Talk:Binchōtan
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- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED, per discussion below. The only opposition was for a reason that doesn't really make sense in light of WP:MOS-JA. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:50, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Requested move
Bincho-tan → Binchōtan — This may seem a rather excessive, over-blown effort for such a minor article, however the move could not be processed using the move page manually, hence I am following the requested moves procedure. Background: there is a disambiguation need for binchōtan, which can also be spelled as binchō-tan, binchotan, and bincho-tan. Rather than having one be the title for the coal article and another for the anime (which would be confusing, not to mention where the redirects should point to), I decided to move the anime article to a more explicit title, "Binchō-tan (anime)" to avoid confusion, while the coal article will be awarded a shorter title, since it is the term originally used, and also the etymological source of the anime title.
Bincho-tan should be moved to Binchōtan to adhere to WP:MOS-JA (Wikipedia policy): "(Japanese) article titles should use macrons..." Also, the hyphen is not essential, so I decided that I would want that removed while we are at it. Hyphens in Japanese romanizations rarely correspond to a punctution or pronounciation feature in the original Japanese text. Tokek 16:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Survey
Add * '''Support''' or * '''Oppose''' on a new line followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.
- Support, in case it wasn't obvious. Also, in case nobody else cares to cast a vote. —Tokek 16:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose: use English. Jonathunder 23:28, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comment: This is a survey on whether to keep the article at Bincho-tan or to move it to Binchōtan. Only saying "use English" simply makes no sense. —Tokek 21:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Sorry if that was overly abbreviated, but I oppose moving and support keeping it at Bincho-tan because that appears to be the more common name in English. Jonathunder 22:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comment We've decided to use macrons in the title. As for the hyphen, I'm happy with any of the usual three possibilities: a space, a hyphen, or neither. Fg2 21:54, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion
Add any additional comments: Doesn't much matter to me. I hyphenated it to use the hyphen to separate the two components: "bincho" is the contraction of the person's name, and "tan" means "charcoal" making "Bincho-charcoal." I don't see it in MW, OED, EB. Chicago advises using hyphens sparingly in Japanese words, though, so I don't think it's a big deal. Fg2 21:25, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
After-thought: I may have been able to use WP:CSD G6 on this one had I been wiser at the time. —Tokek 03:26, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
