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A fact from Kentucky State University appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Kentucky State University, with 2,300 students, is the smallest of the public state universities in the U.S. state of Kentucky?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/May.

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On 22 December 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to KYSU. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 22 December 2024

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 per WP:SNOW, considered in the context of the 100+ RMs proposed at once by this user. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:52, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kentucky State University → KYSU – WP:COMMONNAME. Theparties (talk) 14:14, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The full name provides a WP:TITLECON consistent naming convention across all articles on universities and colleges in the United States. Many reliable sources like Forbes and US News and World Report still use the full name. The OP has also made numerous individual RMs on this same issue like this one, which may violate WP:ACROTITLE or use a shorter common name that is rarely used outside a sports/athletic context. Better to stick to the status quo. Zzyzx11 (talk) 14:47, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as unnecessary, unwise, and confusing for readers. ElKevbo (talk) 14:57, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, per the comments of Zzyzx11. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 16:17, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:TITLEFORMAT#Avoid ambiguous abbreviations, WP:ACROTITLE, and what Zzyzx11 said. I see no reason why we need to make the title more ambiguous, seeing as how this university has two possible acronyms, one of which looks like a call sign. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:54, 23 December 2024 (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.