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On 18 February 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Life, the Universe, & Everything: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy. The result of the discussion was Moved to Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium).

Additional references to use[edit]

These are articles covering the 2010 symposium:

Feel free to list other refs if you find them. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 09:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More:

···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:41, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Linked the wrong Megan Lloyd[edit]

The Megan Lloyd who was a guest of honor in 2022 is a storyboard artist who graduated from BYU in 2015 (IMDb, LinkedIn, resume). This page originally linked to Megan Lloyd, a Pennsylvanian book illustrator who graduated from the Parsons School of Design in 1981. Lee Choquette (talk) 04:59, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 18 February 2024[edit]

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 to Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium). Rough consensus on the alternate proposed title. – robertsky (talk) 02:29, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Life, the Universe, & Everything → Life, the Universe, & Everything: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy – "&" vs. "And" is not sufficient disambiguation versus Life, the Universe and Everything, move to full name as natural disambiguation. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:03, 18 February 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. – Hilst [talk] 11:35, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support alternate move to Life, the Universe, & Everything (convention), the subtitle seems too long to be necessary here. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:33, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support more concise alternative suggested by ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ. ╠╣uw [talk] 15:24, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support the above alternative. 162 etc. (talk) 18:30, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to Life, the Universe, & Everything (convention), per the above. It can't stay where it is now. BD2412 T 01:11, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium) as that's nearer its official name; alternatively (conference) as the article describes it as such. Of course there can be redirects from the other suggestions. Lee Choquette (talk) 23:01, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium) per User:Lee Choquette. "And" versus "&" is nowhere near a sufficient disambiguation, as the reader is hardly likely to remember how it is spelled in which name. JIP | Talk 14:59, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment: (convention) or (symposium)? – Hilst [talk] 11:35, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Support move to Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium) Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:10, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be OK with "(conference)" too, per the other comments, though I'd marginally prefer "(symposium)" as that's in the official title. Either way is fine since the other would be a redirect. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:46, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to Life, the Universe, & Everything (conference) I live near where this conference takes place, and the long subtitle is not used in informal reference to the conference. I think a typical user searching for this page would use "conference" instead of the more formal and official "symposium". Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:59, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would also be fine with Life, the Universe, & Everything (conference) as the article's title, as "conference" is the term used in the article's short description (what shows up if you go to Wikipedia's home page and start typing "life the univ"). But as far as user searches go, we could add all the suggested possibilities as redirects to the article, and then users would be sure to find it whatever the title becomes. Lee Choquette (talk) 19:51, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
good point! I'm fine with either "symposium" or "conference."Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 23:02, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium). An ampersand and an extra comma is not disambiguation. Don't mind "conference", but this is the proper title. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:12, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Move to Life, the Universe, & Everything (conference). Alternatively, Life, the Universe, & Everything (symposium) seems fine too. Graham (talk) 00:47, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Seems like there is consensus to move to a parenthetical disambiguator, but no clear consensus on which to use. I've run quick searches of article titles for each to see which is the most common (these includes redirects): (convention) - 52, (symposium) - 5, (conference) - 63. I suppose there's no clear outcome there either, but the full name states it is a symposium, i.e. Symposium (conference), so I would err on the side of the (conference) disambiguator. ― Synpath 00:54, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Zxcvbnm, BD2412, Huwmanbeing: you commented before the conference/symposium alternatives were proposed; pinging to see if you have an opinion on those options. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:03, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Of those, "symposium" is probably the most on point, per Necrothesp. BD2412 T 22:02, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.