Talk:Russian Orthodox Diocese of Smolensk

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Requested move 1 February 2023[edit]

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: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jerium (talk) 11:17, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Russian Orthodox Diocese of Smolensk → Diocese of Smolensk (Russian Orthodox Church) – Disambiguation is needed from similar entities in the Ruthenian Uniate Church and the Roman Catholic Church. See disambig page. Laurel Lodged (talk) 09:10, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Standard wording and already disambiguated by the addition of the name of the church. No idea therefore what the nominator means by disambiguation being needed. See Category:Eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:31, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reply @Necrothesp: "standard"? What standard? There are multiple entities with near-equivalent names; they need to be disambiguated. The only question is, "Which is the correct type of disambiguator?". For geography, it is the comma; for type it is parentheses. Laurel Lodged (talk) 11:56, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The standard, as is quite clear, is "Russian Orthodox Diocese of Blah". I'm really not sure why you think that needs changing. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:10, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:NCDAB and WP:CONSISTENT. Maybe this should emerge with the nearly identical RM at Talk:Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchy of Smolensk#Requested move 1 February 2023. —Michael Z. 23:13, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. As far as I can see, there is no other Orthodox Diocese of Smolensk, nor is there any other Russian Diocese of Smolensk. So, the existing title is quite unambiguous. Vanjagenije (talk) 15:37, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.