Talk:Battle of Mallorca
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 | On 19 February 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved from Battle of Majorca to Battle of Mallorca. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 19 February 2026
- 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. Moved as an uncontested request with minimal participation. If there is any objection within a reasonable time frame, please ask me to reopen the discussion; if I am not available, please ask at the technical requests page. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 01:47, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
Battle of Majorca → Battle of Mallorca – I'm requesting that this article be moved to "Battle of Mallorca", abandoning the outdated Anglicisation of "Majorca" in favour of the original Catalan and Spanish spelling of "Mallorca". Per Google Ngrams results, "Mallorca" has been predominantly used in English language sources since 1978, a movement you can see in sources about the civil war itself, as newer ones are more likely to use "Mallorca". Aside from longer books about the war as a whole, I have found one journal article about the battle itself, which uses "Mallorca". The main article about the island was moved in 2018 and subsequent discussion to revert the move in 2021 decided against moving it back, so moving this article would also contribute to improved consistency in article titles.
As this is a potentially controversial move, I'm opening it up to discussion. Grnrchst (talk) 14:03, 19 February 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. veko. (user | talk | contribs) [he/him] 14:32, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- Note: WikiProject Military history and WikiProject Spain have been notified of this discussion. veko. (user | talk | contribs) [he/him] 14:33, 26 February 2026 (UTC)