Talk:Smokin out the Window

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 as requested per the discussion below; there is no consensus to add an apostrophe in the current discussion, but that can be revisited if necessary. Dekimasuよ! 13:36, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (

talk) 15:23, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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• Capitalization changes often require discussion.
  talk) 15:23, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply
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  @

  MOS:TITLECAPS (unless you're arguing that the title is about the window itself being smoked out). --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 17:36, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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• Oppose per sources, which seem to all use uppercase 'Out'. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:42, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  What do the sources have to do with it? No mention of what sources have to say in

  MOS:TITLECAPS 37.228.241.133 (talk) 11:00, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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  When all sources go one way that's the way Wikipedia goes. That's what common sense exceptions are for, exceptions called for at the top of every guideline. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:09, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  I'm not aware of any examples of this, could you provide one? 37.228.241.133 (talk) 11:12, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Sure, here are two:

  Spiderman: Far From Home, Four Past Midnight. A box at the top of every guideline reads: "It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply." Randy Kryn (talk) 11:16, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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  The first of those is actually

  MOS:TITLECAPS says that the capitalization rule for hyphenation "is often ignored in titles of works". —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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• Support per
  MOS:TITLECAPS.37.228.241.133 (talk) 11:01, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply
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  Also see MOS:TITLECAPS: "Potential exceptions: Apply our five-letter rule (above) for prepositions except when a significant majority of current, reliable sources that are independent of the subject consistently capitalize, in the title of a specific work, a word that is frequently not a preposition, as in 'Like' and 'Past'." Randy Kryn (talk) 11:29, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Also consider the "Smokin": Here in Billboard, here in Vulture, and here in Revolt, the title uses "Smokin' " rather than "Smokin", which seems more like ordinary English formatting (boldface added for emphasis). I didn't check a lot of sources, but quickly spotted those three. Here in Under the Radar, the title uses "Smoking". —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also, the apostrophe is used here by NME and here by Uproxx. Here by American Songwriter and here by EW, the title uses "Smoking". —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:34, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per sources. Sources use the uppercase 'Out' and also do not use an apostrophe when writing Smokin. Silk Sonic themselves spell it “Smokin Out The Window” in their cd single cover. It should stay. Zvig47 (talk) 17:20, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Re "Sources ... do not use an apostrophe when writing Smokin", actually several sources do, as noted immediately above, and there are probably more. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:24, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Re Like I said, Silk Sonic themselves do. Zvig47 (talk) 18:05, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Generally we are supposed to prefer independent reliable sources over self-published, affiliated and promotional ones. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:05, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose per MOS:TITLECAPS and the Potential exceptions of the "five-letter rule". MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 17:32, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  I don't understand your opinion, MarioSoulTruthFan. "MOS:TITLECAPS and its 'five-letter rule'" would seem to support the suggested move, since out is a preposition of fewer than five letters and should thus presumably be lowercased. Deor (talk) 17:39, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  What I mean is the Potential exceptions of the "five-letter rule". Fixed. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 17:47, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per
  MOS:CT. "out" is a preposition in this title, so it should be lowercased. The exception mentioned in MOS:CT refers to words that are "frequently not a preposition, as in 'Like' and 'Past'". This does not apply to "out", which is frequently a preposition (usually as part of "out of"). Darkday (talk) 22:54, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply
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  Check "out" in the search box to read if it's ""frequently not a preposition": out&tf=U2VydmljZT1EaWN0aW9uYXJ5QW5zd2VyVjIgU2NlbmFyaW89RGVmaW5pdGlvblNjZW5hcmlvIFBvc2l0aW9uPU5PUCBSYW5raW5nRGF0YT1UcnVlIEZvcmNlUGxhY2U9RmFsc2UgUGFpcnM9RGljdGlvbmFyeVdvcmQ6b3V0O3NjbjpEZWZpbml0aW9uU2NlbmFyaW87cDpSZXF1ZXJ5O2RwOlRPUDtmOlRydWU7IHw%3d&hs=2ClIklJINPbnFiT5%2b5qGbUlGWQNU31A7I5r3oUfRfSU%3d&FORM=DCNMOP . Randy Kryn (talk) 22:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Clearly the intent of that section is that it applies only if reliable sources are treating the word as something other than a preposition. That doesn't matter because in this case because it's clearly being used as a preposition. If it were "Smokin the Window Out" (adverb) or "The Smokin Window Was Out" (adjective) you might have an argument. --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 14:13, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment When looking at the sources for this article, grouping by publisher, it seems "Smokin Out The Window" is the more commonly used form:
  • "Smokin Out The Window"
    • ET Canada (Corus)
    • Bruno Mars on YouTube
    • Silk Sonic on Twitter
    • Multifaceted Media Ent.
    • Billboard (Penske) (they've used different formats in different places, but this is by far the most common)
    • AGATA
    • Top40.nl (Endeavour)
    • RIAS
    • The Official South African Chart
    • Music Canada
    • Bruno Mars Store
  • "Smokin' Out The Window:
    • radiodate.it (Airplay Control)
    • AllAccess
  • "Smokin Out the Window"
    • Complex
    • Apple Music
    • Pitchfork (Condé Nast)
    • Billboard (Penske)
    • Popsugar (Group Nine)
    • Consequence
    • australian-charts.com/ultratop.be/danishcharts.dk/lescharts.com/dutchcharts.nl/charts.nz/norwegiancharts.com/portuguesecharts.com/swedishcharts.com/swisscharts.com (Hung Medien)
  • "Smokin' Out the Window"
    • Billboard/Rolling Stone (Penske)
• --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 14:49, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  I suggest not counting the self-published and promotional sources and the charts and music vending sites, as those do not generally exercise any meaningfully independent editorial control. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:44, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  No matter how many are counted they all uppercase 'Out'. Randy Kryn (talk) 17:23, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Well, I think you can immediately disregard those that also capitalize "the". If they do that, they have no credibility in capitalization matters at all, no? Deor (talk) 17:35, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Most references on the page lowercase 'the'. None lowercase 'Out'. Randy Kryn (talk) 18:30, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  It's only most if you count the Hung Medien sources separately. If you consolidate those, uppercase "The" wins. --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 18:43, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. It is a short preposition, and under our formatting rules it should not be capitalized, regardless of whether sources capitalize it or not. Rreagan007 (talk) 17:36, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  But all sources, that's common sense exception territory. Randy Kryn (talk) 18:00, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  This is a simple formatting issue, and exceptions should not be based on the formatting that other sources choose to use. Exceptions should only be when the title is unusual in some way, such as Star Trek Into Darkness, where there really should be a colon in there, making it "Star Trek: Into Darkness", but the producers decided to leave out the colon for their own reasons. It looks like a lot of the sources capitalize "The" in this title too. Does that mean we should in the article title? Rreagan007 (talk) 18:40, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  No, since most references on the page lowercase 'the'. None lowercase 'Out'. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:45, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Again, it's only most because of the huge number of references to 10 different domains used by a single source (Hung Medien). That's not representative of common usage. --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 15:12, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Support via more common title in sources. —
  talk, contribs) 18:04, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply
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  No, it's not, just the opposite. Which sources? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:31, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per
  MOS:CAPS generally (it is not consistently capitalized as "Out" in independent sources).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:22, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply
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  Can you link a couple of those sources? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:31, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. The word "out" is a preposition in this case, so the proposal makes sense. To leave the title as it is would be akin to saying this title means that someone is, for example, placing a window in a barbecue smoker, which makes no sense. Steel1943 (talk) 18:16, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]