Talk:St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School (Russell, Ontario)

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Requested move 17 December 2015

Latest comment: 8 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Closed as INVALID. Move request was opened by a now-blocked sockpuppet account. Assessment of valid votes would have been unanimous oppose. Alsee (talk) 17:11, 23 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

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St.Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School (Russell, Ontario) → Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School (Russell, Ontario) – Replacement of disputed abbreviations ('St.' or 'St'?) by a clear informative full name. Peco Wikau (talk) 22:16, 17 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. The school's own website uses the abbreviated form "St.", as does the sponsoring Catholic District School Board for Eastern Ontario. The Board's website uses the abbreviated form "St." for all such schools in its list.

That official usage is supported by common usage in reliable sources (per WP:COMMONNAME, search gNews and gBooks]:

Search term	gNews	gBooks
"Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School" Ontario	0 hits	0 hits
"St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School" Ontario	4 hits	284 hits

--BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:25, 18 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

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