Talk:Space Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Article

Requested move 12 March 2021

 * 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: Move article to Space Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Article from MPTA-098  Terasail &#91;✉&#93; 02:07, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

MPTA-098 → Space Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Article – My reasoning is that the current article title may be too precise to be a natural and recognisable title (WP:PRECISE). To anybody not intimately familiar with the subject of the article itself, the current title may come off as just a random assortment of letters and numbers that don't convey a clear meaning. Spelling out the acronym might help clearly identify the subject of the article, and further disambiguating it with "Space Shuttle" will make it clear what the subject is a test article of (WP:DAB), and make it consistent with other articles about test articles and orbiters that use "Space Shuttle" as a disambiguator, such as Space Shuttle Inspiration, Space Shuttle Pathfinder, Space Shuttle Enterprise, ect. (WP:TITLECON) — Molly Brown (talk) 14:07, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Just call it what NASA calls it? Find out what the "offical" name is and name the page that. Wingman1 21:45, 12 March 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wingman1 (talk • contribs)
 * This would be against the wisdom of WP:OFFICIAL though, and doesn't address any of the issues I brought up. — Molly Brown (talk) 02:58, 13 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment - Agree that the current title is essentially meaningless, evidence as to how it's described by reliable sources may be helpful in establishing the optimal title. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 07:39, 13 March 2021 (UTC)