Talk:Blood bike

Requested move 9 March 2017

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The result of the move request was: Not moved.Unanimous Consensus.(non-admin closure) Winged Blades ^Godric 17:14, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

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Blood bike → Blood Bikes – A "blood bike" is a type of vehicle (per fire engine). This article is not about the type of vehicle, it is about the groups that operate the vehicles and provide the service, the most commonly used name for which is Blood Bikes. Blood Bikes is a proper name, hence the caps. No group operates just a single bike.

Most Blood Bikes groups incorporate "Blood Bikes" into their names:

• bloodbikes.org.uk - Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes
• Blood Bikes Cumbria
• Blood Bikes East
• Blood Bikes Manchester
• Blood Bikes Scotland
• Blood Bikes Wales
• Cornwall Blood Bikes
• Derbyshire Blood Bikes
• Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bikes
• Leicestershire and Rutland Blood Bikes
• Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes Service
• North West Blood Bikes Lancashire & Lakes
• Northumbria Blood Bikes
• Nottinghamshire Blood Bikes
• Shropshire & Staffordshire Blood Bikes
• Warwickshire and Solihull Blood Bikes
• Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes

The term Blood Bikes is also used by many other groups, eg:

• Devon Freewheelers
• Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service
• SERV

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22blood+bikes%22+-%22blood+bike%22 ~56,800 hits

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22blood+bike%22+-%22blood+bikes%22 ~28,100 hits

  82.132.224.133 (talk) 23:20, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:32, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

• @82.132.224.133: But the singular is used for any one of their motorcycles, as in the image caption on the page. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:32, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose, and speedy close per fire engine, doesn't need either cap or plural. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:46, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

If the article was about the vehicle, I would agree. But this article is very clearly NOT about the vehicle, it's about the organisation(s) that provide the service. Per ambulance - the vehicle - and St John Ambulance - organisation(s) providing the service. 82.132.226.128 (talk) 22:07, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

• Obvious oppose. This nomination is sorely confused about just about every point. See WP:SINGULAR, and understand the difference between a proper name (e.g. Blood Bikes Cumbria and Jim-Bob's House of Cheeseburgers) and non-proper-name elements within it (e.g. blood bike, house, and cheeseburgers).  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  04:41, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose per SMcCandlish. I edited the lead to make more sense with the singular/generic title that it looks like we're keeping. Dicklyon (talk) 05:20, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
• Obvious oppose:: We do not use the word Blood Bikes as it would not work with our name Blood Bike Leinster Blood Bikes Leinster — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.228.253.74 (talk) 23:40, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

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