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Requested move 27 August 2021

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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 to List of Puerto Rico symbols.

Discussion has happily resulted in consensus to move List of Puerto Rico symbols.

Had consensus not been reached, I would have reverted to the previous name. (non-admin closure) Havelock Jones (talk) 07:44, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]



List of Puerto Rico territorial symbolsList of official symbols of Puerto Rico – Undiscussed move. Mercy11 (talk) 20:42, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:20, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Puerto Rico is not a state; so, the argument to include or not include "official" in the article's title based on the claim that Template:State symbols doesn't include "official" in article names is WP:OTHERSTUFF. Yes, as you noted, some (or all; the number is irrelevant) of the 3 US states I pointed to (MA, IL, LA) include unofficial symbols in their state symbols articles, but so what? My point with those 3 states is that they follow the WP:V policy by making references to the corresponding laws that support the claims made in those articles. The use of a US state as example is quite common for, as most of us know, articles from US states are generally more mature in content than those of just about any other jurisdiction and are thus a good guide to follow content-wise, given that they have generally undergone more discussion and scrutiny than those about non-US state jurisdictions. If PR was a state, then we could consider claims that 'because other states do it such and such way, we should do it here too', but Puerto Rico isn't a state yet. In addition, without discussion, you moved the article to a title that has political undertones by your inclusion of the word "territorial". The use of "territorial" is a second reason why your choice of title was not good. The current territorial status of Puerto Rico is a hotly debated issue, and we don't need to name the article in any politically-leaning manner, but stay neutral instead. In summary, we need to ensure that articles follow WP:V as much as possible and maintain neutrality. The title that was there before (i.e., the title we are requesting your move be reverted back to) does both of these, but your undiscussed move away from the former title containing "official" and, worse yet, to a title containing "territorial" does neither. As such, the title you are supporting comes short in at least those two areas. Puerto Rico isn't a state; so let's not politize the article's title by bringing in arguments based on politics, as both of your arguments above are. Mercy11 (talk) 02:23, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Puerto Rico is a territory, whether people like it or not. Piss off with your suggestion that I'm politicizing it by stating the basic fact of reality that is absolutely neutral (we'd change the name were this factual status to change, on which I have no opinion), as well as your pot-calling-kettle-black of "In addition, without discussion". This is likewise consistent with the other four territories like List of U.S. Virgin Islands territorial symbols if you don't want to compare this to states. Sure, we could remove "territorial" and use List of Puerto Rico symbols (like List of District of Columbia symbols) or something else perhaps, but it's still unnecessary to include "official", being inconsistent, inconsise, unnecessary to include, and unnecessary to limit the article in such a way. Reywas92Talk 00:32, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I support to remove "territorial" and use List of Puerto Rico symbols (like List of District of Columbia symbols). Remove "official", remove "territorial". Not for any reason except it's a list of symbols. Also because "territorial" symbols, as opposed to ocean or air symbols? Seems a weird article name to include "territorial". WP:OTHERSTUFF - so what the states say State Symbols.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 03:43, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I largely agree with Reywas92's analysis. The current title is more consistent with the sibling articles listed at Template:State symbols, and the addition of "official" seems like an unnecessary restriction of scope, given that the article could plausibly include verifiable unofficial symbols as some sibling articles do. I normally consider consistency to be the least important of the WP:CRITERIA, but this is one of the rare cases where it's a major consideration, when we have a family of closely related articles. They're all structured the same way, they live together in the same category, they're listed together in a navbox, and, all else being equal, they should have parallel names. Colin M (talk) 01:01, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, if we can agree on removing "territorial" from the title, I would also agree to removing "official". Mercy11 (talk) 04:16, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.