Talk:Jacksfilms/Archive 1

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: Moved to

• Please consider
  WP:TITLETM. I see cited sources with headlines containing "Jacks Films", "JacksFilms", "Jacksfilms" and "JACKSFILMS", and his Twitter page pops up in a web search as "Jacks Films (@JacksFilms)". Ordinary English would presumably be "Jack's Films", and "JacksFilms" would be the typical non-spaced form. — BarrelProof (talk
  ) 16:35, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
  • Would be OK with either "Jacksfilms" or "JacksFilms" over "Jack Douglass" (though I'd like to point out that his Twitter page does actually use all lower-case "jacksfilms").
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    ) 19:55, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
    • Yes, the Twitter page itself has "jacksfilms", but if you look at how it shows up in the list of search results on Bing, it is listed as "Jacks Films (@JacksFilms) • Twitter" – it must be something in the page metadata. And his Instagram page shows up as "Jack Douglass (@jacksfilms) • Instagram photos and videos" (although I'm not arguing for it to stay at "Jack Douglass"). — BarrelProof (talk) 00:01, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
      • Considering the discussion and the mix of forms in sources, I oppose the proposed all-lowercase title, and I see nothing in
        MOS:CAPS that would support it. — BarrelProof (talk
        ) 19:08, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
        • WP:TITLETM is the convincing argument here. Independent sources mostly seem to use JacksFilms and Jacksfilms interchangeably, but slightly favor the latter spelling. RoxySaunders (talk
          ) 01:38, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
          • I personally favor JacksFilms or Jacks Films, as they more closely resemble ordinary English and are easier to parse. — BarrelProof (talk) 23:33, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
• Disagree. Comment Online nicknames (channel names, social media handles, etc) are not exactly the same as
  pseudonyms. While YouTubers may be commonly referred to in some sources by their channel's name, that doesn't necessarily mean that JacksFilms is a pseudonym or stage name for the person Jack Douglass. The majority of articles about notable YouTubers (at least those whose names are common knowledge) seem to be named after the people, not their YouTube channels. I don't think Douglass is a significant exception to that precedent. RoxySaunders (talk) 01:31, 22 December 2020 (UTC) Edited RoxySaunders (talk
  ) 03:31, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
  • A lot of the names listed on that page are redirects or pipes from a subject's given name to an article under a channel or user name (e.g.
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    ) 01:48, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
    • Good point, didn't notice that. If we do change to the channel name, I think it should be stylized in all lowercase (jacksfilms) per
      MOS:LCITEMS. As of now, this style seems to be used consistently across his Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram accounts. RoxySaunders (talk
      ) 02:52, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
• Support without feeling too strongly about it. 'jacksfilms' is undoubtedly his
  WP:COMMONNAME so it'd be a sensible change, but at the same time, it's not that rare to see his actual name be used -- he himself does often use 'Jack Douglass' in his videos -- so it's not a massive deal. Icarus2027 (talk
  ) 19:17, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
  • Support for the same reason Vkb123 (talk) 11:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
• Support per
  WP:COMMONNAME. Unspectrogram (talk
  ) 06:13, 17 January 2021 (UTC)