Talk:St Michael's Church of England High School, Crosby

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Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Moved to St Michael's Church of England High School, Rowley Regis and St Michael's Church of England High School, Crosby Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:22, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

St. Michael's Church of England High School → St Michael's Church of England High School – I don't know why "St." is used, but this school is British, so we can't use American English over British one. The period (.) must be scrapped. Relisted Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:46, 6 December 2013 (UTC) George Ho (talk) 01:20, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support. As per usual practice for British articles. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:28, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The school itself apparently has no issues with the "." Dohn joe (talk) 18:13, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support dropping the period is the usual practice for British articles. The school's website that Dohn Joe provided both uses and doesn't use the period. Hot Stop talk-contribs 02:23, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not so fast—the proposed title already describes another school of the same name. Move this page to St Michael's Church of England High School (Crosby, Merseyside), that one to St Michael's Church of England High School (Rowley Regis) (or however else English schools are typically disambiguated), and redirect the base title to St. Michael's School#United Kingdom. --BDD (talk) 19:51, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- In that case, move to St Michael's Church of England High School, Rowley Regis and St Michael's Church of England High School, Crosby, as per usual disambiguation. -- Necrothesp (talk) 20:30, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Move to St Michael's Church of England High School, Rowley Regis and St Michael's Church of England High School, Crosby, as above. In ictu oculi (talk) 23:59, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Where does it say that "St." is American and "St" is British? Is there MOS or AT guidance? It seems to me that "St." is an acceptable alternative to "St" in British English (again, see the school's website, which clearly uses both). Wouldn't WP:COMMONALITY suggest that we go with the style that is acceptable in both versions? Dohn joe (talk) 18:29, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right, but either way, we can probably all agree that the punctuation isn't sufficient to disambiguate the two schools by this name. --BDD (talk) 18:48, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Abbreviations in modern British English are overwhelmingly written without the full stop(s), which is why we don't use them in British English articles. -- Necrothesp (talk) 20:20, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Move to St Michael's Church of England High School, Rowley Regis and St Michael's Church of England High School, Crosby, also as above. Duffit5 (talk) 23:14, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Move to St Michael's Church of England High School, Rowley Regis and St Michael's Church of England High School, Crosby, also as above. And dispense with the full stop (period). Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:28, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Where did Rowley Regis come into the discussion? Rowley Regis is in the West Midlands and a long way from Merseyside. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:14, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rowley Regis is the home of the other St Michael's Church of England High School (located at the proposed title). --BDD (talk) 18:22, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.