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Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: (non-admin closure). Not a proper object of discussion at this stage, since it falls under the ArbCom injunction mentioned by a commenter. It can be revisited later. NoeticaTea? 22:47, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Cartilage–hair hypoplasiaCartilage-hair hypoplasiaUsage in the scientific literature is exclusively the hyphen "‐". The incessant changing to en dashes on Wikipedia has gone too far in this case: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". Speciate (talk) 05:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Etymology?

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So, where does the name come from? Is it a hypoplasia that affects the cartilage and also the hair, or is it that the cartilage resembles hair in some unspecified fashion, or...? DS (talk) 12:55, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]