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I was thinking about creating one just for the Median kingdom/empire because the organization of the items is very confusing in my opinion. Mawer10 (talk) 16:44, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Requested move 3 April 2024
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A search on Google Scholar shows that results for "Median state" do not always refer to the Median political entity, furthermore it is not very common to refer to political entities from the Ancient Era as "states". On the other hand, a search for "Median kingdom" always gives the correct results. "Median Empire" is also a valid title, I would support it too. But since the existence of such an empire is questionable, the title "Median kingdom" would be the most ideal. Amakuru, Ahecht. Mawer10 (talk) 12:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Support move to Median kingdom per nom. Unless new evidence is discovered, it doesn't look like "Median Empire" will ever gain currency again. --HistoryofIran (talk) 12:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Looking at ngrams, other than a brief period of time from 2003-2007, Median empire seems to consistently be the more popular term. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 13:57, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Oppose. First choice is to retain the current name, as ngrams show it the most common. If we must move, then "Median empire" is the best title, again it's more of a WP:COMMONNAME than the proposed. — Amakuru (talk) 13:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
In Google Scholar, a lot of those searches on "Median state" is the measure "median state". Doesn't that mean the ngram also includes that? [1]. And respectfully, "Median Empire" is inaccurate, since it's largely dismissed by scholarship today, which needs to be more apparent in this article, which uses non-WP:RS like Iranchamber, Britannica, Livius, and probably more (the expansion of the article is greatly appreciated though and has a lot of good stuff). HistoryofIran (talk) 13:09, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
@HistoryofIran Your ngram is flawed because you're capitalizing "Kingdom" but not "State". If you capitalize both, State falls below Kingdom in 2019. If you capitalize neither, "kingdom" dominates except for a brief period from 2000-2008. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 14:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Ah I didnt know that made a difference, thanks! HistoryofIran (talk) 16:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Many sources also use the term empire in quotation marks, see. Mawer10 (talk) 15:01, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Yep, the first three that come up are questioning its status as an “empire”. Unlike other names in general, this is not something that can be determined by what comes up in search results, we have to look into the current consensus in scholarship, what they actually say about it etc. HistoryofIran (talk) 19:22, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
These "Ancient [something]" articles are about ancient civilizations with great legacy and rich history, the history of Media is part of Ancient Persia or Ancient Iran as the region remained under Persian rule for centuries and its people were assimilated into the Persians. Also "Ancient Media" is not commonly used in the sources, see. "Median kingdom" is the best title, as it is much more common than "Median state" and has a clear meaning. Mawer10 (talk) 11:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Didn't you create this article at its present title? Srnec (talk) 18:26, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
@Srnec: Yes, I did. Not only that, but I have been working on this article since 2020 (this article is a translation of the Portuguese version I worked on). It should have been "Median kingdom" from the beginning. Mawer10 (talk) 00:36, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Support move to Median Kingdom per nom. Zinderboff(talk) 12:12, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
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