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On 6 July 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Associate's degree. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 6 July 2023

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: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Material Works 00:04, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Associate degree → Associate's degree – Consistency with other college degree articles, Bachelor's degree and Master's degree. Mechanical Keyboarder (talk) 21:52, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - per Ngrams evidence. Consistency is not indicated because the terms are not of a common origin or historical usage (see bachelor's and master's). -- Netoholic @ 05:26, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, the majority of the usage for "associate degree" in that ngram is from the term "associate degree category". Not enough to change the outcome, but enough to significantly influence it. [1]. :3 F4U (they /it) 22:58, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Consistency is irrelevant when this isn't what it's called! It isn't a degree that gives the title of associate; it's an associate degree. Different thing. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:14, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The WP:COMMONNAME appears to be associate degree, although associate's degree does have some usage. Associate degree is also recommended by the AP style guide (although Chicago allows either associate or associate's). There doesn't seem to be a good reason to change, and there is certainly a body that considered "associate's" to be incorrect (while there is no dispute over "associate"), so I think we're better sticking with the current name. Robminchin (talk) 21:07, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose. Either is acceptable and usage looks to be very close, but the current title looks to have a slight edge currently. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:31, 13 July 2023 (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.