Talk:Nevus sebaceous

Article categorization
This article was initially categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. kilbad (talk) 05:58, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Name of entry is incorrect
Someone please change the name of the entry to Nevus Sebaceus; Nevus Sebaceous is a common mis-spelling. Look at a medical dictionary or ask someone who knows Latin if you need verification.

Latin: Nevus sebaceus; American English: Sebaceous nevus;  British English: Sebaceous naevus

Requested move 30 April 2015

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Number   5  7  11:44, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Nevus sebaceous → Nevus sebaceus – The article is currently misnamed with a combination of the Latin and English names; it should either be "Nevus sebaceus" or "Sebaceous nevus". The current title is incorrect in both languages. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 19:13, 7 May 2015 (UTC) Pinnerup (talk) 16:03, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I would prefer "Sebaceous nevus" as it is the English spelling, but would also be happy if the Latin spelling were to be corrected. --Tom (LT) (talk) 14:28, 1 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment current name gets more google hits — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.120.162.73 (talk) 20:37, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Web search results are likely to be influenced by Wikipedias prominence. Here's an illustrative Google Ngram showing that the most common terms in printed literature are "nevus sebaceus" and "sebaceous nevus" (the two grammatically consistent terms) followed by "nevus sebaceous" in third place. --Pinnerup (talk) 16:40, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Feel that sebaceous be kept - several other articles use this and see no reason to confuse things. Since there is also a page sebaceous nevus syndrome seems sensible to rename to sebaceous nevus.--Iztwoz (talk) 21:38, 28 May 2015 (UTC)


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