Talk:IBM Basic assembly language and successors: Difference between revisions

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== Requested move 3 September 2023 ==

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:''The following is a closed discussion of a [[Wikipedia:Requested moves|requested move]]. <span style="color:red">'''Please do not modify it.'''</span> Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a [[Wikipedia:move review|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.''' Consensus that the title "Basic Assembly Language" does not accurately describe the article's scope. The improvement in accuracy appears to have been viewed as significant enough to outweigh the reduction in [[WP:CONCISION]]. <small>([[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Closure by a page mover|closed by non-admin page mover]])</small> [[User:ModernDayTrilobite|ModernDayTrilobite]] ([[User talk:ModernDayTrilobite|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/ModernDayTrilobite|contribs]]) 14:20, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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[[:Basic Assembly Language]] → {{no redirect|IBM Basic assembly language and successors}} – The article discusses the entire family of assemblers for the IBM S/360 through z mainframes; only on [[BPS/360]] and [[BOS/360]] was the assembler named BAL. [[User:Chatul|Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul]] ([[User talk:Chatul|talk]]) 17:10, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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::::::::I have lost a few times in [[WP:COMMONNAME]] discussions, when I thought an article should have the technically correct name. If it isn't the correct name or the [[WP:COMMONAME]] then maybe we should change it? [[User:Gah4|Gah4]] ([[User talk:Gah4|talk]]) 20:40, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

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