Talk:Sony Alpha 77 II
Requested move 25 July 2014
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Sony Alpha 77 II → Sony α77 II – Title blacklisted, but appears to be the actual name of the product. Strangely, was able to make it as a redirect, but not move it myself. *shrug*. – Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:42, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
- This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:02, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
- Do we treat the Greek letter α as a stylization, here in an object for common use rather than an obscure scientific equation? 'α' looks much like 'a' to someone who is not thinking in terms of Greek letters at the time; many such people, if needing to write alpha, would write or type the 5 letters 'a l p h a' rather then the Greek letter. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:02, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
- Oppose WP:OFFICIALNAME we do not use official names just because they are official. WP:AT we do not use untypable non-English special characters for no reason. MOS:TM we should not use special characters in place of English words. WP:UE, this camera frequently appears in English using an English lettered term "Alpha" , so we can avoid using the Greek-language term "α" -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 06:00, 25 July 2014 (UTC)