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 | On 3 June 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Small form factor (desktop and motherboard) to Small form-factor PC. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 3 June 2024
edit- 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 to Small form-factor PC. Consensus on the alternate suggested title. NATDAB applies. – robertsky (talk) 09:26, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
Small form factor (desktop and motherboard) → Small form factor – Unnecessary disambiguator. Small form factor redirects here. There had been an attempt to make a disambiguation page there, but that was a totally non-MOS:DAB-compliant page, and there is no meaningful ambiguity (permalink). The term "small form factor" can be colloquially used to refer to sizes of other types of hardware (for example, SD cards, but that is incorrect because their form factors are "full", "mini", and "micro", there is no "smallSD") but that is sporadic. The phrase appears in the name of a particular format: Small Form-factor Pluggable. Of course, there existing a page "Small Form-factor Pluggable" does not indicate that the page "Small form factor" needs to be disambiguated as the two titles are not co-ambiguous. —Alalch E. 11:29, 3 June 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Polyamorph (talk) 09:31, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Note: WikiProject Computing has been notified of this discussion. —Alalch E. 11:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
- Note: WikiProject Disambiguation has been notified of this discussion. —Alalch E. 11:33, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support per rationale. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Unsure. "Small Form Factor" itself doesn't say anything about what it applies to. How about "Small Form Factor (computer)"? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:54, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- I would ditch the parentheses and just call it "Small form factor computer" if we go that route. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support - I like that. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:45, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- I would ditch the parentheses and just call it "Small form factor computer" if we go that route. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support alternate move to Small form-factor PC (to be distinguished from "computer", which has a very vague meaning). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:32, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- +1 DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:28, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with that. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 22:55, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
Hyphens
editA former language teacher tells me that hyphens are needed when this precedes a noun. So the title of the article should be small-form-factor PC. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 00:09, 18 June 2024 (UTC)