Talk:1960 U-2 incident/Archives/2018/May

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Requested move 7 May 2018

Latest comment: 5 years ago11 comments9 people in discussion

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 19:03, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

1960 U-2 incident → U-2 incident – since there is the single article, and the topic is famous, the year is unnecessary. We don't have "1865 Lincoln assassination". Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 01:17, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Support. - Paulie 27 talk 17:56, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Support. - Samf4u (talk) 19:01, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Oppose there have been incidents about Bono and the guys every year for decades. The year is here to tell people it's not about the band. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:24, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Comment That's a good point I had not considered. Maybe "U-2 shootdown" would be an improvement. - Samf4u (talk) 19:54, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Comment wasn't a U-2 shot down over Cuba in 1962? --OuroborosCobra (talk) 20:00, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Oppose per In ictu oculi, the band would be the first thing many readers would think of. Keeping the year provides a good and historically identifiable descriptor. Randy Kryn (talk) 20:47, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Good call, a U-2 was also shot down over Cuba. We should leave the article name as is IMHO. - Samf4u (talk) 00:38, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Oppose. As with many incidents and accidents, the year is very important for recognisability. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 16:28, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Oppose – Four harmless characters that can only improve clarity. --Deeday-UK (talk) 00:35, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

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