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The following discussion is an archived 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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: No consensus for move. Bbb23 (talk) 16:47, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]



Mind over Matter (The Outer Limits)Mind Over Matter (The Outer Limits) – the show list the episode name as this, with the O capitalized. Click the Hulu link I added to the episode in the article to see. Dream Focus 06:50, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose per MOS:CT. We don't capitalize four-letter prepositions. Deor (talk) 14:35, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The rule says Prepositions containing four letters or fewer (of, to, in, for, on, with, etc.; but see below for instances where these words are not used as prepositions)
  • Then in the section below titled "The following words should be capitalized:" it says Every verb, including forms of to be (Be, Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Been). It isn't being used as a preposition but instead a verb. It isn't talking about a roof being over a house, or someone living over a river. Instead it is a verb meaning overcome. Dream Focus 15:39, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You've outdone yourself, DF, if you think over is a verb in that title. Perhaps it's time for a refresher course in elemenary-school grammar. Deor (talk) 19:06, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. "Over" in this case could be interpreted as a verbal noun - the equivalent of "Mind Governing Matter" or "Mind Ruling Matter", where it is clear that the word in the middle is not a preposition. bd2412 T 19:58, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If you replace over with some other word that isn't a preposition, of course the other word isn't a preposition. But in the expression "mind over matter", over is a preposition. (One might refer to "the man occupying the car" rather than "the man in the car", but the fact that occupying isn't a preposition doesn't mean that in isn't one.) What on earth are they teaching kids in school these days? Deor (talk) 22:16, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Stop the immature personal attacks against everyone who disagrees with you. Over is clearly a verb here, as I have stated. Its in "overcome". Mind defeats/overcomes/dominates matter. Dream Focus 23:11, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, don't try to over me, man! Deor (talk) 01:13, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.