Talk:2015 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election

Requested move 28 November 2016

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Consensus has emerged that the current arrangement is in accordance with WP:TITLE. Bradv 21:35, 6 December 2016 (UTC)Reply


MOS:COMMA. Commas are required "In geographical references that include multiple levels of subordinate divisions (e.g., city, state/province, country)." Mark Schierbecker (talk) 08:12, 28 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Mark Schierbecker: Please provide an exert from the article title policy that you are relying upon for this proposed move. Thanks. Mitchumch (talk) 08:22, 28 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
Hello. Yes, happily. See edited comment above. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 08:28, 28 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Mark Schierbecker: Sorry about that. Somehow, I did not see that. Your reference appears to apply to usage within the article body, not article title. The bot box listed above states, "Please base arguments on article title policy". Mitchumch (talk) 08:49, 28 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
No worries. Actually I edited after you @mentioned me. From the thousands of page moves, CfDs and RMs I've participated in over the years, it would seem that MOS would apply doubly to article titles. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 08:55, 28 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
I agree. But I feel better about potentially having a wider discussion about the policy, as probably better than half of article titles don't have a comma after the state. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 09:06, 28 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Note: the creator of El Paso, Texas city elections, 2017 moved the article to the suggested title shortly after I opened this move request. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 17:48, 28 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Mark Schierbecker: I have now reverted the premature move of El Paso, Texas city elections, 2017 to El Paso, Texas, city elections, 2017. GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 17:48, 30 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Amakuru: I would oppose article titles without the inclusion of state names. There are 19 localities designated as Columbus - see Columbus#Places. Creating article titles that are not ambiguous the first time is better. Portland mayoral election, Oregon, 2015 is also fine. Leaving the article titles as they are now is preferable. Mitchumch (talk) 08:49, 4 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

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