Talk:Renault Megane E-Tech Electric

On 28 March 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Renault Mégane E-Tech. The result of the discussion was moved to Renault Megane E-Tech Electric.

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Related RM discussion of 17 February 2023

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

See also Talk:Renault Megane E-Tech for a related RM discussion dated 17 February 2023 (and a cut-and-paste move repair). —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:29, 15 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 28 March 2023

Latest comment: 1 year ago9 comments5 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: moved to Renault Megane E-Tech Electric. In hindsight, I'm not sure why I relisted... (closed by non-admin page mover) {{ping|ClydeFranklin}} (t/c) 00:40, 12 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Renault Megane E-Tech → Renault Mégane E-Tech – Correct name of car. Article was incorrectly renamed earlier. Cf Renault Mégane and see Renault press release. Mr.choppers | ✎ 18:33, 28 March 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. {{ping|ClydeFranklin}} (t/c) 19:02, 4 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Comment: As noted by the person who moved the article, the accent is not currently used by Renault at https://www.renault.fr/vehicules-electriques/megane-e-tech-electrique.html and is not used in the independent source at https://www.quechoisir.org/actualite-renault-megane-e-tech-electric-2022-premieres-impressions-n99824/. On the car itself, the name is rendered in all-caps without the accent. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 21:23, 28 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
Support per MOS:STYLERET - There seems to be a lack of consistency across both primary and secondary sources regarding the use of an accent here (for example, the Irish Independent and The Times use the accent, while the British Independent does not) and as such I have no stance on which usage is correct, especially given the fact that these two titles are effectively identical from an Anglophone perspective. @BarrelProof:, note that in determining article titles English-language sources generally take precedence. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 01:00, 29 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

English-language sources seem even less likely to use the accent than French ones. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:13, 29 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure where I implied that I believed that they would be more likely to. I was just pointing out that Francophone sources aren't really relevant here since the car has received significant coverage from Anglophone reliable sources. I have no strong preference for either spelling. However, the fact remains that many English sources do use the accent, and Renault themselves have used the accent in the English-language press releases. It is also worth noting that several sources I've seen seem to drop accents in headings but retain them in prose, possibly for search-engine-optimisation purposes, which may make the accented version initially appear less common than it actually is. Even if the unaccented version is somewhat more common, it isn't overwhelmingly so, and readers are unlikely to be confused by its presence. I don't see any reason to prefer one usage over the other so far as English Wikipedia's article naming policies go other than WP:TITLECHANGES adaptation of MOS:STYLERET. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 13:51, 30 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Comment: Not sure why the "Electric" was removed from the title, given another Megane E-Tech exists, which is the old PHEV model. Restoring the original title "Renault Megane E-Tech Electric" would create a natural disambiguation. :Andra Febrian (talk) 01:19, 29 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
Scanning through the sources it does seem that this is a part of the car's WP:COMMONNAME, and I would support its restoration. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 13:54, 30 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

I support adding "Electric" as per Andra and HBP5; I hope that doesn't mean we will have to relist? Mr.choppers | ✎ 20:50, 30 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

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