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On 2 September 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Free area of the Republic of China to Taiwan Area. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 2 September 2024

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. I see consensus to move. Best, (closed by non-admin page mover) Reading Beans 08:06, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Free area of the Republic of China → Taiwan Area – It seems like Taiwan Area is more common and easy to understand. Donttellu8 (talk) 05:11, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The current opening paragraph appears to violate WP:ISATERMFOR. Is the topic of the article the area or the term? I suggest the area should be clarified and emphasized more than it currently is. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 16:54, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BarrelProof, the article appears to be specifically about the use of the term. If it were about the area, then it possibly should be merged. Dank Jae 20:41, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Both are terms. That latter is more commonly used. Matt Smith (talk) 02:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are those terms really synonymous? In that phrase, "area" is not consistently uppercased. I am still not convinced the article is just about the terminology and not about the area to which the term applies. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 03:43, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When being properly uppercased, they are synonymous. The article content can be about the terminology or the area to which the term applies; it doesn't matter. Matt Smith (talk) 04:32, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, Taiwan Area seems more concise.

SirBrahms (talk) 08:12, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support on the basis of a more WP:concise title.

𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 21:14, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support. It seems a concise term and is used in legal and official functions. Lewisguile (talk) 14:25, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Term both more concise and commonly used. Even Chinese Wikipedia refers to it as "Taiwan Area" Zinderboff(talk) 15:34, 5 September 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.