Talk:Mshatta
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 | On 25 October 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from Qasr Mushatta to Mshatta. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 25 October 2025
[edit]- 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. Moved as an uncontested request with minimal participation. If there is any objection within a reasonable time frame, please ask me to reopen the discussion; if I am not available, please ask at the technical requests page. (non-admin closure) Z E T A3 23:36, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
Qasr Mushatta → Mshatta – The most common spelling in English is Mshatta rather than Mushatta and, moreover, it seems like more sources refer to it as simply Mshatta, without Qasr. Qasr (al-)Mshatta still appears in references, or appears as a longer version of the name alongside the shorter version, but it's not more common and evidently not necessary. See for example ngram or compare number of results in Google Scholar searches: , , , , etc. Plenty of direct examples in scholarly general references (, , , etc) or in more specialized works (, , etc).
Nor does there appear to be any other topic that goes by this name, so there's no ambiguity or loss of precision with the more concise version. So for both WP:COMMONNAME and for WP:CONCISE, recommend moving to "Mshatta". R Prazeres (talk) 04:29, 25 October 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 02:00, 1 November 2025 (UTC)