Talk:Splinter News

Requested move 27 November 2018

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The result of the move request was: Do not move. Consensus is that Splinter News is not the official name, but natural disambiguation which is used in RS is preferable to disambiguating the official name with "website". (non-admin closure) В²C ☎ 02:25, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Splinter News → Splinter (website) – "Splinter News" is not a formal or official title: it's just Splinter, similar to Vox (website), Polygon (website) and The Outline (website). While some reliable sources refer to it as "Splinter News" in passing or when citing reports (e.g., ), indicating that "Splinter News" has entered the vernacular as a synonym, Splinter itself does not appear to use the title (aside from the url splinternews.com), nor do many sources that directly discuss the website (e.g. , , . Splinter (website) was previously a redirect to Gizmodo, which does not even mention the website under discussion here. --Animalparty! (talk) 23:05, 27 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose but open to alternatives. (website) is a terrible disambiguator and should be deprecated with prejudice. -- Netoholic @  05:51, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Support. The website’s name is not Splinter News, not is Splinter News its common name.  Calidum   22:07, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: All of which is irrelevant in terms of the article naming policy. Andrewa (talk) 21:27, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose. No case to answer really. By nom's own admission, the current name is used by sources, making it a reasonable natural disambiguation. The official name counts for very little, as does the website itself as it is a primary source. Andrewa (talk) 10:08, 5 December 2018 (UTC)


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