Talk:University College of Osteopathy

Location of British School of Osteopathy?

A non british reader wonders where The British School of Osteopathy may be: in India? on the North Pole? I didn't find any address... Is there anyone able to complete that information? Regards Cantakukuruz (talk) 22:43, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

I've just added the coordinates, so you follow that to a map (google or bing). Rytyho usa (talk) 03:40, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 20 December 2017

Relisted per MRV outcome

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The result of the move request was: moved. Already strong support for this very old relisted proposal. It appears that WP:COMMONNAME does apply to the new article title. Happy New Year to All! (closed by page mover)  Paine Ellsworth  ^put'r there  13:10, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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British School of Osteopathy → University College of Osteopathy – The British School of Osteopathy change legal status in 2017 and became the University College of Osteopathy. In the UK (where it is based) it now has a very different legal status to its previous incarnation. The change of legal status has been announced in the British press e.g. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/british-school-of-osteopathy-wins-university-college-status. Crimsonalert (talk) 11:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Steel1943 (talk) 20:40, 28 December 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Winged Blades^Godric 08:05, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Passed it the other day; its new name is plastered all over the building. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:58, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose nom by likely COI editor. One article does not UCRN make. James (^talk/_contribs) 17:19, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
  • Er, that's its name. Just walked past it again yesterday! -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:12, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
    • We don't use official names just because they're official. James (^talk/_contribs) 18:18, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
      • Yes, I'm aware of that, thank you. However, when a college changes its name it doesn't usually continue to be referred to by its old name! Who do you think is now going to refer to this institution using its old name? I fail to see what service we are doing to our readers to continue to use an old name on Wikipedia that will in fact no longer be used in real life. WP:OFFICIAL is intended to cover instances where a colloquial or shortened name is more commonly used than an official name (and is most frequently used to counter requests, often by the institutions themselves, to change titles on Wikipedia to a long and/or pretentious full name or marketing name that is not actually used by anyone in real life except on the institution's letterheads). I really don't think that's the case when a college changes its name completely as here, but still to a sensible and manageable name; the original name will now just cease to be used except in an historical sense. That's pretty obvious, I should have thought. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:53, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
• Support we would normally change the name of an article when then entity changes name, a quick check of companies house shows primary and legal source for name change. MilborneOne (talk) 18:27, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
• Support, obvious name change. wbm1058 (talk) 23:16, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
• Support, routine, why would we keep the outdated name? SEMMENDINGER (talk) 00:09, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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