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On 16 December 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Mers (disambiguation) to Mers. The result of the discussion was moved.

MERS[edit]

Since the acronym MERS has become rather common, referring to the respiratory syndrome, due to its frequent appearance in the news nowadays, perhaps it ought to point directly to that page, with a link to the disambiguation page appearing there. 172.56.26.132 (talk) 14:12, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 April 2020[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: Speedy close. The nomination rationale does not even apply to two of the three nominated entries. WP:NPASR for a well-formed request. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:51, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mers (disambiguation) → MERS (disambiguation)
SARS (disambiguation) → SARS
Coronavirus disease → COVID

– No clear primary topic 114.125.232.1 (talk) 21:35, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Coronavirus disease is an article not a DAB page like the others. Is there a proposal to make it a DAB or redirect it to one (like Coronavirus (disambiguation)). Crouch, Swale (talk) 21:48, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose all three, which are falsely linked by this proposal. Mers (disambiguation) refers to different concepts, not all of which lend themselves to capitalisation. SARS (disambiguation) should, for the same reason, probably be Sars (disambiguation), but certainly not straight to the article for one particular disease caused by one strain of SARS virus. And the relevant WikiProject has already reached a consensus about the Coronavirus disease page. Kevin McE (talk) 22:26, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The nomination statement only seems to apply to the SARS page (opposing it since it's a clear primary topic). – Thjarkur (talk) 00:01, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Middle East respiratory syndrome which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 18:04, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 16 December 2021[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 15:34, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mers (disambiguation) → Mers – Mers is currently a primary redirect to Middle East respiratory syndrome. However, there is no primary topic for that space; the syndrome has an argument based on usage as MERS, while the Mer community, also called Mers, have an argument based on long term significance, being up to a thousand years old and numbering 250,000 people. As such, it seems appropriate to replace the redirect with this disambiguation page. BilledMammal (talk) 09:28, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:41, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support: The disease is MERS, not Mers. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:33, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom and per BarrelProof. BD2412 T 00:01, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. No primary topic here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:56, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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"The Mahers" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect The Mahers and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 6#The Mahers until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Iseult^Δxparlez moi 14:07, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]