Talk:Boy Scouts of America

:"Boy Scouts of America" was its former '''official''' name. "Scouting America" is its current official name. The common name is not necessarily the same as the official name. Per [[WP:COMMONNAME]], the common name should be the page title, and it says there "{{tq|Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's official name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used.}}" The infobox should state the official name. I guess it would be ok for the infobox to also give the common name(s) but if so they should be labeled as not being official names. [[User:CodeTalker|CodeTalker]] ([[User talk:CodeTalker|talk]]) 02:35, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

:"Boy Scouts of America" was its former '''official''' name. "Scouting America" is its current official name. The common name is not necessarily the same as the official name. Per [[WP:COMMONNAME]], the common name should be the page title, and it says there "{{tq|Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's official name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used.}}" The infobox should state the official name. I guess it would be ok for the infobox to also give the common name(s) but if so they should be labeled as not being official names. [[User:CodeTalker|CodeTalker]] ([[User talk:CodeTalker|talk]]) 02:35, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

:The page move was not discussed and the opinion of one editor does not indicate that the name Boy Scouts of America is in common use. The organization recently changed its name but there is no evidence that the new name has not been widely adopted. On the contrary, nearly all online sources now refer to it as Scouting America. I would support removing BSA as a former name from the Infobox solely due to it remaining the organization’s legal name but the page move was a step too far. [[User:Compass128|<span style="color:black;">Compass</span><span style="color:#d80101;">'''1'''</span><span style="color: moccasin;">'''2'''</span><span style="color: #007FFF;">'''8'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Compass128|talk]]) 02:38, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

:The page move was not discussed and the opinion of one editor does not indicate that the name Boy Scouts of America is in common use. The organization recently changed its name but there is no evidence that the new name has not been widely adopted. On the contrary, nearly all online sources now refer to it as Scouting America. I would support removing BSA as a former name from the Infobox solely due to it remaining the organization’s legal name but the page move was a step too far. [[User:Compass128|<span style="color:black;">Compass</span><span style="color:#d80101;">'''1'''</span><span style="color: moccasin;">'''2'''</span><span style="color: #007FFF;">'''8'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Compass128|talk]]) 02:38, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

::This might be a case where the official (new) name says something very different from the common name used for this article, a name which is now quite inaccurate. I don't think [[WP:COMMONNAME]] should apply when it gives us a misleading name. [[User:HiLo48|HiLo48]] ([[User talk:HiLo48|talk]]) 03:06, 16 July 2025 (UTC)