Talk:Major Labels

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Requested move 27 July 2025

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Major Labels → Major Labels (book) – Unclear if WP:DIFFCAPS is sufficient in this case; see Major labels. Newly-created article, pageviews stats are not available. 162 etc. (talk) 16:20, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't a more useful title for readers be Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres per WP:SUBTITLES? Schazjmd (talk) 19:01, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SUBTITLES actually recommends "using a concise form in preference to a full 'official' name." That being said, I have no objection to the longer title, if consensus prefers. 162 etc. (talk) 19:08, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: As this page's creator (which is to say that I chose/support its current title and not a WP:OWN statement), I personally think that there is enough of a difference per DIFFCAPS to not have issues with ambiguity, particularly since "Major labels" is solely a redirect to the page Record labels; the 'About' templates on both pages was intended to clear up any remaining confusion between the two articles. If consensus does build to change the name of this page, however, I support using the title of "Major Labels (book)". I also do not support changing this article's title to the full title, given that SUBTITLES explicitly states to use the book's common name (of which most publications exclude the subtitle when writing about it) and to be concise in the case of "books with verbose subtitles". Leafy46 (talk) 19:24, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. Clarity is always best. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:37, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]