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The result of the move request was: moved to March 1890 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak by Stevietheman ( talk · contribs). Glad we got there in the end . Jenks24 ( talk) 14:39, 23 July 2014 (UTC) reply

March 1890 Mid–Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak → March 1890 Mid-Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak – In proper English, a hyphen belongs between 'Mid' and 'Mississippi', not a dash. --Relisted. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:04, 5 July 2014 (UTC) Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 23:27, 22 June 2014 (UTC) reply

I started this discussion because I had moved the page a while back, but it was moved back because my move was "spurious". I don't know how using correct English is spurious. Are there any serious objections to this move? Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 13:42, 24 June 2014 (UTC) reply

• Oppose – I think Kwami's reason for reverting your move as "spurious" was that he thought you had failed to consider MOS:NDASH where it says: "Instead of a hyphen, when applying a prefix (but not a suffix) to a compound that includes a space" (like in ex–prime minister and Trans–New Guinea). If the "mid" is a prefix modifying "Mississippi Valley", the en dash is there to give the reader a clue to that. Dicklyon ( talk) 05:53, 25 June 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Not speaking to the guideline, it would have been more constructive if that user had told me about it rather than saying the change was "spurious". As for the guideline, it's new to me, and I'd never been taught that in English class, nor have I ever heard of it. That guideline may be spurious.  :) But if that's what it says, I'll drop this. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 11:10, 25 June 2014 (UTC) reply
• Oppose. MOS:DASH recommends the dash in this case, see the "pre–World War II" example. Personally I think a hyphen would suffice as the capital letters make it clear that "mid" applies to the entire "Mississippi Valley" but we should go with the guideline. Jenks24 ( talk) 13:13, 30 June 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Now, unlike in the case "pre–World War II", here we use "Mid-Mississippi" with a capital "M". Is it because "Mid-Mississippi Valley" is a proper known? Arbitrarily0 ^{( talk)} 21:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC) reply
    • Hmm, don't know. Should maybe be March 1890 mid–Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak? Jenks24 ( talk) 14:36, 1 July 2014 (UTC) reply
• Comment Relisted for discussion of the " March 1890 mid–Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak" option. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:04, 5 July 2014 (UTC) reply
• Comment Can anyone elucidate how the guidelines apply in renaming to " March 1890 mid–Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak"? I am assuming that the 'mid-' modifier is to be treated as an individual non-special term in the title, therefore not capitalized. Seems like a gray area. Perhaps the cleanest solution is " March 1980 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak"? It's fairly common terminology. And it's clearly acceptable by the guidelines, as far as I know. Maybe we should write this up as letting a shorthand approach get the best of us?  :) Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 21:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Also note that in many cases in the Google search, 'Middle' is capitalized. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 21:59, 8 July 2014 (UTC) reply
    • Good suggestion, I would support a move to March 1980 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak. MOS:DASH actually recommends reconstructing if possible and, as you say, it does seem to be common enough. I would probably go against capitalising "middle" as it only seems to be capitalised in 50% of sources and I'm not seeing any evidence it's clearly a proper noun and not a descriptive term. @ Dicklyon and Arbitrarily0: would you be OK with this title? Jenks24 ( talk) 10:23, 14 July 2014 (UTC) reply
      • Since the rename to March 1980 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak is a different idea than what this discussion was originally about, and the rename will be a trivial move, I will go ahead and do it given there are no objections. I'll hold a day or two to await any feedback. @ Dicklyon, Arbitrarily0, and Jenks24: Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 19:17, 20 July 2014 (UTC) reply
        •  Moved, twice due to our shared dyslexia (1980/1890) :) Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 13:13, 22 July 2014 (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 or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.