Talk:Ageing (disambiguation)

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Requested move 20 December 2016[edit]

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The result of the move request was: not moved. WP:SNOW closure. Calidum 01:59, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ageing (disambiguation) → Aging (disambiguation) – "Ageing" is an incorrect spelling; you must drop the final E when you add ING 2602:302:D124:A0E0:9D27:830C:1E04:6AD0 (talk) 23:28, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose There is nothing wrong with the spelling either one is correct. - GB fan 23:39, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Other than the primary topic, all the remaining entries (Aging in dogs, Aging in humans, Aging of wine, Barrel aging, Beef aging, Cheese aging, Aging (task scheduling), Software aging…) use "Aging". —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 05:04, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Aging in humans, Barrel aging and Cheese aging are just redirects where Ageing in humans, Barrel ageing and Cheese ageing also exist as redirects. - GB fan 09:56, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose see The Hindu March 2016 Understanding the economy of ageing, note also MOS:ENGVAR and MOS:RETAIN per clpo13). IP, please remember that US English is a minority dialect, most of the world's English speakers speak Indian English. "Aging" tends to only occur in contexts where American spellings are current, such as IT/computing. That shouldn't apply to Aging in dogs, since the majority of the world's dogs live outside America, as for Beef aging that article has a merge on it to Beef hanging looks like a duplicate article. Also note that Ageing in humans/Barrel ageing/Cheese ageing aren't articles, only redirects with exist in both international and US variants. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:14, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A move should not be just because of national speeling differences, WP:TITLEVAR specifices that If a topic has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation, the title of its article should use that nation's variety of English..... Otherwise, all national varieties of English are acceptable in article titles. There is no specific affiliation, so I can see no reason to move. Furthermore, both spellings are seen as acceptable. It is not like one is wrong as the nom has suggested. [1], [2]. Interestingly, the WHO use 'Ageing' - [3]. TheMagikCow (talk) 15:36, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per MOS:RETAIN, MOS:ENGVAR, WP:TITLEVAR, and the fact that the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC uses the current spelling. There is no problem here that needs fixing. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:28, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

Since India has been mentioned, it should be noted that while India may already be, or is about to become, the world's most populous country, the nation with the largest population for whom English is the primary language is, in fact, the United States, which may be also described as the most populous nation in which English is the official primary language. Here is "Aging" as used by The New York Times and here is its use by The Wall Street Journal.
To be exact, India is the world's most populous country which has English as a second language. The Times of India, Hindustan Times or The Hindu are, indeed, major English-language newspapers, but the two largest-circulation newspapers in India are the Hindi-language Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik Jagran.
In fact, among the 11 publications at List of newspapers in India by circulation, only 2 are in English.
The position of English in India's entertainment and culture becomes even more starkly evident when the country's cinema industry is brought to the fore. The world's most prolific filmmaking nation, it has produced 1903 films in 2016, of which only 5 were made in English.
Thus, using the standard of the most-populous English-speaking country, American English would trump [!] all the others. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 23:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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