Talk:Self-cannibalism
Latest comment: 1 day ago by Gaismagorm in topic Requested move 22 November 2024
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Self-cannibalism → Autocannibalism – The new title would make a lot more sense, is somewhat more scientific sounding, and is also used on the article List of autocannibalism incidents. Gaismagorm (talk) 19:36, 22 November 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Frost 13:01, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support - while I don't think that making "more sense" is the best rationale for a move request, the ngrams appear to support this. [1] estar8806 (talk) ★ 01:43, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
- Estar8806 are you aware that ngrams are case sensitive? The corrected ngram shows self-cannibalism is marginally more used. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 22:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- Support. While I'm not totally sure about the n-grams argument (it seems that "self-cannibalism" is, for whatever reasons, just not found?), the suggested title better fits the related List of autocannibalism incidents article. Gawaon (talk) 18:00, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: I have no clear opinion – it seems inconclusive. Here's ngrams, including the less common "auto-cannibalism" (which I would count together with "autocannibalism"): [2]. On Google Scholar search I get "About 1,620 results" for "self-cannibalism" (with quotes), compared to 1,040 for "autocannibalism" and 580 for "auto-cannibalism". Adumbrativus (talk) 00:36, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hmm, that is a good point actually. Perhaps a moving of List of autocannibalism incidents might make more sense. @Adumbrativus what do you think? Gaismagorm (talk) 02:42, 30 November 2024 (UTC)