Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikipedia style and naming

The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:

Talk:ExxonMobil

This article used to have a heading "Support for climate change denialism" which was removed or changed in this extensive edit. Should a heading called "Support for climate change denialism" be restored in the article? Note that there has been discussion of this issue with involved editors above on this talk page. Note also that we're not looking so much for votes here, as for in-depth comments on the content issues, and possible proposals of how the content should read. The RfC is posed as a question, but we welcome comments and new ideas as per the above section. SageRad (talk) 15:43, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Mesh blocks

I think that this article should be moved to the title Meshblock or possibly Mesh Block. Where an article is about something that can be both singular or plural a singular title is probably a better title. From what I can tell, the term meshblock is used by Statistics New Zealand, while the term Mesh Block is used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. They have fairly similar definitions. The only articles that currently link to the article about Mesh blocks are all related to Statistics New Zealand surveys. Also this article is ranked as a mid-importance New Zealand article. Currently there are two(2) Wikipedia articles relating to Australia that use mesh blocks or Mesh Blocks. Also when it is used elsewhere it is usually written as a proper noun Mesh Block, often as a pural, from Australian sources mostly concerning the Austrailan Census. However, there are at least ten(10) New Zealand related Wikipedia articles that contain Meshblock or Meshblocks. Elsewhere the term meshblock is dominated by material from New Zealand sources and while these are also generally related to the New Zealand Census, the breadth and scope of these sources are far wider than for Australia. There is no obvious evidence that meshblock or mesh block are used elsewhere in the world. Although other agencies may have a similar concept, they use different names and definitions. Considering this, my preferred title is Meshblock. At this stage I don't think there is a need for a separate Mesh Block article, as I suspect the Australian term has been borrowed from the New Zealand usage. Does anyone have any other thoughts before I move the page? - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:17, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Should flag icons, where available, be used for the rump militias involved in this, as per other civil conflict infoboxes such as Waco Siege? Survey Yes Maybe Yes - This provides an easy reading reference which is why we generally do it in most articles. To vaguely say "militias" obfuscates the details of this situation to the detriment of readers. Inclusion of icons, as well as specific names of groups and wikilinks, should be done whenever possible (I created the article on the involved extremist group 3 Percenters specifically after writing the Malheur incident article, in fact). If we delete any flags, I would support deleting all flags per Cwobeel and MOS Flags, but not one side or the other. LavaBaron (talk) 22:39, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles

Should use of all of |name=, |official name=, and |settlement type= be required for all Canadian cities? Nikkimaria (talk) 12:57, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters

Should an "a-prefixing" guideline be added to WP:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Composition titles? Currently, different constructions are used for WP article titles: "Frog Went A-Courting", "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "Hear My Train A Comin'", "Here We Come A-wassailing", "Hold On, I'm A Comin'", "A-Hunting We Will Go", "Keep A-Knockin'", "The Times They Are a-Changing", "Train Kept A-Rollin'", etc. The current guideline addresses capitalization for composition titles, but not for "a-prefixing" ("a-Comin'" vs "A-Comin'", etc.). A recent discussion has identified several options ("Hear My Train A Comin'" is used to illustrate the differences): 1) Titles should reflect what is found in a preponderance of reliable sources, regardless of capitalization or use of a hyphen – "Hear My Train A Comin'" 2) Titles should be standardized to a lower case "a" and hyphen – "Hear My Train a-Comin'" 3) Titles should be standardized to an upper case "A" and hyphen – "Hear My Train A-Comin'" 4) Titles should be standardized to an upper case "A" and hyphen, but lower case second part – "Hear My Train A-comin'" 5) Any combination of lower and upper case is acceptable, as long as a hyphen is used – 2), 3), or 4) Which of these is preferable for a guideline for all composition titles? —Ojorojo (talk) 20:34, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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