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RMIT University would read Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, this seems pleonastic. Not unlike if MIT was MIT University. Came across some difficulty moving the page, could somebody help? — Preceding
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Wikijokr (
talk •
contribs) 05:15, 15 March 2020 (UTC)reply
It is pleonastic. It is also their name, so please don't try to move it.
The Drover's Wife (
talk) 05:17, 15 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Concur with The Drover's Wife on this one. --
Coolcaesar (
talk) 06:42, 27 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Requested move 27 January 2024
The following is a closed discussion of a
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The result of the move request was: moved. Per consensus,
WP:TITLECON.
– robertsky (
talk) 23:07, 3 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose.
WP:COMMONNAME is a policy.
WP:TITLECON is a mere essay, not a policy. Google Ngram Viewer shows that
RMIT is more common than Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in the published English corpus and has been since 1992.--
Coolcaesar (
talk) 06:06, 27 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Support. It is better to use the full name. People in Melbourne, like me, know what RMIT is, but for those outside Melbourne it is better to have the full name.
Bduke (
talk) 06:44, 27 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Support per nom and Bduke. --
Necrothesp (
talk) 14:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Support. Aside from universities with The in
their legal name, this seems to be the only Australian university article title that is under a brand name. A similar example would be
CQUniversity which is under the article title of
Central Queensland University despite that institution also rarely using the long form outside of degree parchments. While brand names such as CQUniversity and
QUT may be more recognisable in the states where they are being used, it may be less recognisable for others. The Google Ngram Viewer rationale may not be useful since it shows similar graphs for
MIT and
Caltech and doesn't take into account why the abbreviations are being used. It's only a metric. My opinion does assume that place names matter in article titles, but
WP:COMMONNAME doesn't seem to be used consistently on article titles about universities and
WP:TITLECON seems more relevant. I am from
WA.
The Education Auditor (
talk) 05:27, 2 February 2024 (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.