Talk:Certified Public Accountant/Archives/2019

Requested move 28 September 2018

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The result of the move request was: not moved (page mover nac) Flooded  with them hundreds  17:30, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Certified Public Accountant → Certified public accountant – The first letters in "public" and "accountant" shouldn't be upper case, see https://www.picpa.org/consumers/cpa-locator/what-does-a-cpa-do that shows "certified public accountant" in lower case letters. Balintawak (talk) 00:40, 28 September 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:02, 5 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose. Both the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Accountant (CA) are title credentials that you earn through defined study and by passing an examination. So it has recognizability and as a title heading, I do not see the current listing with an upper case for "Public" and "Accountant" as a problem. See AICPA Audit Guy (talk) 02:40, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose. It's a proper name. Narky Blert (talk) 06:52, 29 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose. Famspear (talk) 16:35, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Please see "certified public accountant" (all lower case letters) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrolled_agent. Also please note that on this page "Enrolled agent" uses a lower case "a" in agent. Both pages should be either upper case or lower case. Right now, Wikipedia isn't being consistent.--Balintawak (talk) 13:47, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

From dictionary:

CPA abbreviation for certified public accountant (all lower case letters)

Balintawak (talk) 17:32, 4 October 2018 (UTC)


 *  Weak support  but still open to changing my mind; apparently sources put in lowercase. Research ongoing. . .&thinsp;&mdash; Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)&thinsp; 16:52, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Changing to Ambivalent. The opponents of this proposal have been arguing from a U.S.A.–centric point of view. But this is a term used in other countries and regulated by other bodies as well. For example, Nigeria's ICPAN. But many accreditors recognize other nations' top accreditors (for example, ICPAN recognizes many other certifications, like Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Ireland). And some nations, like Canada, don't use the term "Certified Public Accountant" at all. So I don't know. &thinsp;&mdash; Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)&thinsp; 17:45, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Please see Chartered accountant for another example. --Balintawak (talk) 04:20, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Please see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/certified_accountant --Balintawak (talk) 04:23, 10 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose I agree with 's assessment as to these credentials being earned. However I am also in agreement with 's case of inconsistency. So I would support capitalization of the aforementioned articles.--Politicoindian (talk) 00:37, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Are we going to change "Mechanical engineer" too? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering. Attorneys have to be licensed, but nobody writes "Attorney" in a sentence. Nobody writes, "The Mechanical Engineer had six Attorneys and three Certified Public Accountants at his trial." --Balintawak (talk) 10:47, 11 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Reply - Its funny that you should say so, since I am a mechanical engineer. The only reason, I feel this way is that doctors, accountants use suffixes or prefixes only when they earn the licence to do so, which may be rescinded along with the title. This is also not a case of an academic suffix. It is a licence title that is well regulated and governed by law in most countries. Also have a look at this - Chartered Engineer (UK) and this--Politicoindian (talk) 23:18, 12 October 2018 (UTC)


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