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@User:Liz Please review Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States#Future-class. In an effort to standardize across Wikipedia. Future class will no longer be used. I don't want to get into an edit war, so I thought I would provide you with information on current practice. Demt1298 (talk) 15:54, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 9 August 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: move the pages to the proposed titles at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 07:39, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

– Like other sports, leagues, tournaments, etc. (most recently see Talk:MLS Cup Playoffs#Requested move 31 July 2024), "playoffs" is generic, not part of the proper name "USL Cup" or "USL Championship". Dicklyon (talk) 04:42, 9 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 08:06, 16 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 08:04, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. Giant Snowman 12:56, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom and recent consensus. Giant Snowman 12:57, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Sources in these articles, and from what I'm finding on search engines, seem to overwhelmingly capitalize "Playoffs". Seems to be treated as a common name and the unrelated linked discussion is entirely irrelevant, otherwise we'd have only needed one "Playoffs" proposed move ever. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:15, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Hey man im josh. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:47, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Randy, in light of the confusion you admitted here, why not support this move per guidelines and sources? Dicklyon (talk) 21:06, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per MOS:CAPS, WP:NCCAPS, WP:CONSISTENT. This is the same as every other previous case like this. There is no mystical difference between this one and all the rest. MOS:CAPS: only words and phrases that are consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources are capitalized in Wikipedia (emphasis in original). Sources does not consistently capitalize this stuff; those that do so are mostly promotional. This is immediately and unmistakably noticeable in a news search, in which lower-case "playoffs" is common in actual news sources, while "Playoffs" is primarily found in non-independent, promotional sources (the league itself, websites of teams in the league, WP:UGC fansites of the league or a team in it, ticket sellers and city portals promoting events, etc.). Just like in all the previous cases. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 02:29, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support—SMcCandlish puts it very well. Tony (talk) 03:28, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Most reliable sources don't capitalize the term in question, so the title shouldn't either. Waqar💬 19:36, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Football/United States and Canada task force, WikiProject Football/Season article task force, WikiProject Sports, WikiProject Football, and WikiProject United States have been notified of this discussion. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 08:05, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strong support per SMcCandish's comments above. Paul Vaurie (talk) 14:04, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per SMcCandlish. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 12:15, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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