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Hummer precursor?

Cold this be where Hummer got its name, or more? Orthografer (talk) 04:01, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Humber LRC was NOT based on the Humber heavy 4x4 chassis. It was based on the Super Snipe car chassis. The Mk's 1 and 2 were 4x2 (the heavy 'box' was always a 4x4 as far as I'm aware) with only the later Mk3's having a 4x4 chassis - although the front suspension on the Mk3 does appear to be the same as the 'box' or, indeed the Humber Scout car. Of course the Box may be a 4x4 modification of the Super Snipe chassis itself. Anyone know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.214.99.55 (talk) 21:00, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 15 November 2024

The request to rename this article to Humber light reconnaissance car has been carried out.

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– Here "light reconnaissance car" is the generic type, and the first word is the proper name. The other/last two were added after BarrelProof's suggestion below. Dicklyon (talk) 23:01, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some data – The fact that "light reconnaissance car" is a generic type is evidenced by its use in many sources: [1], [2], [3], [4], and in particular with respect to the Humber: [5], [6], [7]. Per MOS:CAPS, then, we see that capitalization is not necessary. Dicklyon (talk) 23:05, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as usual and as previously advocated at Talk:Leyland Armoured Car. And let's not forget S1 Scout Car and C15TA Armoured Truck. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 00:06, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I forgot you had mentioned those two also at the other RM. I agree they should also move per similar reasoning. If you and Tony don't mind (and I'm sure you won't), I'll add them on before we get more responses here. Dicklyon (talk) 02:08, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support—next thing we'll be writing Humber Car. Tony (talk) 00:16, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom and per WP:CONSISTENT: this is the same kind of case as all the previous vehicle-class and military-gear-class RMs. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 00:31, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Per WP:NCCAPS and MOS:CAPS. See book seaches Humber light reconnaissance car, Otter light reconnaissance car, Morris light reconnaissance car, S1 scout car and C15TA armoured truck. These terms describe the function or perpose of the vehicles and are not inherently proper names. Where the terms can be seen in snippets, they are not consistently capped in sources and are sometimes used to introduce an acronym. Since capitalisation of the expanded term of an acronym is a style (but not our style per MOS:EXPABBR) they do not weigh in determining necessary caps. Per MOS:MILCAPS, we do not cap after an M number except a proper name (eg M4 Sherman tank). This applies to other alphanumeric designations such as the S1 scout car. For the LRCs, there are sources in a series (Bolt Action) with a common publisher/editor that can be described as a fan source falling to WP:SSF. Given the small number of sources for the topics, these sources should be weighed collectively rather than individually though this is only really a potential issue with the Morris LRC. On balance, particularly give the consensus of previous RMs for similar article titles, I don't see that capitalisation is necessary in these cases. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:51, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]