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On 3 September 2012, it was proposed that this article be moved to Hisense Arena. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

On 21 August 2018, it was proposed that this article be moved to Melbourne Arena. The result of the discussion was consensus to move.

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The prime function of Vodafone is as a cycling velodrome. There is a cycling track under the removeab le seating seen during the Australian open. It is reguarly used for cycling throughout the year. yet despite this, cycling is even mentioned in the article.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.28.45.101 (talk) 01:41, 11 February 2006

I fixed it. But hey, you could have, too -- that's the point of a wiki! pfctdayelise 10:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WTF??

"The stadium has recently taken up inhabitance of the NBL" if I knew what this was supposed to mean I'd clean it up Albatross2147 03:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Until this recent move the venue was largely outside of the two weeks of the Australian Open tennis tournament. Ditto. --Angry mob mulls options 06:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requested Move

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The result of the proposal was no consensus. --BDD (talk) 19:47, 11 October 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)[reply]

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue → Hisense Arena – If the current name is commonly used among Australian media and fans, then I'll drop my suggestion, but I don't think I've read it anywhere else. Relisted. BDD (talk) 23:49, 4 October 2012 (UTC) Khan_singh (talk) 20:26, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support My reading of WP:UCN is that we should use the most common name for a subject, unless it is ambiguous, incorrect (or biased). a quick research trip showed that Hisense Arena is the common name used in press and (currently) is the correct name for the place. The second part is crucial because when the naming contract is up (2014), this page should be moved again, in my opinion. SLawsonIII (talk) 12:24, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Its sponsored name(s) is subject to change and should be re-directed to here. Consider the example of Docklands Stadium. See previous discussion.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 09:49, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If the sponsorship is sold to another company, it will be a simple matter to move the page. "Common name" is the standard, and this page is virtually the only source that uses "Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue." Khan_singh (talk) 23:51, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Note that as the proposer of the move, you've already indicated your support above.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 12:00, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, duh. Sorry about that. Khan_singh (talk) 01:30, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This is the name that the venue was refered to during the 2006 Commonwealth Games. As said it moves all the time shoud not be moved from this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.11.212 (talk) 11:08, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: I've moved this article from Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue to Melbourne Park Multi Purpose Venue. Both names are probably equally valid, this name was also used during the Commonwealth Games, but at least the latter provides some specificity about the venue instead of an article title which seems absurdly generic. This change seems uncontroversial enough to me to bypass any discussion. Aspirex (talk) 00:18, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sponsorship names

Note to editors: As per previous discussion, please don't move the name of this article to a temporary sponsorship name. Thank you. Afterwriting (talk) 04:03, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Um, can you prove that outside of a sponsorship clash anyone actually uses the name the article is currently title? If not then it fails WP:COMMONNAME and must be moved. oknazevad (talk) 22:51, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Netball since 1997?

How was netball possibly played there in 1997 when the stadium opened in 2000? "The arena has been used for netball from 1997 for Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne Kestrels games in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy." Tjej (talk) 09:35, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 21 August 2018

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The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 10:18, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue → Melbourne Arena – The change of name to Melbourne Arena poses an interesting question. Should the title be changed? Wikipedia rarely embraces corporate article titles for stadiums, in this instance though the new name would appear to fit with WP:NAMINGCRITERIA. You can't get more recognizable than the city after which the arena is named, consistent with other Australian stadium titles on wikipedia which are mostly non-commercial. Given a few months, most people will likely become intimatley familiar with this name, as they were with Hisense until now and Vodafone before that. One thing that cannot be said is that the current title (Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue) fits any of the criteria. It isn't recognizable, certainly not concise and is unlikley to be the name people will ever search for. Literally no one in Melbourne refers to this venue as the Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue. There are also more google results for Melbourne Arena than the multi-purpose venue. Jono52795 (talk) 05:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support - nom couldn't have put it any better. Adamtt9 (talk) 14:49, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - per reasoning by nominator and sourcing. Fyunck(click) (talk) 22:17, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per nominator rationale. The Drover's Wife (talk) 21:56, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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