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Requested move 24 February 2025

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: Not moved. (non-admin closure) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 15:37, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hejaz → Hijaz
Hejaz (disambiguation) → Hijaz (disambiguation)
Hejaz Vilayet → Hijaz Vilayet
Hejaz riyal → Hijaz riyal
Kingdom of Hejaz → Kingdom of Hijaz
Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd → Kingdom of Hijaz and Nejd
Hejaz railway → Hijaz railway
Saudi conquest of Hejaz → Saudi conquest of Hijaz
Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz → Hussein bin Ali, King of Hijaz
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz → Ali bin Hussein, King of Hijaz
Hezbollah Al-Hejaz → Hezbollah Al-Hijaz
Hejazi turban → Hijazi turban

– According to Google Ngrams, Hijaz with an "i" is the more common spelling and hence WP:COMMONNAME 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:57, 24 February 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Bensci54 (talk) 17:08, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Saudi Arabia, WikiProject Islam, WikiProject Western Asia, WikiProject Geography, and WikiProject Arab world have been notified of this discussion. 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:59, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose all but Hijaz, Hijazi turban and Hezbollah Al-Hijaz. The Ngrams cited show only a recent shift in the spelling and most of these topics are historical topics with the Hejaz spelling. — AjaxSmack 01:26, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Ajax, at least for historical topics. Srnec (talk) 17:26, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment: Need consensus on the three modern topics. Bensci54 (talk) 17:08, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose all for consistency's sake. I see no benefit to using one spelling in some titles and another spelling in others. Zacwill (talk) 10:48, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose all per Zacwill. I came planning to support Hezbollah al-Hijaz, but agree that consistency is more important here. 🐔 Chicdat ^{Bawk to me!} 19:05, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose all we shouldn't retroactively change every spelling especially if both are clearly still valid Braganza (talk) 21:03, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: Since there are multiple spelling variants I do not think it is reasonable for Wikipedia to strike certain spellings while promote others. I would also like to add that I find Braganza's argument to be very sensible. Hummusapiens (talk) 12:31, 10 March 2025 (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.