Category talk:Missing people organizations

Not hyphenated

See also Category talk:Missing person cases by country.

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Moved from WP:CFDS

 – – Fayenatic London 10:12, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

• Category:Missing people organizations to Category:Missing-people organizations – C2A: Missing hyphen for compound modifier; this is about organizations on missing people, not people organizations that are missing. HandsomeFella (talk) 21:45, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

  Oppose, per MOS:HYPHEN's linked note English compound § Hyphenated compound modifiers: Major style guides advise consulting a dictionary to determine whether a compound modifier should be hyphenated. Terms like "missing person case", "missing person report" are commonly understood and not ambiguous when unhyphenated [1][2][3] Hyphenation Expert (talk) 01:45, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

  Oppose. I agree with @Hyphenation Expert's reasoning as it's really unnecessary in this case. Mason (talk) 01:51, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

  Oppose. The term "people organization" is rare (as organizations are assumed to be comprised of people unless stated otherwise). So "missing people organization" is practically unambiguous. Nurg (talk) 23:29, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

  Oppose. - Adding a hyphen is both a needless measure, and will potentially cause needless cleanup. Further (and here I’m only speaking from personal experience) I’ve not ever seen Missing Persons as a category or heading hyphenated. At least not that I remember. If someone can show me credible evidence that it is more commonly hyphenated than not, I may consider changing my opposition, but for now, I vote to oppose. Hamamelis (talk) 10:28, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

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