Talk:Monk's House

Requested move 25 January 2018

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 20:03, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Monk's House → Monks House – This is the official name of the house, see britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. This is also confirmed on the Royal Mail site royalmail.com. Simply type in "Monk's House Rodmell" in the search tool, and the address is shown as: Monks House, The Street, Rodmell, LEWES BN7 3HF Seth Whales   talk  08:58, 25 January 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. –Ammarpad (talk) 09:42, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Sam Sailor 13:32, 25 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment: The article previously had Monk's House until it was changed throughout today in Special:Diff/812297778/822255350. TNT lists it as Monk's House. Sam Sailor 13:38, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.


 * Oppose. Monks House in book sources seems to often pop up in regards to a manuscript collection of notes and letters housed at the Sussex University Library called the "Monks House Papers". It is in some cases also used in sources as the name of the house, such as in
 * , and
 * , and
 * and several more could be quoted. But among them I find none that uses Monks House in the title.
 * There seems to be far more widespread use of the Saxon genitive Monk's House when speaking about the house, e.g. in the title:
 * as well as dozens if not hundreds of book hits that have Monk's House in the text.
 * Add to this that the National Trust lists it as Monk's House, and that the sign at the house itself says Monk's House (photo), then I do not think we should move the article from its current title. I have reverted the bold changes in the article back to "Monk's House".
 * Sam Sailor 15:42, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * as well as dozens if not hundreds of book hits that have Monk's House in the text.
 * Add to this that the National Trust lists it as Monk's House, and that the sign at the house itself says Monk's House (photo), then I do not think we should move the article from its current title. I have reverted the bold changes in the article back to "Monk's House".
 * Sam Sailor 15:42, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Add to this that the National Trust lists it as Monk's House, and that the sign at the house itself says Monk's House (photo), then I do not think we should move the article from its current title. I have reverted the bold changes in the article back to "Monk's House".
 * Sam Sailor 15:42, 25 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Sam Sailor's in-depth comment and research (will keep watch if someone comes by with better reasoning). Randy Kryn (talk) 16:53, 1 February 2018 (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 or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

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