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Requested move 15 December 2019

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: no consensus to move the page to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 03:40, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Command Module Columbia → Apollo CSM Columbia – harmonising with Apollo command and service module to create a more consistent article title, while truncating the "command and service module" name to the "CSM" acronym used in the vehicles' numeric designations. Columbia is the name for CSM-107 as a whole, and not just its command module. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 08:11, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, especially the truncating of Command Module Columbia, which is a proper name and the topic of this page. Adding 'Apollo' is unnecessary, per brevity and understandability of the topic. The page focuses on the historically important spacecraft, the flown command module and presently exhibited artifact, and not the lost service module component. The present name fits the topic, does not confuse, and gives sufficient information to describe the topic. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:09, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support more unambiguous title. --Soumyabrata (talk • subpages) 16:46, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – because:
1. The title is consistent with other similar articles like: Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle Enterprise, Space Shuttle Endeavour and Space Shuttle Challenger.
2. This is the COMMONNAME used by RS which focus on the subject such as Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects which has a chapter titled "Command Module Columbia, Apollo 11" or Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution which reads, "The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia was the living quarters for the three-man crew during most of the first manned lunar landing mission in July 1969." The latter book ends the chapter (also dedicate solely to this craft) with a paragraph which partly reads, "... on July 24, they discarded the Service Module and entered Earth's atmosphere. Columbia's exterior is covered with epoxy-resin ablative heatshield." The crucial thing to notice is that the heatshield was covered by the service module for much the spacecraft's journey. It was only when the service module was discarded that Columbia achieved it's true form.

Both the service module and the lunar module were attached to Columbia for much of its journey, but they are not part of the spacecraft anymore than the Saturn V was part of this spacecraft, or the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster and the Space Shuttle external tank was part of Challenger, Atlantis, Columbia, Endeavour, Enterprise and Discovery. Columbia refers only to the command module. The service module as the name suggests is just a service rocket, similar to the Saturn V launching vehicle. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 20:58, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 12 September 2020

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The result of the move request was: consensus not to move(non-admin closure) Megan☺️ ^{Talk to the monster} 19:36, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Command module Columbia → Command Module Columbia – Per consistency with Lunar Module Eagle, Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle Enterprise, Space Shuttle Endeavour and Space Shuttle Challenger --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 14:58, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – The current title is consistent with Apollo command and service module. --Soumya-8974 ^talk _contribs ^subpages 07:23, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Command module is not a proper noun, and neither is the proposed title - the actual name of the object is simply "Columbia".[1][2] You could rename it so Columbia (command module), but frankly I wouldn't bother, the current name is OK. — Amakuru (talk) 15:30, 20 September 2020 (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.