Talk:Flat-twin engine

About the recent name change

The name of this article was recently changed from "Flat-twin engine" to "Flat twin engine" by an administrator at the request of an anonymous editor who claimed that "flat twin" was more commonly used that "flat-twin". The request can be seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=657429631 . As can be seen at the link, the requester gave three examples of the use of "flat twin", all of which were from BMW official websites.

All this tells us is that BMW doesn't use the hyphen. Cycle World, on the other hand, used to have or not have the hyphen with no fixed pattern until the late 1980s or early 1990s when they used the hyphen consistently, as seen here: https://www.google.com.jm/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22Flat+twin%22&tbs=,bkt:m,bkms:1168684103302644870#tbs=bkt:m%2Cbkms:1168684103302644870&tbm=bks&q=%22Flat-twin%22 .

Is there evidence to prove the prevalence of one usage over another? Isn't there a convention in which a hyphen is used between the description of the layout and the number of cylinders? Is there really a valid reason for this move?

Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 13:20, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

I have no opinion one way or the other, but Category:Flat engines now looks a right mess. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:00, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

• In my opinion, it should be restored to "Flat-twin engine". This is the more common usage, and it is consistent with the format of other flat engine articles. Cheers, 1292simon (talk) 22:17, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

• Agreed, hyphenation is consistent as all other types of engine configuration use a hyphen. John B123 (talk) 07:49, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

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