Talk:St Angela's College, Cork

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Latest comment: 5 years ago by Calidum in topic Requested move 19 July 2019

Requested move 19 July 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Calidum 03:45, 1 August 2019 (UTC)Reply



St. Angela's College, CorkSt Angela's College, Cork – Title style consistency. The majority of those listed in Category:Girls' schools in the Republic of Ireland use the form "St X School". See Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Punctuation and spacing. The "St." form is preferred in American English, while the "St" form is used on the other side of the Atlantic (or, as that policy indicates, "Dr." and "Dr"). 2001:BB6:A84:6558:B411:7B1D:17AE:CB4E (talk) 21:55, 18 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:24, 19 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Hi, I have no problem at all with having the move discussed here, and am not particularly bothered if the outcome is "St" or "St."
But there is an inconsistency. The Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Punctuation and spacing seems to favour "St." for American English and "St" for elsewhere (or, as that manual indicates, "Dr." and "Dr"). Most of the Irish schools and churches happen to be "St", without the "St.". Contrary to the "about 71 others" implication, there are certainly well over the close to 150 churches and schools in Ireland required to show 71 as a minority. The simplest solution for the sake of consistency seems therefore to follow the manual of style, which happens to involve moving the lesser rather than the greater number. --2001:BB6:A84:6558:14E7:3A9A:D405:3B7 (talk) 22:24, 19 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • On the 'few replacing "Saint" by "St"', I don't see what the problem with the following are:

--2001:BB6:A84:6558:14E7:3A9A:D405:3B7 (talk) 22:25, 19 July 2019 (UTC)Reply


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