Talk:Less than Zero

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Requested move 24 August 2022

The request to rename this article to Less than Zero has been carried out.

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Less Than Zero → Less than Zero
Less Than Zero (novel) → Less than Zero (novel)

Less Than Zero (film) → Less than Zero (film)

Less Than Zero (soundtrack) → Less than Zero (soundtrack)

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The Open Library shows several capitalization variants, but puts the proposed form as primary when looking for it. Some others use the capped "Than". —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 20:17, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply

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Speedy move based on the clear unopposed consensus at the other discussion. Dicklyon (talk) 23:20, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support IAW the related RM and
Less than Zero (soundtrack) etc both here and as titles on the article's page. Cinderella157 (talk) 00:09, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply
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Regarding the capitalization for the dab page, all but one of the entries (i.e. except for the literal dictionary definition of "less than zero") use a capital 'Z'. In fact, it's arguable that Less than zero (with lowercase 'z') should just redirect to
WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:42, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply
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Differentiation by capitalisation is very rarely a good solution in my opinion. Most people will search without conscious consideration of capitalisation since search tools are not usually case sensitive. While capitalisation of the first letter does not affect a WP search, the capitalisation permutations for "than zero" should all redirect to this dab page. Whether we flag this page by adding "(disambiguation)" is another consideration for clarity. Cinderella157 (talk) 23:35, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If there is no primary topic for the title "Less than Zero" with an uppercase Z, then parenthetical disambiguation wouldn't be appropriate for the disambiguation page itself. Graham (talk) 03:08, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. "Than" is not always a preposition, but I don't think many would argue that the construction here is a shortened form of "It is less than zero is." Dekimasuよ! 02:40, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per
MOS:5. Graham (talk) 04:49, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply
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Support per all the above. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 10:46, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]