Talk:Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia

Latest comment: 10 months ago by ClydeFranklin in topic Requested move 6 June 2023

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Can someone please change the capitalization in the title? This is a book called "Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia". Thank you. 12.180.133.18 (talk) 04:59, 8 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hi, 12.180.133.18. I see that you posted a {{help}} tag asking for help with this article. I'll be happy to assist you.
The capitalization on this article's title currently conforms to Wikipedia's manual of style guideline. Specifically, Wikipedia's Naming conventions (capitalization) guideline states that we're not supposed to "capitalize the second or subsequent words in an article title, unless the title is a proper name". So, I'm going to leave this article's title alone. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I'll be happy to assist you further. Happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 05:11, 8 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 6 June 2023 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. (closed by non-admin page mover) CLYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (please mention me on reply) 19:07, 13 June 2023 (UTC)Reply


Medieval Islamic CivilizationMedieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia – Because "Medieval Islamic civilization" (lowercase c) can also mean Medieval Islamic world (currently a redirect to Islamic Golden Age), I think we should include the subtitle in this case to avoid confusion in linking (for users) and navigation (for readers). Because the original article title did include the subtitle, but was removed by technical request in 2020 by invoking WP:SUBTITLE (and MOS:TITLECAPS), there may be some people who disagree, so it's better to have an WP:RM about this than a WP:BOLD rename. Thoughts? Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 17:59, 6 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

  • Comment Why does this article even exist? Are we a publisher's catalog? Walrasiad (talk) 20:10, 6 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
    Good question. It would probably meet WP:GNG, because it is quoted frequently in other books (as far as I can see on Google Books), but this page is currently little more than a dictionary definition. It says nothing about the relevance of this reference work, just that it exists.... Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 22:18, 6 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • Support move or delete In ictu oculi (talk) 08:10, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • Support. Useful WP:NATURAL disambiguation of a currently confusing title. ModernDayTrilobite (talkcontribs) 16:52, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • Support Johnbod (talk) 23:24, 7 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
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