User:Leaky caldron/sandbox

Rather than responding to several individual !supports all over the place which I regard as an approach verging on badgering, I will add some further new research en-bloc (here, because there is a per !vote above based on my original Oppose). Per POLICY, WP:TITLE: A good Wikipedia article title has the five following characteristics.  I have added my own emphasis of the salient points: 

Recognizability – The title is a name or description of the subject that someone familiar with, although not necessarily an expert in, the subject area will recognize. Naturalness – The title is one that readers are likely to look or search for and that editors would naturally use to link to the article from other articles. '' Such a title usually conveys what the subject is actually called in English. '' Precision – The title unambiguously identifies the article's subject and distinguishes it from other subjects. (See § Precision and disambiguation, below.)  There is already disambiguation links on Internazionale  Conciseness – The title is  no longer than necessary to identify the article's subject  and distinguish it from other subjects. (See § Conciseness, below) Consistency – The title is consistent with the pattern of similar articles' titles.

Inter Milan in the English language is clearly without a doubt the title which satisfies each of these characteristics compared with the foreign language "Internazionale Milano". It is recognisable and used far more widely in English speaking sources. It is plainly more natural than an Italian construct within English speaking nations. There is no doubt it is both precise and concise. As far as Consistency is concerned, this is mentioned in some !Supports. The Naming_conventions_(sports_teams) which is linked from the above policy states the following:
 * The name is used on the  English-language section of the club's official website 
 * The name has been  adopted at least by a significant section of the English-language media  and it is recognizable
 * The name is not easily confused with other clubs' names.

The 2nd & 3rd are clearly satisfied. But most significant is the reference to the English-language section of the clubs official website. . ''"Inter" is not only the prominent title, it is the dominant usage on that page, appearing 40 times.  Even on the  Italian version "Inter" appears 45 times compared with 4 for the full Italian name. '' Finally, it has to be pointed out that several of those supporters of the change are also part of WP:FOOTY and WP:CONLIMITED is particularly clear. Consensus among a limited group of editors, at one place and time, cannot override community consensus on a wider scale. '' Participants in a WikiProject cannot decide that some generally accepted policy or guideline does not apply to articles within its scope. '' WikiProject advice which has not formally been approved by the wider community through the policy and guideline proposal process have no more status than an essay. WP:PROJ '''WikiProjects are not rule-making organizations. '' WikiProjects have no special rights or privileges compared to other editors and may not impose their preferences on articles. '