Talk:Racing flat

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Rename: Racing flat?

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. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:50, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Racing flats → Racing flat – According to the MOS (WP:SINGULAR), article titles are generally singular. Other shoe articles are singular. I don't know this domain; do you ever refer to a single shoe as a "racing flat"? relisted--Mike Cline (talk) 16:14, 19 January 2012 (UTC)Joja lozzo 23:20, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose -- one needs two shoes, so that the plural is natural. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:11, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that justifies overriding SINGULAR. We could make the same argument for Shoe ( and all of its sub-articles) or Glove. I don't see a reason for keeping the current title unless there is a good case for consistent plural usage. Joja lozzo 17:56, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I goggled around and found plenty of examples of singular usage. Here's a few:
- "The Competition marries the minimal upper and outsole of a track spike with the cushioning of a road-racing flat."[1]
- "go with a road-racing flat or a cross-country shoe with a rubber waffle outsole"[2]
- "The Green Silence is first and foremost a blazin’ fast performance racing flat."[3],
- "The ASICS® Hyper™ XCS is a versatile track flat designed to provide comfort, support and traction on a variety of surfaces. "[4].

Joja lozzo 15:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support due to the fact that neither the shoe, glove article etc are plural.--70.24.206.51 (talk) 20:44, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Other articles use singular and so do the sources. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:36, 20 January 2012 (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. No further edits should be made to this section.