Talk:Pall-mall

Shopping malls
"When the game fell out of fashion, some of these pall malls evolved into shopping precincts, hence the modern name of shopping centres in the USA: shopping malls[citation needed]; others evolved into grassed shady promenades, still called malls today."

USA Shopping malls are definitely not evolved spaces formerly used for pall mall. The United States didn't even exist until the late 18th century, when the game had already gone out of fashion. I don't think a citation is needed, I think an omission is needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.251.26.211 (talk) 17:16, 11 December 2007 (UTC)


 * how silly a comment


 * http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mall


 * of course the shopping mall wasn't around during the origins of pall mall, but that doesn't mean that isn't where the word is derived from. how silly.


 * http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mall —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.243.21 (talk) 03:24, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Correct, but the text could probably use some clarification. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 20:04, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Move?

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The result of the move request was not moved. "Pall mall" seems to be the common name for the game. Aervanath (talk) 04:33, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Pall mall (game) → Paille-maille &mdash; "Pall mall" is a corruption of the earlier spelling, and this move will also obviate the need for parenthetical disambiguation. The Pall mall DAB page will need an update after the move. Move blocked by edited redirect. — SMcCandlish (talk) 20:01, 3 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I strongly disagree. It was called Paille-maille (and many other spellings over the years) but it is now called Pall Mall.  The OED lists "Paille Maille", but it just says "obsolete, see Pall Mall".  76.19.127.225 (talk) 09:34, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
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Requested move back to "pall mall (game)"

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The result of the move request was: Move to pall-mall. There's clear consensus that the "pall-mall" spelling is the most common. The form with the hyphen appears to have more support, and has the additional benefit of removing the need for the parenthetical disambiguator. Cúchullain t/ c 17:32, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Paille-maille → Pall mall (game) – The result of the above move request "pall mall (game)" -> "Paille-maille" by SMcCandlish was do not move, but the following day SMcCandlish went ahead and moved it anyway. It seems clear that "pall mall" is the current English language name for this game (or at least was when it was last popular), and paille-maille is just part of its etymology (and perhaps its current name in other languages). The OED entry quoted above by 76.19.127.225 confirms this. So I propose that it be moved back. Quietbritishjim (talk) 15:22, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy revert out of process move, after a failure at WP:RM. -- 65.92.181.190 (talk) 06:40, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 *  Speedy revert apparent out of process move, after a failure at WP:RM. -- ...though not sure about edited redirect issue above In ictu oculi (talk) 04:25, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * "Speedy" doesn't apply three years after the fact. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿ ¤ þ  Contrib.  05:42, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * True. But then even with only an IP objecting it was an out-of-process move. Sorry SMcC, but have to be consistent here following objections to other editors making moves counter RM, even though this is pretty minor/trivial/old compared to other examples. I don't understand "another admin overrode the first by responding to and removing the edited redirect so the article could be moved to its current name"? Was the other admin aware he was answering a G6 request counter an RM? But anyway, it's a non-malicious one-off, restore it and move on. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:52, 3 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep as is, and it wasn't an out-of-process move. A single !vote of disagreement does not constitute a consensus against a proposal, no matter what a closing admin might say, and another admin overrode the first by responding to and removing the edited redirect so the article could be moved to its current name, indicating either a) that an administrative disagreement existed over the matter that, basically, no one cares about, or b) that no one involved or uninvolved, not even me, remembered as little as a day later that there ever was an RM opened on this at all, which didn't come to a meaningful conclusion anyway. The fact that the article has been stable at paille-maille for over 3 years with no objection and no evidence of confusion or any other problems strongly suggests per WP:CCC (and the basic "if it isn't broken, don't 'fix' it" principle) that, despite the abortive RM pseudo-consensus, it should remain at this title unless  not procedural reasons override. "Pall mall" is one of innumerable variant spellings which appears to have arisen long after the game was extinct and is applied principally to later meanings. It is not only ambiguous, the application of this spelling to the game itself appears to be a back-formation. Meanwhile, "paille-maille" is well-attested, both in the period and in later (including modern) writing, and is not ambiguous. The OED does not magically set policy at WP:AT, and is not the only dictionary in the world, just the longest.  Show me a  of English-language dictionaries labeling "paille-maille" as obsolete, then you have a case.  Re-opening this now, not in terms of the merits of name A vs. name B, but in terms of personal accusations and process nitpicking, years after the fact, and in absence of any actual problem that needs to be addressed, is a clear example of WP:LAWYER, and is a solution in search of a problem.  PS: The sole objection raised in the original RM is factually incorrect anyway; the OED certainly does not capitalize this or the name of other games (except in as much as they contain proper names, e.g. "Chinese checkers"). — SMcCandlish    Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿ ¤ þ  Contrib.  05:40, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The thing that troubles me is to see an editor propose a move, it is disputed, an admin closes the move request, and within two days the article gets moved. No discussion, no opportunity to discuss it. That does strike me as completely out of process. Did consensus change in two days? How would anyone know if there had been not discussion. It seems like well I did not get my way but I am going to go ahead and move it anyway. What is interesting is that no one noticed that until three years later. It certainly is not one of the most viewed articles. Admins do not normally wheel war. It is more likely that the admin who responded to the db request did not see the ramification? However, all of that is moot now, and I would suggest a clean slate and consider the correct naming of the article. It does point out though, the need to look at the talk page before making a move. Apteva (talk) 00:20, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * In response to SMcCandlish:
 * '"Pall mall" is one of innumerable variant spellings'
 * No one disputes that, the question is which is the most common variant in modern English.
 * 'which appears to have arisen long after the game was extinct'
 * Also irrelevant. Should we rename Roman London to Londinium because that's the name in use at the time? No, because articles are named after their common modern English names.
 * 'It is not only ambiguous'
 * Sorry about repeating myself, but again this is irrelevant. Wikipedia articles should have the current most common name, even if there's a less common one that we think is somehow "better" (in this case, less ambiguous).
 * 'the application of this spelling to the game itself appears to be a back-formation.'
 * Do I even need to type my reply to this? Again, articles are named after their most common modern English name; etymology is irrelevant to the article name (although may be worth mentioning in the article content).
 * 'The fact that the article has been stable at paille-maille for over 3 years with no objection and no evidence of confusion or any other problems strongly suggests ...'
 * I'd say that all it suggests is that it is not a very commonly viewed article, at least not by people enthusiastic enough to edit it, given that this is a dead sport.
 * 'Re-opening this now, not in terms of the merits of name A vs. name B, but in terms of personal accusations and process nitpicking ... ' (plus most of the remainder of the comment)
 * The people above me are quite correct that there was an issue with the process of the original move, and it's true that I talked about it that in my move request. But the main thrust of my move request is the issue itself, and drawing attention the IP's very relevant argument about the issue. That issue being, the modern English name of this game.
 * 'PS: The sole objection raised in the original RM is factually incorrect anyway; the OED certainly does not capitalize this or the name of other games' (compare with previous sentence '... is a clear example of WP:LAWYER ...')
 * Is this meant to be a joke? Picking on the capital letter in the IP's comment is nitpicking in the extreme.
 * 'The OED does not magically set policy at WP:AT, and is not the only dictionary in the world, just the longest. Show me a majority of English-language dictionaries labeling "paille-maille" as obsolete, then you have a case'
 * At last an on-topic statement! It seems to be the only one in your comment. But this is simply not the standard of evidence required to move a Wikipedia article. You haven't presented a single source that claims that paille-maille is the modern English name, let alone a "majority of English-language dictionaries". Quietbritishjim (talk) 00:52, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Observation Regardless of what way this RM swings, or on what arguments, I have noticed that I incorrectly asked that it be moved to "pall mall (game)". In fact the correct name is the hyphenated "pall-mall (game)". This can be seen in pretty much any book that refers to the game and, yes of course, in the OED entry for it. I don't know if that makes things procedurally tricky given that the original name before the previous RM was unhyphenated. Quietbritishjim (talk) 01:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, it makes it procedurally tricky, since pall mall (game) is not only an unnecessary disambiguation per WP:AT (then WP:NC), it's also (sans the disambiguation of course) not the most common name, per WP:COMMON. There was nothing wrong with moving this article away from pall mall (game); the question now is whether there is proof of the assertion that pall-mall is the most common name in English reliable sources. The squabbly details between me and Quietbritishjim, whom I'm too tired to respond to in detail right now, are not even relevant to the question presently before us, namely what this article should be, which is one of paille-maille or palle-malle or pall-mall, depending on, and only on, the preponderance of sources, and obviously not pall mall or the disambig'd pall mall (game). So, the request to simply revert the rename can't be honored, even if consensus is ultimately against paille-maille. My large collection of game rules and history books are all in storage right now, so I'm probably just going to recuse myself from the debate henceforth, since I don't have the materials I need, and really WP:DGAF anyway. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿ ¤ þ  Contrib.  07:23, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * "Yes, it makes it procedurally tricky, since pall mall (game)" - Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear, when I said "procedurally tricky" I meant moving to the hyphenated form when my request had originally been for the non hyphenated form. "pall mall (game) is not only an unnecessary disambiguation per WP:AT (then WP:NC)" - You keep misquoting that policy. It's true that if a non-parenthetical form of the same title will do then the plain version should be used. But you're suggesting that if a non-parenthetical form of a different title will do then that should be used in preference. That's not true; the common name should be chosen regardless, and then questions about ambiguity should be raised. Both of the sources that you quoted agree with this. "the question now is whether there is proof of the assertion that pall-mall is the most common name in English reliable sources" - I agree the question is now which is the most common name. But the burden of proof isn't where you claim. Quietbritishjim (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. Pall mall or pall-mall best matches the usage in the article and in sources.  That derivative meanings use this spelling and that Wikipedia procedure was previously ignored bolster my support.  Also, re the comment that "article has been stable at paille-maille for over 3 years with no objection and no evidence of confusion..."  My interest here now is due to coming across the article in the last year while investigating a derivative term.  Although I would not describe my reaction to the title as confusion, I did find it rather curious.  However, no doubt like most readers, I don't always register evidence of such "confusion".  I went on about my business but still thinking the title was less than ideal.  —  AjaxSmack   23:16, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. Pall-mall already redirects here so adding (game) is not needed. Apteva (talk) 15:08, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Is it appropriate to have pall-mall as an article and pall mall as a disambiguation page? It seems a bit confusing to distinguish articles by whether their names have a dash in them or not. I don't know what the rules are so this is an honest question. Quietbritishjim (talk) 00:18, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
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Pall-mall and pell-mell?
Hi all,

I noted that pell-mell redirects to pall-mall, although the two terms seem to have no common origin and most online sources (including Wiktionary) give a different etymology for pell-mell. (It's difficult to see how a measured game like pall-mall should have become a synonym for turmoil and confusion anyway. :-))

Should the redirect be broken up, or should the pall-mall article mention that pell-mell does have a different origin, despite the superficial similarity? --Syzygy (talk) 07:41, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Merge with Jeu de mail
Please consider merging this article with this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeu_de_mail — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gpapke (talk • contribs) 02:30, 30 December 2018 (UTC)