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Requested move 27 November 2018

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 section.

The result of the move request was: Do not move. Consensus is that Splinter News is not the official name, but natural disambiguation which is used in RS is preferable to disambiguating the official name with "website". (non-admin closure) В²C ☎ 02:25, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Splinter News → Splinter (website) – "Splinter News" is not a formal or official title: it's just Splinter, similar to Vox (website), Polygon (website) and The Outline (website). While some reliable sources refer to it as "Splinter News" in passing or when citing reports (e.g. [1], [2]), indicating that "Splinter News" has entered the vernacular as a synonym, Splinter itself does not appear to use the title (aside from the url splinternews.com), nor do many sources that directly discuss the website (e.g. [3], [4], [5]. Splinter (website) was previously a redirect to Gizmodo, which does not even mention the website under discussion here. --Animalparty! (talk) 23:05, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose but open to alternatives. (website) is a terrible disambiguator and should be deprecated with prejudice. -- Netoholic @ 05:51, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The website’s name is not Splinter News, not is Splinter News its common name. Calidum 22:07, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: All of which is irrelevant in terms of the article naming policy. Andrewa (talk) 21:27, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. No case to answer really. By nom's own admission, the current name is used by sources, making it a reasonable natural disambiguation. The official name counts for very little, as does the website itself as it is a primary source. Andrewa (talk) 10:08, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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