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Requested move 11 April 2024[edit]
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When the Pawn... → When the Pawn ... – Per MOS:ELLIPSIS, there should be a space before the dots. We could also hypothetically use a longer title; I notice several of the cited sources go up to the word "King", so we could use When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King ... (please confirm MOS:CT about the lowercase "like") or at least go as far as "Conflicts", as in When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts ... — BarrelProof (talk) 20:16, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King ... per WP:CONCISE, Oppose When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts ... per few cited sources titling the album as such, and because “When the Pawn” are the main words in the album cover; additionally, many off wiki sources address the album as When the Pawn [1] [2] [3]. Oppose When the Pawn … per MOS:ELLIPSIS
Use an ellipsis (plural ellipses) if material is omitted in the course of a quotation
; the title is not a quotation.
- DS537(WIR) 18:35, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Are you saying you oppose the current title as well as the suggested ones? The current title includes an ellipsis. It appears that all three of the sources you cited include an ellipsis in the title, at least sometimes. (One of them is not an independent source, and another is considered unreliable per WP:GENIUS.) — BarrelProof (talk) 20:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Are you saying you oppose the current title as well as the suggested ones?
Per my previous points, yes I do. Ellipsis are very commonly used in non-titles, and I’ll admit that the 3 out of many sources I picked may not be reliable, but a search engine can greatly provide thousands of sources titled “When the Pawn”. DS537(WIR) 20:34, 15 April 2024 (UTC)- Apologies for the miscommunication, but lest it be known that I would like to keep the current title as it is. My ultimate conclusion is No move. DS537(WIR) 20:36, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Are you saying you oppose the current title as well as the suggested ones? The current title includes an ellipsis. It appears that all three of the sources you cited include an ellipsis in the title, at least sometimes. (One of them is not an independent source, and another is considered unreliable per WP:GENIUS.) — BarrelProof (talk) 20:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King ... per WP:CONCISE, Oppose When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts ... per few cited sources titling the album as such, and because “When the Pawn” are the main words in the album cover; additionally, many off wiki sources address the album as When the Pawn [1] [2] [3]. Oppose When the Pawn … per MOS:ELLIPSIS
- Oppose. Whatever MOS:ELLIPSIS may say, standard practice on Wikipedia (and elsewhere) is not to use a space. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- I wasn't aware of it when I submitted this RM, but it seems that the vast majority of article titles on Wikipedia that contain an ellipsis do not have a space before it. Having said that, the MoS says to include one, and I think we should follow the MoS unless we choose to change what it says, and a better place for discussing that question is WT:MOS rather than here. See also Talk:But what about the noise...#Requested move 11 April 2024. — BarrelProof (talk) 06:40, 19 April 2024 (UTC)