Talk:Wasting of water

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Requested move 4 July 2017

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Not moved. There is a clear absence of consensus in favor of the proposed move, and concern that the proposed title would be less comprehensible to readers. bd2412 T 14:30, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wasting of water → Water waste – the requested new title is most appropriate for the article's contents but is currently used as a #REDIRECT page DziegielewskiBA (talk) 18:36, 3 July 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 15:38, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

~~Oppose~~ – The concept of "waste water" is not the same as "wasting of water". Dicklyon (talk) 04:08, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:21, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@DziegielewskiBA and Dicklyon: Queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:22, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Ambiguity - Agree with Dicklyon: "waste water" is an alternative spelling of "wastewater" (that flows in sanitary sewers). With reversed order of the two words, the term "water waste" is used in the U.S. to mean "wasting of water" or "wasteful use of water" - see New York Times headline on Oct. 7, 2014.DziegielewskiBA (talk) 14:03, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, I actually read it backwards. I withdraw my opposition, though I wouldn't go so far as to say I favor this change. Dicklyon (talk) 04:14, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I was inclined to think that "water wastage" was the most used term, but according to this handy ngram: [1] it's actually "water waste" which wins, as per the nom. — Amakuru (talk) 10:03, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – None of those titles sound good for a standalone article, and "water waste" still sounds confusing with water pollution, even if not strictly with wastewater. I would instead support the proposed merge into Water conservation. @GeoffreyT2000, Anthony Appleyard, DziegielewskiBA, Dicklyon, and Amakuru: Would you support that? — JFG ^talk 10:24, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No objection from me. This isn't a particularly long article to start with, so its content could probably be usefully incorporated into the wider article you mention. — Amakuru (talk) 10:29, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose "water waste" is US English, while in India, Aus and the UK "water waste" means nothing to most people. The current title is understandable to all readers. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:35, 18 July 2017 (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. No further edits should be made to this section.

Overlap with Water conservation article?

This article didn't have project tags till I added them. Seems to not be well coordinated with other related articles. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:35, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete this article

As requested, I merged this article with the article "Water conservation". It is no longer needed and I am not sure if I have the necessary permissions to remove it.DziegielewskiBA 23:44, 16 January 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DziegielewskiBA (talk • contribs)