Talk:Saginaw–Midland–Bay City combined statistical area

Requested move 1 August 2025

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. (non-admin closure) ~~ Jessintime (talk) 03:45, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

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Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area → Tri-Cities (Mid Michigan) – using Tri-Cities in the article title is more natrual than Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area. 2600:1700:6180:6290:1CDE:998A:F6DF:72D (talk) 12:38, 1 August 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 03:21, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Michigan has been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 03:20, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

• Leaning against: The suggested title seems a bit vague, and "Mid Michigan" doesn't seem correctly capitalized or punctuated or likely to be commonly used. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 06:58, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

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Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 23:02, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested move 31 May 2026

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The result of the move request was: procedural close. This move request, which has no engagement, has ceased to make sense as the Tri-Cities (Michigan) was turned into an article on the Saginaw–Midland–Bay City area. If a merge of the two articles is desired that can be taken up at AfD. (closed by non-admin page mover) ⹃Maltazarian ^{ᚾparley$\lor$investigateᛅ} 18:12, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

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• Saginaw–Midland–Bay City combined statistical area → Tri-Cities (Michigan)
• Tri-Cities (Michigan) → ?

– I could not find any widespread reference to the Grand Haven-Ferrysburg-Spring Lake area being called the "Tri-Cities". "Tri-Cities" + "Grand Haven" turned up mostly false positives, whereas "Tri-Cities" + "Saginaw" turned up plenty of uses such as this, this, this, this, and this, to name a few. Outside a couple business names, I found no widespread use of "Tri-Cities" in reference to the Grand Haven area, and the Tri-Cities (Michigan) page as it is does not have a single source corroborating "Tri-Cities" as a widely-used term for that region. In my opinion, it is wholly WP:OR to say that the Grand Haven region is a "Tri-Cities" of its own. Everything I tried for "Tri-Cities" + "Michigan" across GNews, GBooks, Newspapers.com, and other sources was an explicit reference to the Bay City-Saginaw-Midland region. The previous page move request from 2025 was shaky and didn't have much evidence or participation, but I feel like I have brought a lot more evidence and a stronger case this time. Furthermore, I live not far from this region, and I hear it called "Tri-Cities" all the time, which would suggest "Tri-Cities" is a WP:COMMONNAME.

At the very least, any mention of the Grand Haven region should be removed from the "Tri-Cities (Michigan)" page, as I was wholly unable to corroborate it. At the best, I think there is enough of an argument here that "Tri-Cities" is the WP:COMMONAME for this region and it should be moved accordingly. Ten Pound Hammer (they/them) • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 15:48, 31 May 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. 1isall (talk | contribs) 16:33, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Note: a second proposal has been included, because Tri-Cities (Michigan) is a page with content and must also be dispositioned. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 22:44, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

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