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 | On 7 July 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Sudden infant death syndrome to SIDS. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 7 July 2022
edit- 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. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 00:52, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Sudden infant death syndrome → SIDS – Like COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, MERS and SARS, this topic seems to be known primarily by its abbreviation and that abbreviation is primarily associated with this subject. The spelled-out term also seems like somewhat of a misnomer. A "syndrome" usually is a set of medical signs and symptoms, whereas this phenomenon has only one symptom – death, and the name refers to a diagnosis of exclusion rather than an identification of a particular disease or medical condition. — BarrelProof (talk) 23:19, 7 July 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. >>> Extorc.talk 16:57, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support per nom. People typically say SIDS and abbreviate it as such. Clovermoss (talk) 07:54, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support per nom. --Ortizesp (talk) 17:53, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support SIDS is more common and widely understood. --Macrakis (talk) 19:12, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose on balance, both terms are present in almost all sources regarding this topic, and so we should continue to use the most informative title. I could give dozens of counter-examples to outweigh OP's short list of abbreviated topics, and I think an encyclopedia should maintain the formality of using expanded titles rather than shortcuts where both terms are used interchangeably. The only appropriate time to use an WP:ACRONYMTITLE is when the acronym is more dominant or used exclusively, and thats not the case for this topic. -- Netoholic @ 07:02, 15 July 2022 (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.