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Requested move
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– The
Facts and Figures page on the School of Medicine website lists the official name of the school as "University of Alabama School of Medicine." The Wikipedia page "University of Alabama School of Medicine" already exists and redirects to the current "UAB School of Medicine" page. The proposed move should switch the article title and the redirect so that the main article is titled "University of Alabama School of Medicine" and so that "UAB School of Medicine" redirects to the "University of Alabama School of Medicine" article. It should be noted that this move may be considered controversial; although the official name of the school has not changed since 1969 when it was named the University of Alabama School of Medicine, the past few years have seen debate over what the official name should be (see:
UA and UAB medical school alumni groups compete for members).
Dapado (
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Oppose: Wikipedia never puts both a phrase and its corresponding abbreviation in the title of an article. Also, it doesn't matter what the official name is. What matters is the common name used in independent reliable sources. —
BarrelProof (
talk) 18:09, 21 September 2020 (UTC)reply
The "(UAB)" is not necessary to be shown, however no source shows this as the University of Alabama School of Medicine. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, which is a separate institution, has the University of Alabama School of Medicine which is independent of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Major independent sources such as CNN, Fox, and other independent and reliable sources use the common name "University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine." Not only is the official name the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, the commonly known and used name is too. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
170.249.170.30 (
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contribs) 19:20, 21 September 2020 (UTC)reply
You say that the University of Alabama School of Medicine (in Tuscaloosa) is independent of the medical school in Birmingham, is that correct? If it is independent, then why does
https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/campuses/tuscaloosa describe the Tuscaloosa institution as a regional campus of the same medical school, and list the dean of the school as being in Birmingham? Also, I notice that the
University of Alabama Wikipedia article appears to say that medical students at the Tuscaloosa campus receive their degrees from the same medical school as the one in Birmingham. —
BarrelProof (
talk) 23:41, 21 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Alternative new name:
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Note: I just created this as a redirect, as long as nobody edits the redirect, this page can be moved over it later if there is consensus to do so. If anyone edits the redirect, someone with advanced user-rights will need to do the actual page move. @
BarrelProof:, can you append a note clarifying if you support, oppose, are neutral about, or have other things to say about this alternate proposal?
davidwr/(
talk)/(
contribs) 20:18, 21 September 2020 (UTC)reply
The history page about this school of medicine, found at
https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/about/history, says it is "known as the 'University of Alabama School of Medicine'" (since 1969). Is the medical school's website incorrect? Per the previous RM discussion in 2012, there was also a "fact & figures" page published by the university that said the same thing. Unfortunately, all of the sources that are cited in the article are published by the institution itself. The same is true for both sources mentioned by the proposer of this move. Which term is more common in independent reliable sources? —
BarrelProof (
talk) 23:41, 21 September 2020 (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.