Talk:The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel

Requested move 17 June 2018

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Moved to The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel. See a fair general agreement to erase the question mark from this title. The ellipsis can stay as it is, since in this case it acts as a lead in, sort of an informal colon, to the ensuing text, "Why Kneel". Editors are correct that a leading space before the ellipsis would indicate missing text rather than the informal colon. Have a Great Day and Happy Publishing! (nac by page mover)  Paine Ellsworth   put'r there  00:36, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? → The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel – According to the record label's website and the back cover of the record, the official title seems to be "The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel". 153.166.45.121 (talk) 09:48, 17 June 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. bd2412  T 02:43, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Move to The Taste of Rain ... Why Kneel? per MOS:ELLIPSIS. Punctation spacing is a style matter of an "officialness" issue.  — SMcCandlish''' ☏ ¢ 😼  09:11, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Move to The Taste of Rain ... Why Kneel?. Not sure I understand all of the rationale of the above, but I think it means that the ? is a matter of usage and should follow reliable secondary sources (rather than the official name and/or primary sources as suggested by nom) but the proposed blanks are a matter of style and should follow our own MOS. Agree with that if so! Andrewa (talk) 15:27, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment, MOS:ELLIPSIS is for texts not titles. For example, it is I Am... Sasha Fierce not I Am ... Sasha Fierce. WP:AT is the policy here. © Tb hotch ™ (en-2.5). 18:39, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * It's for texts, true, but there seems no reason not to apply it to article titles. We generally prefer article titles as they would appear in running text, for many reasons. Andrewa (talk) 23:11, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * But we certainly prefer titles as indicated by independent reliable sources, regardless of Wikipedia's guidelines. © Tb hotch ™ (en-2.5). 00:45, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
 * That's treating the title as a quotation, in effect. Interesting suggestion that should be further discussed IMO. No change of !vote as yet at least. Andrewa (talk) 06:10, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Support as proposed. The question mark isn't consistently used, but the ellipsis is used. The proposed version is the correct rendering per WP:ELLIPSIS. The three dots separated by spaces are used to indicated of excluded text from the quoted material. It's not forced when the quoted material actually includes the dots itself, "in which case the punctuation is retained in its original form".--Cúchullain t/ c 16:35, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Again, this treats the title as a quotation, does it not? That raises all sorts of issues. Andrewa (talk) 06:10, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
 * It doesn't really raise any issues beyond the fact that we follow the sources. We don't use an ellipsis surrounded by spaces unless it's actually being used to indicate removed material. There could be an argument to space it if the sources aren't consistent, but we haven't seen that argument.--Cúchullain t/ c 17:57, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Discussion
This has raised far more issues than I was expecting. I am involved but would welcome a relisting. Andrewa (talk) 06:12, 26 June 2018 (UTC)


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