Talk:Bus stand

Requested move 30 July 2025

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 14:41, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

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Bus stand → Bus stanceBus stance – Bus stand is an ambiguous term, in Indian English it is similar to Bus station, see Bharat Ratna Dr. M.G.R. Central Bus Stand for an example. "Bus bay" also faces similar problems as it is akin to bus stop in Indian English. This title is also WP:NATURAL, and is understandable in all dialects of English. —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {u - t? - _uselessc} 14:07, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose per WP:RETAIN. I'll note that neither Collins nor Merriam-Webster dictionaries have an entry for "bus stance". Anecdotally, as a North American speaker of English, the term is unrecognizable to me. 162 etc. (talk) 16:18, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

  @162 etc.: I would say retaining an article name when it actively has a different meaning in a different variety of English (another example from one of the world's biggest cities — Mumbai Central ST Bus Stand) is misleading. The term "bus stance" might be slightly confusing at first sight, but it's better than having confused Indian visitors (as I was!). Another example of a neutral compromise like this is Filling station FYI.

  Feel free to suggest alternatives btw, bus stance was the best I could think of. —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {u - t? - _uselessc} 17:15, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

  I can't find any usage of "bus stance" in reliable sources. My Google search brings up this article, stanced buses, and nothing else. Using an apparently obscure term for the article title would create more confusion, not less.

  I've added a hatnote. I don't believe any other changes are necessary. 162 etc. (talk) 19:05, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose per WP:RETAIN and partially because of WP:COMMONNAME since "bus stand" within Wikipedia returns 2573 result and "bus stance" only 7 (including the quotes). as someone from the UK, I have never heard that term before. This doesn't eliminate the confusion, only transfers it. As a side note, this page may have to be redirected to bus stop as this page needs more sourcing and because there is a substantial overlap with bus stops as I normally only use bus stands at bus stations. JuniperChill (talk) 19:16, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose since it's basically unused in America and seems barely used at all other places besides some number (not sure how many) of stations in India. ngrams and shifting to British only doesn't change it much. (I never heard of it and my first thought was about how one stands on a bus to not fall over.) The filling station example doesn't match since filling station was a term used in many countries and even places that now use gas or petrol station used to primarily use filling station. Not sure if there's any term that would work for every English variety. Skynxnex (talk) 19:27, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose: From UK and never heard this term. YorkshireExpat (talk) 19:00, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

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