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On 22 August 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Devil's Back. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 22 August 2024

Latest comment: 2 months ago5 comments4 people in discussion

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

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) BilledMammal (talk) 06:34, 29 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Devils Back → Devil's Back – Possessive. Fits in with normal English. Loymdayddaud (talk) 06:15, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Comment Apostrophes are almost never used in American place names. See here. I'll also add that this is an unsourced stub with few incoming links that is a likely candidate for WP:AFD. 162 etc. (talk) 14:20, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
I see.

And yes, definitely deletion could happen, but I thought maybe moving it would help. Loymdayddaud (talk) 14:23, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oppose. There are, famously, only five locations in the United States that have an apostrophe in their names (viz, Martha's Vineyard, Carlos Elmer's Joshua View, Clark's Mountain, Ike's Point, and John E's Pond), and, as an encyclopedia, we should not unilateraly extend this list. Tevildo (talk) 17:26, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oppose per official GNIS name. As stated above, the GNIS almost never approves the use of possessive location names.[1]

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.

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