Talk:Km3net
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[edit] Requested move
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. 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 proposal was no move. As the name of this entity is not an acronym, the use of "KM3NeT" would be for stylistic reasons only and not in line with WP:NC. JPG-GR (talk) 19:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
The correct spelling is "KM3NeT" according to http://www.km3net.org/ and independent references in the litterature like http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4158, page 2. Since "KM3NeT" is a proper noun, WP:NC allows multiple capital letters. Compare with the "C" in IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The move seems mostly uncontroversial to me. My initial move request, however, was ignored, so I am attempting a more formal move request. Teply (talk) 00:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
- That looks too ugly and awkward to support, especially because (a) if KM3 is abbreviation of cubic kilometer, it should be Km3, and (b) because better alternatives are used - more encyclopedic, closer to standard English usage, and not in such conflict with Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks). If we do not leave article where it is, I suggest KM3Net which is used by several sources (see here). This has the advantage of looking more like how people should pronounce it ("kay-emm-three-net") and therefore serves a sort of non-decorative purpose. On a personal level I strongly feel that we should enforce the guidelines of MoS:TM rigorously when faced with ridiculous, artifically concocted names like this. Llamasharmafarmerdrama (talk) 19:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
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- Oh, by MOS:TM, we use "IceCube" because it qualifies as CamelCase. "KM3NeT" is not CamelCase. Most people pronounce it as "kay-emm-three-net," which would suggest "KM3Net" (like the example of "SAT") by MOS:TM. On the other hand, the spelling "KM3Net" is so close to the original KM3NeT that we may as well use the official version. Either way, the page needs to be moved. Teply (talk) 03:31, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. 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.
