Talk:MLA

MLA
The modern langage association is not in any sense a standards setting organization; see the article. The medical library association is, to some extent, but not the only function, so I didn't add it here. The names plus the (US) are enoughDGG 03:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Requested moves

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: not moved. Favonian (talk) 22:10, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

MLA → MLA (disambiguation) – I often think about Modern Language Association (MLA) as more of a primary topic than any other because MLA citations are helpful especially for print materials. In fact, "MLA" should be a redirect to Modern Language Association, regardless of popularity. --George Ho (talk) 22:39, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose the primary topic is a member of the legislative assembly, which is commonly found as MLA is newspapers wherever the local parliament is called a "legislative assembly". 70.24.247.54 (talk) 08:25, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You mean Comment (or Weak support), not Strong Oppose. In other words, you favor "MLA → MLA (disambiguation)" but redirect "MLA" to Member of the Legislative Assembly, correct? --George Ho (talk) 08:34, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I mean I strongly object to redirecting it to Modern Language Association. So as a combined concept, I oppose the move and redirect to the Modern Language Association. Though a redirect to "Member of the Legislative Assembly" is acceptable after the move, but it isn't part of your proposal. 70.24.247.54 (talk) 09:39, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. When I googled, the top three results referred to the Modern Language Association. Result No. 4 is for Meat & Livestock Australia. This placement may be due to the fact that "mla" is part of their URL (www.mla.com.au). Nothing came up regarding members of legislative assemblies. Kauffner (talk) 12:56, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment then you should have tried a basic news search -- almost every use of MLA is about members of legislative assemeblies, across the world. 70.24.247.54 (talk) 15:02, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Regardless of popularity?  No; that's not how primary topic works.  Powers T 15:18, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose This would be a US-centric move, a classic example of the sort of systemic bias which we want to avoid, see WP:BIAS. There are several other significant meanings, and an important meaning in the world's 2nd most populous country. PatGallacher (talk) 17:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose – a TLA doesn't usually have a primary topic, unless it's as well known as FBI or IBM. This is not such a case.  Dicklyon (talk) 06:27, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I decided to take a look at what pages actually link to MLA to get an idea of what the most common uses were. Judging by a rough sampling of pages, usage is split about half and half between Modern Language Association and Member of the Legislative Assembly (both Northern Irish and Indian). Based on that, MLA should probably stay a disambiguation page. BlindMic (talk) 03:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.