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Moved, 5 April 2021, to Mesha (month), see discussion.
Not moved, 15 January 2025, to Meṣa, see discussion.

Requested move 5 April 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 07:45, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Meṣa → Mesha (month) – This is English language wikipedia, so IAST spelling of Meṣa is not appropirate. Also Mesha is more common name. Crashed greek (talk) 04:10, 5 April 2021 (UTC) —Relisting. ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 05:25, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose not much in it either way in English book sources. Are all the other months at International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration ? In ictu oculi (talk) 14:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:USEENGLISH. It also helps to disambiguate it from Mesa. Rreagan007 (talk) 02:46, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support general Indian English spelling.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 10:31, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The common name in English is preferred to a transliteration from another language. Andrewa (talk) 05:42, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

This reverses

 11:29, 27 September 2019‎ Uanfala talk contribs block‎  37 bytes +37‎  Uanfala moved page Mesha (month) to Meṣa over redirect: rv again: explained at User_talk:Uanfala#Vrishchika_and_Mesha_move; but feel free to start an RM

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Requested move 15 January 2025

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The result of the move request was: not moved. In line with the previous RM above, this was opposed due to WP:USEENGLISH. In addition, we have a lack of specific discussion as to whether the diacritic should be included, so no consensus there. I was tempted to relist this again for that reason, but after two relists it's probably time to close this, so another discussion can probably be opened eventually if anybody wants to discuss adding it back. (closed by non-admin page mover) ASUKITE 14:47, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mesha (month) → Meṣa – WP:CONSISTENT, all other Hindu solar months use diacritic as per IAST transliteration. — Hemant Dabral (📞 • ✒) 15:15, 13 January 2025 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). — Hemant Dabral (📞 • ✒) 04:26, 15 January 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 06:40, 22 January 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TiggerJay (talk) 06:18, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Cremastra (talk) 16:15, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment: Resisting and pinging prior rm participate for more voices. TiggerJay (talk) 06:18, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging prior RM participants: @Andrewa @Redtigerxyz @Rreagan007 @In ictu oculi @Crashed greek TiggerJay (talk) 06:23, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The diacritic is not obvious to most English speakers, so Meṣa fails the test of recognisability, see WP:CRITERIA. Andrewa (talk) 08:50, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, this is English wikipedia (WP:USEENGLISH), not Sanskrit language wikipedia. And also Mesha is WP:COMMONNAME. Just adding diacritic to same spelling would have been ok, but this removes the spelling h, so it would be misleading for english users. Crashed greek (talk) 11:28, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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