Talk:Apathy is Boring

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It was proposed in this section that ApathyisBoring be renamed and moved to Apathy is Boring . The discussion has been closed, and the result will be found in the closer's comment. Links: current log • target log

• Comment – Maybe it belongs back where you found it, at
  Apathy Is Boring? Moving to an intermediate bad name was silly. Dicklyon (talk) 05:26, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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  • Yeah … mistakes were made. ʤɛfiːpiː (talk) 06:40, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Dicklyon and per
  MOS:CT. The "I" in "is" should indeed be uppercase. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 05:41, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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  • I tried finding a counter-argument in
    MOS:TM, but could not find one. Despite them using the trademark with a lowercase 'is', perhaps you're right for Wiki display purposes.ʤɛfiːpiː (talk) 06:45, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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    • I think
      MOS:CT says to cap the "Is", but is this a composition title? I don't know the right answer here. Dicklyon (talk) 17:03, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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      • On their logo from https://www.apathyisboring.com/about it says "APATHY IS BORING.™", but in all documentation I've seen, it's always written out at "Apathy is Boring" or "AisB". Similarly, at the bottom left of their pages, it's written "© 2019 Apathy is Boring". Their working name is certainly Apathy is Boring, and it's how they're referred to in the media, but whether that's their actual trademark, I'm unsure.ʤɛfiːpiː (talk) 22:26, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as nom, as it looks like it's their trademarked name https://www.apathyisboring.com/about . ʤɛfiːpiː (talk) 19:13, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  That's not the relevant criterion in

  MOS:TM. Dicklyon (talk) 18:15, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply

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• Support Seems like the name on their website.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 14:04, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  That's not the relevant criterion in

  MOS:TM. Dicklyon (talk) 18:15, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply

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• I'm personally going by
  WP:COMMONSENSE._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 18:44, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply
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There's no question about what the common name is, just the letter styling. I don't see anything at commonsense that bears on this either. But I do think the

MOS:CT does; or does it? I'd like to see more rationale on this... Dicklyon (talk) 00:05, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply

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• Neutral – my comments above are questions, not support or opposition. I don't much care, but would be happier if respondents would reference policy or guidelines instead of just off-the-cuff opinions. Dicklyon (talk) 03:32, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy support per documentation Apathy is Boring : https://www.apathyisboring.com/ CONNECT, EDUCATE & ACTIVATE. Apathy is Boring is a non-partisan, charitable organization that supports and educates youth to be active and contributing citizens in Canada's democracy. More About Us ... cf Debates of the Senate: Official Report (Hansard). 2009 - The project ran from November to April 2009 with school visits occurring between January and March with the support from The Dominion Institute and Apathy is Boring. A large majority, perhaps two thirds of the students I met with, were either.. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:13, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. In styling its logo, this organization uses all caps ("APATHY IS BORING") however, in writing about itself, it uses the stylistic form, occasionally seen elsewhere, of indicating forms of to be (Be, Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Been) in lowercase. That outdated stylistic form has been deprecated in English Wikipedia, per
  MOS:CT are warranted in individual instances, see Talk:A Boy Was Born#Requested move (November 2013), with additional arguments continuing for another year, to December 2014. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 19:14, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply
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  • That ruling was "It appears we have agreement that "A Boy was Born" is more common, but both stylizations are in use. Considering this, it appears we have consensus to default to Wikipedia's style guidelines, which recommend the proposed title". I imagine that Wikipedia's style guidelines were chosen because both stylizations were used. In this case, only Apathy is Boring is used in articles, and on their website. ʤɛfiːpiː (talk) 04:00, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • WP:IAR lowercase stylization in "Apathy is Boring" is not universally accepted, with various sources indicating uppercase "Is": [1][2][3][4][5][6]7 lowercase in main title header and uppercase in lead paragraph. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 04:59, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Support moving away from CamelCase. The no-spacing style is just a style, and when used there is a different styling to indicate word separation. Wikipedia doesn't follow source styles unless meaningful and consistent, and neither applies here. No opinion (yet) on I vs i. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:00, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  The case of "Is" is the only issue here. The current unspaced title is just a transient he got into by trying to get there in a roundabout way, and nobody is considering let it stay. Dicklyon (talk) 01:54, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  OK good. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:59, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Apathy is Boring. Lowercase is. https://www.apathyisboring.com/about uses lowercase is. Reject the MOSCT on copula, which someone randomly without discussion added long ago, yes verbs should be capitalised, but not is, the copula are different. No source capitalises "is" in Apathy is Boring except where it is driven by ALLCAPS styling. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:05, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above (04:59, 10 July 2019) comment provides seven sources which capitalize the "I" in "Is" without resorting to ALLCAPS styling. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 04:00, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

1. This is titled with Title case # Start Case. Every first letter capitalised. Go to the styling-free first sentence, "Apathy is Boring is a non-partisan". This is evidence contradicting your position.

2. "Apathy Is Boring Wants To Make A Difference". Same as source 1 above, start case. The source has no text, so is next to useless.

3. "Apathy Is Boring Engages the Rage". Same as source 1, Start Case. Get past the title, "Members of Apathy Is Boring. " "Apathy is Boring" throughout the text. Your position contradicted.

4. You are correct.

5. I can't access it, maybe later. Later. On the chase. You are right on this one.

6. Title could be Start Case. The name is not repeated on the page.

7. "Apathy is Boring". Title supports my position, as does 3 out of 5 uses in the body, 2 out of 5 instances inconsistently capitalise "Is". Looks like carelessness.

--SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:25, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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• I just want to clarify something here... when deferring to source usage, we DON’T look at logos or how the name appears on the company website... we DO look at the capitalization used by independent sources. Blueboar (talk) 16:12, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  We do look at them, but we don’t give them much or any weight. We do weight highly capitalization by reliable reputable independent sources, but not to the point of every copying any source’s styling. Roman’s links show that *some* others capitalize “Is” not due to styling. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:52, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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