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May 13, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – UNT (disambiguation) → UNT – The University of North Texas clearly meets the criteria for WP:PRIMARYTOPIC: * The page University of North Texas receives significantly more views (~7,500 in the past 30 days, avg. 361/day) than the UNT (disambiguation) page (~348 views total). * All other entries on the disambiguation page are minor or niche (e.g., Estonian surname, lesser-known foreign political parties, or stub-class articles). * UNT is a Carnegie R1 university with over 46,000 students and national visibility in academics and athletics. Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, UNT should redirect to the university article. The disambiguation page will remain at UNT (disambiguation), and a hatnote can guide readers seeking alternate meanings. This is consistent with acronyms like MIT, UCLA, and NYU which similarly default to their university articles. Eurodog (talk) 04:59, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Life of Samuel Johnson → ? – There appears to be various titles of this book, depending on the source. The current article is inconsistent: title says "Life of Samuel Johnson" but lead sentence says "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D." Here are the titles and their potential cases: * The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Looking at this first edition, the original title appears to be "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D." This is the same title used by Britannica. * Life of Samuel Johnson This is the current title of the Wikipedia article, and according to Google Scholar, it is a name sometimes used for the book. * Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D This is the name that appears on the infobox image, it also appears on some results in Scholar. * The Life of Samuel Johnson The name used by The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Also appears on Scholar. I have no idea which of these is the common name. ―Howard • 🌽33 20:16, 5 May 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 04:04, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 12, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Decolonization of the Americas → European withdrawal from the Americas – "Decolonization" is an extremely loaded and controversial word to employ when talking about the article content. The decolonization article itself says "The meanings and applications of the term are disputed." This particularly holds in the Americas, where there are zero independent indigenous countries. Is that actually decolonization? Some might argue yes, others might argue no. My point is not that it isn't decolonization, but that the question of whether it was decolonization creates problems. Therefore, I propose the page title be changed to this descriptive title that avoids controversy. Evaporation123 (talk) 23:09, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Requested moves/Current discussions
  2. ^ https://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=123472. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
UtherSRG (talk) 11:54, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 11, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Half-court shot → Heave (basketball shot) – The name of this article "Half-court shot" does not match what is described in the text (as well as the article being very out of date and in parts incorrect). There is actually a statistic collected by the NBA called a "Heave", which is a shot taken beyond half-court. Since everything on this page describes heaves, and there are good statistics for it, it would be a much better page name (the same as there is a Wikipedia page for "Free Throw". "Half-court shot" could redirect to the new page name. Further, the definition of "half-court shot" given here is incorrect and no citation is given for it NameNotUsed20 (talk) 21:07, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Frente Unico Pro Derechos de la Mujer → Sole Front for Women's Rights – Per WP:ENGLISHTITLE. This is the translation used in "The Meaning of the Women’s Vote in Mexico" by Sarah A. Buck, published in The Women's Revolution in Mexico, 1910-1953, and in Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico by Jocelyn Olcott. Alternatively, if we're going to keep the Spanish name as the title, "Frente Único Pro Derechos de la Mujer" (with the diacritic) would be preferable per WP:UE: "if there are too few reliable English-language sources to constitute an established usage, follow the conventions of the language appropriate to the subject". Spookyaki (talk) 17:18, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – University of Nantes → Nantes University – Université de Nantes is now known as Nantes Université. I request a move of the article from "University of Nantes" to "Nantes University". A redirect at "Nantes University" currently prevents the move from being made directly. In making the move, I request that the English word "University" be kept in the title, which is to say "Nantes University" rather than "Nantes Université", the almost universal practice on English-language Wikipedia articles about universities being to use the English descriptor "University" in the title. MyPOV (talk) 06:18, 4 May 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 16:31, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 10, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Islamist insurgency in the Sahel → Sahel War – This article was started to accommodate for the expansion of AQIM and later homegrown offshoots like Ansar Dine and al-Mourabitoun in Mali and those groups' brief incursions into Niger, Algeria, and Mauritania. Since then, the conflict has become a war with jihadist groups like JNIM and ISGS being de facto governing authorities in their area. Sahel war has been used since at least 2019 (very light research done, possibly earlier than this) and is used notably by International Crisis Group and experts on the region seen here. Instead of an insurgency against several loosely-aligned jihadist hodgepodges like in Mali in 2014, JNIM now controls a good portion of Burkina Faso, parts of southern Mali, northern Benin, and western Niger, and ISGS has a foothold in western Niger and northeast Burkina. While the war is dominated between AES governments and jihadist groups, switching the name to Sahel War would accommodate for other small but notable groups involved like Dan Na Ambassagou, the FLA and predecessors, and Nigerien anti-government rebels. Jebiguess (talk) 21:48, 26 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisted. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 16:58, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Dev (Bengali actor) → Dev (actor) – The disambiguation in the current title is unnecessary. The Tamil actor is known as Dev Ramnath, and the title of his article reflects this. The Bengali actor, born Deepak Adhikari, is professionally known and widely credited as simply "Dev." He is a well-known figure in West Bengal, having appeared in numerous successful films and served as a Member of Parliament. He is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC of the name "Dev" in the context of acting. This article should be renamed Dev (actor) M1rrorCr0ss 13:57, 10 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Kalotermitidae → Drywood termite – Per WP:COMMONNAME. Disclosure: I'm initiating this on behalf of my bug-enthusiast friend User:Bardusquus at their request as they're less familiar with the RM process. If both of us participate in this RM, please do not count us separately when closing for the purpose of determining consensus. In their view, "Drywood termite" and "Subterranean termite" are more recognizable and commonly used names than Kalotermitidae and Heterotermitidae. While I am personally too ignorant of this subject matter to have informed opinions on these proposals, Google Trends data demonstrates that the proposed names are more commonly used: Kalotermitidae vs Drywood termite, Heterotermitidae vs Subterrranean termite. For the Heterotermitidae -> Subterranean Termite move in particular, User:Bardusquus provided the following source: "The Heterotermitidae now encompass the three genera often referred to as “subterranean termites”, a term historically associated with “Rhinotermitidae” with an extensive pest status in the literature" [6]  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 02:01, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Blame It on Your Love → Track 10/Blame It on Your Love – Since Charli XCX added Track 10 on the setlist again starting with Crash Tour in Brazil, it has grown in popularity again (maybe even eclipsing Blame It on Your Love in notability long term?). I think this article title should include both on an equal notability level, especially as the article covers both songs. Title could also be "Track 10" and "Blame It on Your Love" - unsure what is standard practice or WP:MOS for two songs. Looking towards the article title for Focus / No Angel as inspiration for this. Gimelthedog (talk) 01:36, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 9, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Carambola! → Carambola (film) – This is likely an uncontroversial technical request but, taking into account that the main title header has remained unchanged since its creation in September 2016, it seems best that a record of the move proposal exists. As for the exclamation point, it does not appear in the poster, the on-screen credits or any film database. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 17:31, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Non-binary gender → Non-binary – Based on data from the Gender Census (the largest demographic survey of people outside the gender binary), respondents overwhelmingly refer to themselves as “non-binary,” not as having “a non-binary gender.” The current title is inconsistent with how similar pages are treated—e.g., “Male” and “Female” are not titled “Male gender” or “Female gender.” “Non-binary” can be both an umbrella term and an identity in itself, and the more concise title would better reflect common usage and align with existing naming conventions. Elantrisadjusts (talk) 13:42, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Turkey → Türkiye – Türkiye is now the official international name adopted by the Republic of Türkiye. It is increasingly used by international bodies (UN, NATO, etc.), and acknowledging this change helps readers understand the updated geopolitical context. Vinizex94 (talk) 12:33, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 8, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Scythian culture → ? – The title of the article is a bizarre Russian propaganda of a common Eurasian (Russian) cultural and historical space and is not based on authoritative sources. The Iranian tribes of the Caspian and Black Sea regions are artificially separated from Khorasan, and Altai is annexed instead. Among the dozen regions of the culture's range, one is artificially singled out - Southern Siberia. Return the article to its original title. A separate section can be devoted to the presentation of the ideas of Russian scientists, for example, as for the Chinese academic view on the evolution of synanthropes. This is not a section of Wikipedia in Russian. 46.23.173.187 (talk) 21:06, 29 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. ASUKITE 14:09, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/468/0001091393
ItzyWooah (talk) 17:25, 29 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 11:58, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 7, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – The Base (hate group) → The Base (organization) – I'm open to other options but "Hate group" is a terrible disamb in any context, whether true or not. For the same reason we have moved all articles using the (Terrorist) disamb lately, it is just sloppy. Sources largely describe them as neo-Nazi, militant, etc, which are clearer. This article also does not mention that they were designated a hate group by any of the organizations that do that? It probably was but given that it is not included here and they are not called a hate group in the article already makes me think that is not a very good disamb. I am open to other options but this seems the most basic. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:31, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Kurmanji → Northern Kurdish – The current title Kurmanji does not reflect the standard naming conventions used for Kurdish language varieties on wikipedia or in linguistic references. If we have Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish, where is the Northern? Even the short description of the article says "a Northern Kurdish dialect", so is this article about the Northern Kurdish language group or only about the Kurmanji dialect? I'm confused, If it's about the dialect, then why do Kurmanji and Northern Kurdish redirect to each other? Either we separate them properly, or we call it what it is, Northern Kurdish. Academically and linguistically, the standard name is Northern Kurdish; even the ISO 639-3 code for kmr officially lists the language as Northern Kurdish, not Kurmanji. Famous Kurdish linguist Jamal Nebez also used Northern Kurdish instead of Kurmanji. This is Jamal Nebez's opinion about Kurmanji: Kirmanc/Kirmanj/Kurmanc. It is another word for the name "Kurd", which is why the Kurdish language is called Kurmanji language. Kurmanji is sometimes mistakenly used for Northern Kurdish by others.[1] The term Kurmanji is often culturally synonymous with the name Kurd; Vladimir Minorsky stated that the word "Kurmanj" is composed of two elements: kurd + mannaea (Kurdomani > Kurdomanj > Kurdmanj).[2] even in Wiktionary, only Northern Kurdish is used. Authoritative linguistic sources use Northern Kurdish as the standard: Glottolog, Ethnologue, Linguasphere Register.

References

  1. ^ Jamal Nebez (2008). Wişenamekî Êtîmolojiyay Zimanî Kurdî. p. 193.
  2. ^ Michael L. Chyet (2003). Kurdish–English Dictionary.
 Zemen  (talk) 18:55, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – GE Transportation C44ACi → UGL Rail C44aci – Revert undiscussed move back to stable title since 2009. Already been moved twice to the GE Transportation name without discussion. Usual convention for Australian and North American locomotive articles is to use the name of the original owner or original builder, not its current owner or current builder, as a class of locomotives can be owned by multiple owners or built by multiple builders later on and it gets messy. Fork99 (talk) 23:32, 29 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Bensci54 (talk) 16:08, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Paul Marshall Johnson Jr. → Killing of Paul Johnson – This is something I've seen with other articles regarding beheading victims of Islamist groups. Most of their articles are better suited for "Killing of" articles with the only exceptions given that nearly all of them solely focus on their deaths, lacking notabilty either before or after (such as Kayla Mueller). Similar has already been done with Nick Berg, Kenneth Bigley, and Margaret Hassan. Others would include: *David Haines (aid worker) → Killing of David Haines The aforementioned three articles differ in having the phrasings "Killing of", "Kidnapping and murder of" or "Kidnapping and killing of". I generally lean towards the former for simplicity, but wouldn't mind either of the other two. The ones killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are already listed in the "Foreign hostages in x" articles and can probably be deleted if they're not considered noteworthy enough for their own articles in hindsight. As for the shortening of Johnson's name, it was the common name used in reporting about his kidnapping and beheading, including the U.S. Department of State and the UN. He was called "Paul Marshall Johnson Jr." signifcantly less often than just "Paul Johnson" or "Paul Johnson Jr.". The new article title alone would be distinctive enough, with a redirect of "Paul Johnson (murder victim)" and an about notice linking to the disambiguation page. The only articles that should be left standalone with their killing in the death section are journalists i.e. Daniel Pearl, James Foley, Kenji Goto, given how they seem to fulfill general notability. Rubintyrann (talk) 14:20, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 6, 2025

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  • (Discuss) – Immaculate Conception Rectory (Revere, Massachusetts) → Revere History Museum – This building has functioned as a local history museum since at least the 2000s and recently underwent renovations and an expansion to its collection. I don't currently know of any public domain images, but a quick google will show that even the signage out front of the building has no mention of the building being a rectory. While of course mention of the rectory should be retained in the article, I believe this article would be more recognizable as "Revere History Museum." Of course, "Museum of the Revere Society for Cultural and Historic Preservation" is another option, but "Revere History Museum" is obviously more concise and is the exact phrase written over the front doorway and used on the museum's social media profiles. Thanks, Shannend29 (talk) 20:11, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Zapatista territories → Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities – After the Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (MAREZ) were dissolved in 2023 and reorganised into the Local Autonomous Governments (GAL), there was quite a bit of debate over the scope of this article in its talk page. Discussions were had about possibly expanding the scope of this article and moving it to a different title, with various different titles thrown out, but no formalised discussion was had on that. My opinion at the time was that the scope of the article itself would need to substantially change and expand before any article move was carried out, although I proposed a broader article on "Zapatista autonomy" might be worth creating. On 19 March 2025, LaborHorizontal (talk · contribs) carried out a unilateral move of the article to "Zapatista territories" (diff). Despite the move being carried out ostensibly to expand the scope of the article, most of the article is still specifically about the MAREZ, so all that really changed was the title (creating confusion as to what this article is about). The term "Zapatista territories" also set off alarm bells in my head, due to previous issues with the use of "territory" in other article titles; I searched the term up on Google Scholar, and the term is indeed in use, but it is a largely informal term used to refer to the area controlled by the EZLN (or by Zapata's ELS), rather than any specific governance structures established there (which is what this article is about). As the scope of the article has not meaningfully changed enough to justify a move, in my mind at least, I'm proposing this be moved back to "Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities". I'd also separately propose that anything taking a broader view of the territory controlled by the EZLN be its own article, rather than subsuming this one. Grnrchst (talk) 10:32, 28 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPathtalk 12:08, 4 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Valorrr (lets chat) 16:28, 6 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]
  • (Discuss) – Mersa Matruh → Marsa Matrouh – Marsa Matruh" appears to be the more widely adopted transliteration in English-language usage, returning approximately 2,540,000 Google search results compared to 1,150,000 for "Mersa Matruh." This variant not only reflects broader contemporary usage but also aligns more closely with the native pronunciation. Previously contested in 2012 so I will list the request in the talk page. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 11:29, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Pentagón Jr. → Penta (wrestler) – He hasn't used the name Pentagón Jr. since 2017. He works for WWE, the largest promotion in the World as Penta, working at Royal Rumble and WrestleMania. While he has several names (Penta, Penta El 0M, Penta El Cero Miedo, Penta El Zero, Penta El Zero M, Penta El Zero Miedo, Penta Oscuro), all of them includes the word Penta, so at this point, it's WP:COMMONNAME. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 11:08, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – FBG → FBG (disambiguation) – I am making this request procedurally to show how it should be done, as the page has been subject to repeated attempts to move it by cut-and-paste which is NOT how it should be done. At least one editor clearly believes that the page should be moved, so that that the title "FBG" can become a redirect to FBG Duck. There can now be a calm discussion here, at least in theory. PamD 08:26, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • (Discuss) – Trialeti culture → Trialeti-Vanadzor culture – The overwhelming majority of contemporary academic/scholastic sources use the name "Trialeti-Vanadzor culture" for this culture, not "Trialeti culture." This is reflected in most of the sources used on this page (see: [1][2][3][4]). There is a precedence for numerous other cultures on Wikipedia (such as Shulaveri-Shomu culture, Kura-Araxes culture, Lchashen-Metsamor culture, etc.) using these cultures’ full academic names in their page titles, regardless of Google results, geographic locations of the sites named in the cultures, etc. The argument that there are more Google search results for "Trialeti culture" is irrelevant. This is akin to arguing "Francis" gets more Google search results than "Pope Francis" so Pope Francis should be moved to Francis.

References

  1. ^ Joan Aruz, Kim Benzel, Jean M. Evans, Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) [1] (2008) p. 92
  2. ^ Daniel T. Potts A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Volume 94 of Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. John Wiley & Sons, 2012 ISBN 1405189886 p.681
  3. ^ Aynur ÖZFIRAT (2008), THE HIGHLAND PLATEAU OF EASTERN ANATOLİA IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BCE: MIDDLE/LATE BRONZE AGES
  4. ^ Edens, Christoper (Aug–Nov 1995). "Transcaucasia at the End of the Early Bronze Age". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 299/300 (The Archaeology of Empire in Ancient Anatolia). The American Schools of Oriental Research: 60, 53–64. doi:10.2307/1357345. JSTOR 1357345. S2CID 163585471.
Skeptical1800 (talk) 17:51, 26 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Valorrr (lets chat) 02:45, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Priscilla (singer, born 1990) → Priscilla (Brazilian singer) – The current title Priscilla (singer, born 1990) is overly generic and could be confused with other artists, especially Priscilla Alcantara. Reliable sources refer to her professionally as simply "Priscilla", and she is not widely known by birth year. The title "Priscilla (Brazilian singer)" is more specific, accurate, and in line with disambiguation conventions (e.g. Anitta (singer), Ludmilla (Brazilian singer)). It also better reflects her primary notability and differentiates her from similarly named figures like Priscilla Coolidge. The change has been previously discussed and received support. This request is being submitted for formal consensus and implementation. —EditorForArtists (talk) 01:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – List of Mewar (Sisodiya)–Delhi conflicts → Kingdom of Mewar - Delhi Sultanate Conflict(1326 to 1518) – This was the article's original name and it was the best it could have or specifically for this type of article where more than two dynasties are involved as the original lead suggested: "Kingdom of Mewar - Delhi Sultanate Conflict(1326 to 1518) were a series of war fought between the Kingdom of Mewar under the Sisodiya Dynasty and the Delhi Sultanate from the regime of tuqlaq dynasty to the succeeding ones". The original name shifted the coverage or focus of the war from dynastic-centric (Sisodiyas vs Tuqlaq, Sayyids, and Lodis) to Period centric(1326 to 1518), and more frankly this is the reason why it was accepted and the user who had filed previous two deletion request didn't do the same with this. Hence the article name should be changed and reinstated to its original Rawn3012 (talk) 16:09, 24 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Yours truly, Stuffinwriting | talk | sign | contributions 01:44, 3 May 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)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Weak n-category → n-category – This is a proposal to rename the article to "n-cateogry" as well as to move the materials on a strict n-category from higher category theory to here. The reason: while there is a genuine difference, a strict n-cateogry and a strict n-weak category are both an attempt to articulate the concept of an n-cateogry. And, in general, the conceptual side should triumph against the strict mathematical definition side. That attitude is actually common in Wikipeida; when there are some variants in definitions, we don't create separate articles depending on variations. Also, discussing strict and weak versions at the same place should make it easier to discuss stuff like coherent theorems. Taku (talk) 06:38, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – 2025 Israel fires → 2025 Israel–West Bank fires – (proposal switched on 22:42, 02 May 2025) Fires are not limited to internationally recognized Israel, affected areas include Israel and the West Bank (Palestine)- the article currently mentions Mevo Horon, Ma'ale Adumim, and Jerusalem itself. Here are three sources used in the article which mention fires and extensive damage in Canada Park (which is fully within the occupied West Bank) i24, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post. It is even described as one of 6 locations where it is most active by Israeli authorities (see i24 and JPost). Plus, the article currently states the starting point was "between Eshtaol and Latrun", this area includes the West Bank and the Latrun salient, so it is possible the fire started within Palestine. But, the fires are (for now) centered around Jerusalem-something which is true no matter where we or the reader draw the border. As this event is new and ongoing, I don't think it has a WP:COMMON NAME, so I think we should apply (as being applied currently) When, Where, What per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events). I think keeping it "Israel" has POV implications which are best to avoid. I am open to alternatives which encompass both Israel and Palestine. Mason7512 (talk) 00:15, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Quadrature (geometry) → Quadrature (mathematics) – This would revert a move done without discussion by Fgnievinski on 25 September 2023. After the move, they removed the part of the article devoted to the use of the term in integral calculus, probably because they consider unrelated the two uses of term (area conputation and integral computation). I edited recently the article, and the new version shows that the two meanings are deeply related and deserve to be explained in the same article. So, the present vesion of the article is no more restricted to geometry, and this makes the article title confusing. Also, AFAIK, the article covers presently all uses of "quadrature" in mathematics, and the proposed title is thus the most correct one. D.Lazard (talk) 16:40, 22 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Bensci54 (talk) 16:36, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – St. Peter's Basilica → Saint Peter's Basilica – The abbreviation "St." in the current title is considered to be American and Canadian English, but whenever the article isn't naming the basilica (and on a few occasions when it does) it uses British English with Oxford spelling, where the abbreviation would be "St" without a full stop. I propose spelling "Saint" out in full, as that's an area of MOS:COMMONALITY between varieties of English. It's also WP:CONSISTENT with the two other major churches in Rome whose English Wikipedia article titles use English, not Italian names: the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. In practice we seem to have no particular naming convention for which form of "Saint"/"St."/"St" to use for churches which aren't in English-speaking countries. While we use "St." and "Saint" for some basilicas in Rome, as already noted, for St Mark's Basilica in Venice we use "St". MOS:SAINT (a guideline) says "If the word "saint" is included in an article name, the standard formula is to keep it unabbreviated except when referring to a name with typical abbreviation (e.g. St. Louis, United States)." That is followed by the section MOS:PARTSAINT more specifically dealing with church buildings, which lightly implies that "{Church building} of Saint {X}" is the default, but allows for "St" and "St." as variations. However, WP:CHURCH (an essay) rather contradicts that by saying that an abbreviated form should be used, even though it cites MOS:PARTSAINT. Standardising to "Saint" for churches without WP:TIES to a variety of English would have some slight practical advantages over abbreviated forms, because the article titles would automatically sort alphabetically in categories without the need for a sort key spelling out "Saint", and links in the body text of other articles which copy the article title with "Saint" would never break with the variety of English in which they're written. Ham II (talk) 14:51, 22 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting.  Good day—RetroCosmos talk 22:17, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Soviet Army → Soviet Ground Forces – As has been mentioned in an earlier talk page section, the name for this article is slightly misleading, as "Soviet Army" in Russian/Soviet military parlance refers to all the land and air services of the Soviet Armed Forces (as is made clear on Russian Wikipedia, where and refer to two different things). The Soviet Ground Forces was the official name for this force and is more accurate, since the article only refers to the land warfare service. Additionally it will be in keeping with the article for the Russian Ground Forces. Pave Paws (talk) 05:33, 22 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. cyberdog958Talk 06:29, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Landtag Styria → Landtag of Styria – The current title of this article is grammatically incorrect when following English grammar rules. While "Landtag Styria" aligns with German conventions, English Wikipedia adheres to English grammar. Saying "Landtag Styria" is as incorrect as saying "Mayor New York City" instead of "Mayor of New York City." To omit "of", the title would need to be "Styria Landtag". Furthermore, there is no official translation that uses "Landtag Styria", which would be the only valid justification that comes to mind for adopting this unconventional form. –Tobias (talk) 16:28, 6 February 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. DrKay (talk) 08:45, 23 February 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 03:00, 7 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Valorrr (lets chat) 01:06, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel → October 7 attacks – No need for additional disambiguation (Hamas-led, Israel) in the title, it just makes it longer without adding enough benefit. Going off Google hits, "October 7 attacks" is five times more common than "October 7 Hamas attack" and almost 50 times more common than the full title. "October 7 attack" is even more common, but as there was clearly more than one attack, so the plural form is the correct title. As it has been established that this is the primary topic for October 7 attacks, this is a pretty routine request, but as there have been prior RMs, this is here and not at RMTR. 🐔 Chicdat  Bawk to me! 20:52, 11 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Valorrr (lets chat) 01:05, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – 2025 Gaza Strip anti-Hamas protests → 2025 Gaza protests – Many sources indicate that these protests against Hamas are part of wider protests against the Gaza war and Gaza genocide: "Videos verified by The New York Times showed groups of Gazans in the half-ruined streets in the northern town of Beit Lahiya. Some carried more neutral signs that opposed the continuation of the war, while others chanted slogans calling for Hamas to get out. Gazans, at least publicly, tend to blame Israel for much of the death, destruction and hunger the war has brought. But at least some hold Hamas responsible, as well, for starting the conflict by leading the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, abducting 251 people to Gaza and continuing to fight rather than giving up its power in exchange for a cease-fire." – The New York Times "Videos circulated on social media this week of frustrated Palestinians protesting for an end to the war in Gaza, while others chanted anti-Hamas slogans." – The New Arab "Thousands of Palestinians marched between the wreckage of a heavily destroyed town in northern Gaza on Wednesday in the second day of anti-war protests, with many chanting against Hamas in a rare display of public anger against the militant group. The protests, which centered mainly on Gaza’s north, appeared to be aimed generally against the war, with protesters calling for an end to 17 months of deadly fighting with Israel that has made life in Gaza insufferable." – The Associated Press "In conclusion, it's difficult to state with certainty that the protests in Gaza this week were exclusively aimed against Hamas, nor can they be said to represent a general uprising against the group. Rather they reflect a broad range of opinions held among Palestinians in Gaza, including some explicitly anti-Hamas voices, but most of all, a feeling of desperation and war weariness after over a year of an Israeli military campaign directed against the enclave and yet another breakdown in a ceasefire." – Deutsche Welle "For the third consecutive day, Hassan Saad, 38, and hundreds of others took to the streets in Beit Lahiya, demanding an end to their suffering and a halt to the war on Gaza...[t]he demand for Hamas to relinquish power was not an official goal, Saad clarified, rather, the call came spontaneously from protesters." - Al-Jazeera Thus, I propose the article name be moved to "2025 Gaza protests" as it seems like these protests are not exclusively about opposition to Hamas. Rather, it seems like opposition to Hamas is part of wider protests with a broad spectrum of opinions in opposition to the Gaza war and Gaza genocide. Also, "Gaza" instead of "Gaza Strip" should be used in the title, in line with 2018–2019 Gaza border protests, 2019 Gaza economic protests, and 2023 Gaza economic protests. Geo (talk) 01:00, 29 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Valorrr (lets chat) 16:30, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Vejce ambush → ? – A recent move made me wonder whether the current title is appropriate. I was also wondering whether a descriptive title like "Ambush near Vejce" would be more appropriate. Thus it would be great to receive input. I will list some sources that use both names as proper names. Vejce ambush:
    • 1 (p. 26)
    • 2
    • 3 (p. 8)
    Vejce massacre: *1 *2 (p. 54) *3 (p. 8) StephenMacky1 (talk) 09:10, 10 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Bensci54 (talk) 16:32, 17 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 16:38, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Galactic Center → Galactic center – The previous thinly participated discussion didn't come to a consensus on this, so let's try again. Sources appear to be majority lowercase by a good margin (see n-grams), and looking through them I don't find "galactic center" referring to centers of galaxies other than our Milky Way. It's clearly a term describing exactly what the words mean, not a proper name, even if it's understood to be the center of our particular galaxy. Also, the previous closer seems to be expressing a supervote, saying "Not Moved per MOS:CELESTIALBODIES", citing a guideline that doesn't clearly apply, instead of noting the arguments made in the RM discussion. Dicklyon (talk) 02:16, 21 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:44, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Technical University of Braunschweig → Technische Universität Braunschweig – Almost identical case to TU Berlin. *1.- The university has never officially used the name Technical University of Braunschweig. It officially states that the name in English is Technische Universität Braunschweig see here. *2.- Technical university is a misnomer/mistranslation of Technische Universität as it refers to a different type type of higher educational institution in the German system (TUs opposite to technical universities can confer all types of doctoral degrees including humanities, social sciences, law, medicine, etc). *3.- Many years ago, the university used officially the (more appropriate) translation "Braunschweig University of Technology". In 2018 the page was boldly (sic) moved from that to the current one based on a discussion in which no sufficient references were provided. *4.- Last but not least (actually, the most important point): "Technische Universität Braunschweig" is currently the most commonly used name in English language references, so this is actually the name that satisfies WP:USEENGLISH. SFBB (talk) 00:40, 8 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 23:13, 4 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPathtalk 10:12, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Latium Adjectum → ? – On 21 July 2024, the article was moved unilaterally to "Latium Adjectum" without a formal move request or community discussion (see 2015 talk page comment), and the current title violates Wikipedia's naming conventions in both capitalization and spelling Vineviz (talk) 02:24, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – 2024–2025 Canadian political crisis → 2024–2025 Canadian government transition – The events leading to the change of Prime Minister from Trudeau to Carney do not qualify as a political crisis, as set out in the Wikipedia article Cabinet crisis (which is where "Political crisis" redirects). The definition there is: "A cabinet crisis, government crisis or political crisis refers to a situation where an incumbent government is unable to form or function, is toppled through an uprising, or collapses." None of those factors applied here. Although Trudeau was steadily losing political support within his own party and ultimately resigned, his government remained functioning, including through the significant political response to Trump's tariff threats. This was a transition due to loss of party support, and resulted in a smooth transition of power under the Liberal party rules and the conventions of responsible government. It was not a crisis. (Yes, Wikipedia is not itself a reliable source, but I think we should be internally consistent when using a phrase such as "political crisis" which is the subject of an article directly on point.) Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 20:56, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Discuss) – Pow-wow (folk magic) → Braucherei – Pow-wow (folk magic) should be moved to Braucherei, as it is the correct term for the folk-magic practice. Pow-wow is a cultural appropriation from Native American language for the practice that has nothing to do with Native Americans, nor did they participate in this "folk magic". Please see discussion on article talk page for more information. The discussion was unanimous that the article should be moved. There was already a redirect for Braucherei, which I blanked, but Twinkle will not let me move the Pow-wow (folk magic) article to that name, therefore assistance is needed. Thank you in advance. Netherzone (talk) 23:53, 16 March 2025 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). C F A 21:29, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  1. ^ Eg., in Italian: Monte tibetano-cinese, lit. 'Tibetan-Chinese Mountain', implies the mountain belongs to both Tibet and China equally, as separate entities, while Monte tibetano cinese, 'Chinese Tibetan Mountain', implies that this 'Tibetan Mountain' ultimately belongs to China.
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