Talk:Italian soft power

Requested move 14 March 2024

 * 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: no consensus. After extended time for discussion, there is a clear absence of consensus in favor of the proposed move at this time. BD2412 T 17:35, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Italian soft power → Soft power of Italy – Somewhat more accurate, as "Italian" could suggest Italians/the Italian diaspora, while "Italy" more closely suggests the Italian government. There are (to my knowledge) three articles on countries' soft power: Italian soft power, Soft power of China, and Qatari soft power. I suggest this move be used as a litmus test to attempt to standardise article titles in this series, unless any editors can justify different titles for different countries' soft powers. IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 14:33, 14 March 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. queen of 🖤 (they/them; chat) 19:37, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I don't think readers will be confused by the use of "Italian"; the topic makes no sense referring to anything other than the Italian state. On the other hand, "soft power of..." becomes decreasingly useful as a search formula the more entries are added to it, since readers are far more likely to search for the name of a country than for a term that could apply to dozens of them: Republic of Italy, earthquakes on Malta, etc.  This is not to say that it is a bad title; just that it might be harder to find if more such articles are created, as we can reasonably anticipate over time.  Standardization is not always necessary; I doubt whether much can be determined about the usefulness of different formulations from a "litmus test" at this stage.  P Aculeius (talk) 12:35, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Support For clarity. Dympies (talk) 03:53, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm with P Aculeius. I see no reason to move this, and don't find "Soft power of Italy" more clear; if anything, it's less idiomatic. But that doesn't mean I think it's worth changing "Soft power of China" either. -- asilvering (talk) 23:07, 29 March 2024 (UTC)