru (talk) 05:36, 27 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPathtalk 12:51, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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