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It has been proposed in this section that Medford branch (Boston and Maine Railroad) be renamed and moved to Medford branch.

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Medford Branch (Boston and Maine Railroad) → Medford branch – Disambiguation is not needed, as there are no other such articles or mentions that I can find. And branch doesn't need caps, per WP:NCCAPS and MOS:CAPS, as many sources show (including most of the cited sources where I could find the term). I would have just fixed it, but its creator has just objected to downcasing branch elsewhere, so I have reason to expect he'd object to that part. Dicklyon (talk) 21:06, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose and speedy close: Disambiguation is needed, as a quick search of Google or Wikipedia would have revealed - the Medford Branch of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad and the Medford Branch of the Green Line Extension both share the name, and it's unlikely that this would unambiguously be the primary topic. As for capitalization, every modern source in the article (four books and the NRHP documentation) capitalizes the full name. Those sources discuss the line in the most detail; they represent more ref uses in the article than the remaining 13 sources, over half of which have the line name in all-caps or not used. Older non-newspaper sources that I'm preparing to add also capitalize the name, because it is a shortening of the original company name of Medford Branch Rail Road. It's disingenuous to claim that the old newspaper sources are worth giving any weight to re capitalization - many names that are now unambiguously capitalized ("XXX street" and "YYY square" notable among them) are not capitalized there. This RM was clearly filed in retaliation for the ANI report I filed last night about Dicklyon's page moves. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:45, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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	[[:Medford Branch (Boston and Maine Railroad)]] → {{no redirect\|Medford branch}} – Disambiguation is not needed, as there are no other such articles or mentions that I can find. And ''branch'' doesn't need caps, per [[WP:NCCAPS]] and [[MOS:CAPS]], as many sources show (including most of the cited sources where I could find the term). I would have just fixed it, but its creator has just objected to downcasing ''branch'' elsewhere, so I have reason to expect he'd object to that part. [[User:Dicklyon\|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon\|talk]]) 21:06, 16 May 2020 (UTC)		[[:Medford Branch (Boston and Maine Railroad)]] → {{no redirect\|Medford branch}} – Disambiguation is not needed, as there are no other such articles or mentions that I can find. And ''branch'' doesn't need caps, per [[WP:NCCAPS]] and [[MOS:CAPS]], as many sources show (including most of the cited sources where I could find the term). I would have just fixed it, but its creator has just objected to downcasing ''branch'' elsewhere, so I have reason to expect he'd object to that part. [[User:Dicklyon\|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon\|talk]]) 21:06, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
			*'''Oppose and speedy close''': Disambiguation is needed, as a quick search of Google or [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?cirrusUserTesting=control&title=Special%3ASearch&search=%22Medford+Branch%22 Wikipedia] would have revealed - the Medford Branch of the [[West Jersey and Seashore Railroad]] and the Medford Branch of the [[Green Line Extension]] both share the name, and it's unlikely that this would unambiguously be the primary topic. As for capitalization, every modern source in the article (four books and the NRHP documentation) capitalizes the full name. Those sources discuss the line in the most detail; they represent more ref uses in the article than the remaining 13 sources, over half of which have the line name in all-caps or not used. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101061423545&view=1up&seq=118 Older non-newspaper sources] that I'm preparing to add also capitalize the name, because it is a shortening of the original company name of [https://books.google.com/books?id=U6xAAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PR11 Medford Branch Rail Road]. It's disingenuous to claim that the old newspaper sources are worth giving any weight to re capitalization - many names that are now unambiguously capitalized ("XXX street" and "YYY square" notable among them) are not capitalized there. This RM was clearly filed in retaliation for the ANI report I filed last night about Dicklyon's page moves. [[User:Pi.1415926535\|Pi.1415926535]] ([[User talk:Pi.1415926535\|talk]]) 22:45, 16 May 2020 (UTC)