Talk:One Pound Fish Man

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The result of the move request was: Not moved per

One Pound Fish Man → £1 Fish Man – This is how the name is stylized on his merchandise. – 2601:8C:4001:DCF4:79E4:D40D:3290:AD79 (talk) 19:21, 30 April 2016 (UTC) --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 06:23, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@2601:8C:4001:DCF4:79E4:D40D:3290:AD79 and Clpo13: This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:34, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Moved to contested. Using £ may fall afoul of
  WP:TSC. clpo13_(talk) 19:26, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply
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• It doesn't; the only requirement is for a redirect if it is used. Peter James (talk) 17:42, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose
  MOS:TM special characters used, which cannot be used unless you have a UK keyboard, which most of the English speaking world does not use, especially such places that use dollars, like Australia, Canada, USA and have "$" on their keyboards -- 70.51.46.195 (talk) 06:01, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply
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• It's standard English and not a stylisation, and I would prefer it to avoid the ambiguity of "pound". Whether it's on the keyboard isn't relevant when deciding what to call the article, only that if such a character is used that a redirect exists from a title without it - similar to diacritics or the en dash (which is recommended by the manual of style). In this case I would oppose just because more sources use "pound", and it appears to be used more frequently by official sources. Peter James (talk) 17:42, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose Per Common Name; being from the US, I would never, ever, search for this using the Pound sign. GenQuest ^{"Talk to Me"} 17:37, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Support; American search concerns and
  McGeddon (talk) 17:44, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply
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• Move to
  WP:BIO1E). —BarrelProof (talk) 14:04, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply
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• Oppose. Has nothing do with the American this, British that. If this was the One Dollar Fish Man, we'd title the article that, not the "$1 Fish Man". It's a
  MOS:ABBR issue, at least in spirit: Don't use excessively abbreviated constructions, especially if not everyone is going to be able to parse them. The fact taht the title is a bit naturally ambiguous to people familiar with the pound as a unit of measurement is irrelevant; that ambiguity exists in the real world when ever this person's appellation is said aloud, yet there is it anyway. PS: It would not be partially lower-cased as "One Pound Fish man"; nicknames are capitalized as if real names.
  However, also support merge to One Pound Fish; these are two articles on the same topic, and the personality has no notability aside from the song.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  08:53, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply
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