Talk:Across the Black Soil Plains

Requested move 6 March 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 23:14, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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• Across the black soil plains → Across the Black Soil Plains
• Anzac, the landing 1915 → Anzac, the Landing 1915
• Anzacs bathing → Anzacs Bathing
• Pan is dead (still life) → Pan Is Dead (Still Life) -- it should be noted that "(Still Life)" is not a Wikipedia parenthetical qualifier, but part of the work's name
• A sergeant of the Light Horse → A Sergeant of the Light Horse
• The sonnet (Lambert) → The Sonnet (Lambert) or, alternatively, simply The Sonnet
• Weighing the fleece → Weighing the Fleece

– These seven nominations were considered for separate submissions, but were bundled into a single nomination because they represent titles of works by the same artist under Category:Paintings by George Washington Lambert. The argument that the lowercase form should be retained since it represents the original title of the work did not prevail in a similar 2013 discussion at Talk:A Boy Was Born#Requested move (the 1934 composition was originally referenced as A Boy was Born). The counter-argument is that in earlier eras orthography was not standardized and initial caps were used in a random and inconsistent fashion, but that for Wikipedia purposes, MOS:CT prevails. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 22:18, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

I have read MOS:CAPTITLES and WP:NCCAPS (advocates of maximal capitalisation); In 2021 there is so much overcapitalisation which serve no validity in a typewritten and electronic world. Italics or quotes succinctly identify a works. Despite the Wiki-standards, Lambert titled his works as he felt they should, capitalising only proper nouns ('When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.').—Q8682 (talk) 00:25, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

• Support all of these are about specific paintings not a type of painting so should be in title case. I might not capitalize "is" but per Talk:Hearts Are Trumps#Requested move 4 December 2020 it appears it should be. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:05, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
• Support – Follow WP style guidelines, which specify capping words in work titles. Dicklyon (talk) 05:15, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
• Support per nom and discussion. Randy Kryn (talk) 17:51, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.