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Student housing at the University of Virginia was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 19 November 2014 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into University of Virginia. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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[edit]Kate Ellis. Xx236 (talk) 07:50, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Summer Enrichment Program (University of Virginia) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 28 § Summer Enrichment Program (University of Virginia) until a consensus is reached. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 19:13, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
"Summer Enrichment Program" listed at Redirects for discussion
[edit]The redirect Summer Enrichment Program has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 28 § Summer Enrichment Program until a consensus is reached. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 19:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Requested move 22 December 2024
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University of Virginia → UVA – WP:COMMONNAME. Theparties (talk) 15:15, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. The full name provides a WP:TITLECON consistent naming convention across all articles on universities and colleges in the United States. Many reliable sources like Forbes and US News and World Report still use the full name. The OP has also made numerous individual RMs on this same issue like this one, which may violate WP:ACROTITLE, WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, or use a shorter common name that is rarely used outside a sports/athletic context. Better to stick to the status quo. Zzyzx11 (talk) 15:15, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose as unnecessary, unwise, and unhelpful for readers. ElKevbo (talk) 15:20, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose. "UVA" (and various other forms like "U.Va.") should redirect to this article. The full name of the university is "University of Virginia." There’s no need to use the short form in the article title. Doing so could, theoretically, introduce ambiguity that is not present with the full name. For example, I have a tube of sunscreen upstairs whose label says it protects against "UVA" rays. I’m also aware that some people from outside Virginia seem not to realize that the "VA" stands for "Virginia"—for example, some people more familiar with the University of California system think the "V" stands for "Virginia" and the "A" stands for a location ("University of Virginia at where? Arlington? Amherst?"). While I don’t believe readers are stupid and need their hands held, I see no benefit to this proposed change. 1995hoo (talk) 15:45, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
- A further comment: After reading Zzyzx11's comment, I took a look at the OP's edit history. It’s insane how many of these he's proposed. If in fact he is serious about these proposed moves, I very strongly believe that an article-by-article talk page approach is an entirely inappropriate way to go about doing it because it can lead to arbitrary and capricious inconsistency if people accept it as to one article and reject it as to another. While I think that’s probably unlikely, it’s also not implausible. It should be discussed at a more centralized talk page if in fact it’s a a serious proposal (which I tend to doubt). 1995hoo (talk) 19:26, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose, per the comments of Zzyzx11. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add
{{reply to|Eyer}}
to your message. 15:56, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
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