Talk:World Wildlife Fund

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Requested move 2 May 2026

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Agent 007 (talk) 20:27, 8 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

World Wide Fund for Nature → World Wildlife Fund – In English, thanks to the name of the organization remaining World Wildlife Fund in the U.S. and Canada, this is far more common. It is also historically more common since it was its original name and the "World Wide Fund for Nature" name was quickly abandoned for just the abbreviation (look at the global website, https://wwf.panda.org/, where the full name cannot be found anywhere vs. the North America website, https://www.worldwildlife.org/, which still says "World Wildlife Fund"). ~2026-26794-42 (talk) 16:03, 2 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

• Comment Previously discussed in 2006, see here. 162 etc. (talk) 16:40, 2 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

• Support. The shorter title is more WP:RECOGNIZABLE, more WP:CONCISE, and more universal (MOS:COMMONALITY). Looking at WWF in the news, sources almost invariably use "World Wildlife Fund" or "WWF". I easily found usage of the short name form the BBC,[1] [2] [3] [4] The Guardian,[5] [6] [7] The Independent,[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] and the Australian Broadcasting Company.[13] [14] [15] [16] —Myceteae ‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 17:48, 2 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Support per Myceteae🍄‍🟫. Mainly on the basis of WP:COMMONNAME. Significantly more common than the official name, which honestly I wasn't even aware of. I saw the first part of the move and thought to myself that I don't know what that is, and then had a moment of confusion when I saw the proposed title. I reckon many readers have a similar experience. ⹃Maltazarian ^{ᚾparley ${\displaystyle \lor }${\displaystyle \lor }investigateᛅ} 22:10, 2 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Yeah, I, too was unaware of the long name and had the same momentary puzzlement upon seeing this. —Myceteae ‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 16:19, 3 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Support per above. Feeglgeef (talk) 22:29, 2 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Support per WP:COMMONNAME and Myceteae's excellent breakdown of current media coverage. DiscoursesonLivvy (talk · contribs) 03:10, 3 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Support clearly the name everyone knows the organization by. The Adventures of the Not So Venerable Mr. Siggs (talk) 20:36, 5 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]