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On 9 November 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Wall Street Crash of 1929 to Wall Street crash of 1929. The result of the discussion was moved.

World War II as the end of the effects of the Crash of 1929

By standards of consumer spending and social conditions, the quality of life in America was better in early 1939 (before WWII) than in 1939. Americans had more of the expensive goodies (cars, stoves, refrigerators, radios, and phonographs) than in 1929. More people had electricity. During World War II the federal government strongly discouraged economic speculation of any kind. Not until 1952 did stock market prices reach the nominal values of the 1929 peak, and then such ignores significant inflation.Tax policies (high rates on 'unearned' income) may have kept stock prices depressed long after the general recovery of the economy. Pbrower2a (talk) 21:42, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 9 November 2024

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.

The result of the move request was: moved. Moved to Wall Street crash of 1929 per consensus. Some editors brought up a separate alternative proposal of whether it takes the primary topic of Wall Street crash, but that appears to be more contentious, so it may warrant a separate follow up RM if so desired by editors. (closed by non-admin page mover) Raladic (talk) 04:29, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wall Street Crash of 1929 → Wall Street crash of 1929 – Per MOS:CAPS and WP:COMMONNAME. I see little support in reliable sources for capitalizing "Wall Street Crash" as a common name (which is the case for the alternate "Great Crash" or "Black Tuesday" names). "Wall Street crash" is just a simple descriptive title, like other entries in Category:Stock market crashes. — Goszei (talk) 03:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support: NGrams here appear to show capitalization is a majority, but not a consistent supermajority. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 04:42, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per usual guidelines; not a proper name, not consistently capped in sources. Dicklyon (talk) 04:48, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support alternative Wall Street crash per WP:NCCAPS, MOS:CAPS and ngram evidence - not consistently capped in sources. Cinderella157 (talk) 08:04, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, this is the primary topic with Wall Street crash (both capitalisations) redirecting here. Per WP:OVERPRECISION, WP:CONCISE and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, we should avoid the unnecessary over-precision in favour of the more concise title. Cinderella157 (talk) 00:26, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. YorkshireExpat (talk) 17:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question: Is this the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for Wall Street crash, however capitalized? The target of that link (and of Wall Street Crash) is this article, despite the WP:NATURALDISAMBIGUATION in the current title. Ham II (talk) 19:40, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ham II, you make a valid point with compelling consequences. This is clearly the PRIMARYTOPIC and consequently, it should take the more concise name of Wall Street crash. Cinderella157 (talk) 00:26, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support as per nom. Sargdub (talk) 00:51, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wall Street crash of 1929 per nom. I would oppose moving this to just "Wall Street crash" regardless of capitalization, as it is not precise enough, and I don't think the title without the year meets WP:PRECISE (many major stock market crashes could be referred to as a "Wall Street crash"). – Epicgenius (talk) 02:25, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As nom, I agree with this. — Goszei (talk) 20:22, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Theparties (talk) 01:04, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Tony (talk) 00:21, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.