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Requested move 11 September 2026

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It has been proposed in this section that Van Van be renamed and moved to VanVanVanVan.

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Van Van → VanVanVanVan – There's currently no actual page at "VanVan", just a redirect. I'd like to move this article there because the majority of reliable sources (NPR, Complex, WFAE, etc.) spell her name "VanVan" as one word, without a space. Afro 📢Talk! 10:07, 11 September 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. –Maltazarian ^{ᚾparley $\lor$ investigateᛅ} 12:35, 18 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Skeptical. In the list of references in the article, also see a lot of "Van Van". That seems more like ordinary English orthography, and MOS:TM would suggest to lean in that direction. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:20, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
@BarrelProof On her official streaming platform profile and You tube is says VanVan Afro 📢Talk! 16:36, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
Wikipedia is generally indifferent to self-promoted styling. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:56, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
This is clearly not a case of self-promoted styling. 1 2 3 4 5 Majority of reliable source also Identify her as VanVan not Van Van. Afro 📢Talk! 17:08, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
It may not be exclusively self-promoted, but it is self-promoted. Anytime we look to self-published sources, we are looking at self-promoted material. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:22, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
Which of the source provided are self-promoted material. ? Afro 📢Talk! 17:27, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
"Her official streaming platform profile and You tube". Those are self-published content. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 21:06, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
@BarrelProof Ok. But the link provided above has nothing to do with her socials those are reliable sources. from notable platforms. I referenced about 4 sources above non of them are social media or YouTube platform. Afro 📢Talk! 21:28, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
Yes, you found some good sources that seem to support your proposal. But when I looked at the article, I saw a lot of other sources that differed. We shouldn't just look at the sources you want to look at. That could be WP:CHERRYPICKING. BTW, I don't plan to continue responding this much. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 21:41, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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