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On 6 May 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Preparatory Committee for an Arms Trade Treaty to Preparatory Committees for an Arms Trade Treaty. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 6 May 2023

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. (closed by non-admin page mover) EggRoll97 ^(talk) 11:09, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Preparatory Committee for an Arms Trade Treaty → Preparatory Committees for an Arms Trade Treaty – PrepComs are normally referred to as 4 separate committees Dreichh (talk) 14:14, 5 May 2023 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). – robertsky (talk) 16:11, 6 May 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 05:51, 15 May 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. CLYDE ^{TALK TO ME}/_{STUFF DONE} (please mention me on reply) 12:59, 22 May 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Captain Jack Sparrow (talk) 09:42, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is slightly confusing as to what the title means - it does seem like "Preparatory Committee" is treated as a proper name, while "Arms Trade Treaty" is a separate proper name, so I guess the capitalisation is correct here. But there were four individual ones and generally they're referred to in the singular in sources... MOS:SINGULAR would suggest retaining the title as is. I could also see a case for "Preparatory Committee on the Arms Trade Treaty" instead of the current formulation though, per [1]. Probably not Uncontroversial anyway. — Amakuru (talk) 15:36, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The first source is also named "Report of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty", using the singular, and not specifying which of the four committees, implying all four.. I think this would benefit from a discussion as well. ASUKITE 20:39, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This has been moved before (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preparatory_Committee_for_an_Arms_Trade_Treaty&oldid=548529092) and needs a full WP:RM really. -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:10, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject International relations has been notified of this discussion. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 05:51, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support I don't think MOS:SINGULAR suggests retaining the title, because the subject of this article is not the general Preparatory Committee, it is the group of all 4 of them. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 18:49, 30 May 2023 (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.