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On 10 December 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Tītī Islands. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Requested move 10 December 2023

Latest comment: 10 months ago8 comments8 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: no consensus. With policy-based arguments by both sides there is no consensus for a move. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lightoil (talk) 01:24, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Tītī / Muttonbird Islands → Tītī Islands – Per WP:COMMONNAME, WP:CONCISE, and MOS:SLASH.

Searching Google News (1, 2, 3, 4) we find:

30 using just "Tītī Islands"
17 using just "Muttonbird Islands"
3 using just some form of the dual name
1 using both the "Muttonbird Islands" and some form of the dual name
3 using both the "Muttonbird Islands" and "Titi Islands"
1 using "Muttonbird Islands", "Titi Islands", and some form of the dual name.

It is clear that the COMMONNAME is now "Tītī Islands", with the current dual name title being widely rejected by reliable sources. BilledMammal (talk) 04:24, 10 December 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Arbitrarily0 ^{( talk)} 14:48, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Note: WikiProject New Zealand has been notified of this discussion. Bensci54 (talk) 13:41, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Oppose per WP:RECOGNISABLE and the fact that multiple reliable independent sources (of the types which are suggested by WP:WIAN) use the dual name. Given the roughly equivalent use of both Tītī Islands and Muttonbird Islands, and the fact that sources such as gazetteers and maps use the dual name, the current title is the best option to ensure that everyone who is wanting to find the islands can quickly and easily do so. Turnagra (talk) 20:15, 15 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
Oppose I don't see a significant majority of sources. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 21:34, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
Weak Support: There does appear to be a slight favouring towards Titi islands per nominator. --Spekkios (talk) 01:01, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
Oppose There isn't enough of a majority of sources using just Tītī Islands. With the dual name in place, I suggest this is more recognisable to all readers. Schwede 66 08:35, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
Support per WP:CONCISE. Tītī is the common name; we shouldn't use slashes for alternative names like this. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 17:13, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

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