Talk:The Portal (San Francisco)

Portal renaming
The TJPA renamed the project to "The Portal" (https://www.tjpa.org/portaldtx) a while back and most news article are calling it that now. Should the article be moved and content reworded to account for this? Takikawa (talk) 16:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @Takikawa: I would recommend starting a requested move. I would support the move, but a formal discussion is a good idea here. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I started looking into filing a request, but realized that The Portal is a disambiguation page and a new title as "The Portal" would need to be disambiguated. Since the current title naturally disambiguates, for now I am thinking I will just note the official project name in the article text. Takikawa (talk) 23:54, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'd be happy with starting the formal discussion, but I'm having trouble deciding on the parenthetical. Would something along the lines of "(transit project)" or "(San Francisco)" be appropriate? OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 05:50, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @OrdinaryScarlett: "San Francisco" seems best to me. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:02, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sounds good! OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 08:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 16 May 2024

 * 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: moved. (non-admin closure) Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 14:02, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Downtown Rail Extension → The Portal (San Francisco) – The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, the authority behind the project, has officially renamed the project "The Portal" back in October 2022, with news agencies now referring to the project as such. OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 08:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 16:03, 23 May 2024 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support: this now seems to be the common name as well as the official name. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not so sure it is common even yet. The SFCTA website still calls it the Downtown Rail Extension. And typing portal san francisco into google, the top hits are info on the city of SF employee online portal and info on West Portal. -MJ (talk) 21:03, 16 May 2024 (UTC)