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Requested move 8 July 2022

Latest comment: 2 years ago10 comments9 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. Overwhelming support for move, based on policy. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 01:59, 19 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

THEY. → They (duo) – The music duo's name is a stylization. This page should be moved to They (duo) or They (R&B duo). Similar to Hat., Skate., or Janet.. 2600:6C40:5400:766:9CFE:FC96:826:4606 (talk) 10:53, 8 July 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. ASUKITE 05:06, 17 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Support not an acronym. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:55, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Oppose per WP:TITLETM and WP:NATDIS. The independent RS usually capitalize the name, and most also keep the period as well. The proposed formatting (They, with only the capital T and no period) is generally nonexistent in the sources. Additionally, "THEY." does well as a natural disambiguation, as no other "They" is generally spelled with all caps and a period. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 23:16, 15 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

FYI, Rolling Stone is a relatively high quality source and it uses exactly what is proposed (only capital T, no dot) – "Los Angeles duo They sing on the DJ collaboration ...". —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 06:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Support: Pure stylism, not followed by Rolling Stone here, all-caps not followed by XXL here and here, and decorative full stops, and especially terminating full stops, are especially frowned upon in Wikipedia article titles, as in the "skate." example of MOS:TM and the prior RM discussions for Bakuman, Damn (Kendrick Lamar album), Fun (band), Gangsta (manga), Hat (Mike Keneally album), Janet (album), Kobato, Lovestrong, Mad Love (JoJo album), Melody (Japanese singer), Moon (visual novel), Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood, Okay (album), Respect (magazine), Shakira (album), The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Withering to Death, and Your Name. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:31, 17 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Support. Trivial stylization, which MOS:ALLCAPS explicitly advises against capitalizing. Plus it's a pain to read. Popcornfud (talk) 17:52, 17 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Support - It requires an overwhelming majority of sources to use this kind of jarring stylization. Primergrey (talk) 18:28, 17 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Support per several comments on our stylization/title policy/guidelines above. Dicklyon (talk) 05:23, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Support per MOS:TM, MOS:CAPS, MOS:TITLES, WP:NCCAPS. This is a trivial "MARKETING ALL-CAPS" over-stylization, and does not represent an acronym. This is essentially the exact same cases as GANGSTA. → Gangsta (manga) and several other cases of over-capitalization and/or extraneous punctuation marks. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 21:20, 18 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

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