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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.
Support. Seems logical for the article title to use the broader term. All town squares are public squares, but not all public squares are town squares. Rreagan007 (talk) 06:54, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. "Town square" is WP:COMMONNAME. The term "town square" implies it is a public space, i.e. owned/used by the town, not an individual (so not a private courtyard). And implies it is in an urban area (so not a village green). And implies it is typically central to life of the town or the surrounding neighborhood (not just any empty space owned by the municipality). The term is very commonly used and has very vivid associations. This article seems to be trying to capture this traditional meaning. I don't think there is danger of confusion. "Public square" is less common and more ambiguous, e.g. could refer to any empty unutilized wind-swept courtyard by some collection of bureaucratic buildings, off in some remote suburban area. Walrasiad (talk) 16:51, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I'm not sure this is the primary meaning of "public square". I believe the primary meaning today is figurative (e.g., 'religion in the public square', 'Twitter is the public square'). Moreover, if this is where piazza and plaza redirect, the current title is better. And those two words are more common in English (see ngrams) than either the current or proposed title. Srnec (talk) 20:23, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Im sure the literal meaning of the term would be easily understood for an encyclopedia.
What about "Urban square" (which is used on Commons) or "Square (publicurban space)"? Not all the squares in this article are town squares (e.g., Azadi Square)
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