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On 25 May 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Discover. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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Requested move 25 May 2025

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. (non-admin closure) TarnishedPath^talk 11:09, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discover Card → Discover – Discover Card should be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The current "Discover" article should be moved to Discover (disambiguation). After the Capital One merger, Discover Financial Services is now defunct. However, Capital One has confirmed that the Discover brand name will be retained for the foreseeable future and will continue to offer discover cards. Given the card’s long-standing national presence and consumer recognition, moving this article to Discover would improve searchability, reduce confusion, and align with WP:PRIMARYTOPIC policy. Cinaroot (talk) 01:26, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose on grounds of WP:PT2 (long-term significance)/the current WP:NOPRIMARY status quo for a worldwide audience. Discover Card currently is not used or marketed in most countries outside the United States. It remains to be seen if Capital One's acquisition of the credit card brand is going to change that in the near future, as Capital One's reach seems to only extend to Canada and the UK, two of those counties where the Discover Card brand seems to not really be used or marketed there. Zzyzx11 (talk) 12:16, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Discover is accepted in many countries https://www.discover.com/credit-cards/international-use/ ( not widely as visa or mastercard )

It remains the top search result for “discover” in many countries on Google. Cinaroot (talk) 17:46, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Businesses that accept the card is one thing, including those establishments with merchant accounts that may accept various credit cards from around the world. The number of Discover Card users, and the countries where the card is available and marketed to customers to apply to get is quite another. And I would be very wary of using the WP:GOOGLETEST in that particularly way now, as Google seems to now be using Internet geolocation more each day to give each user "more helpful results"[1] regardless of what different country version of Google is used. Whether I use Google Australia, Google India, Google UK or the original US version, the results pages will currently use geolocation to attempt to list my estimated physical location in the "fine print" at the bottom of the page along with the help, feedback, privacy, and terms links. Zzyzx11 (talk) 18:51, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, the Discover Card is not a thing outside the US, and Wikipedia has a global focus, not an American one. There's enough other topics at the current disambiguation page that seem likely for people to be searching for. CoconutOctopus talk 12:25, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is accepted in hotels, airports and tourist destinations, cities around the world. Acceptance varies by country, merchant and geographical areas. Cinaroot (talk) 17:51, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a map showing the countries where the card is accepted. Note that the vast majority of the countries where the card is accepted are outside of the United States. -- mikeblas (talk) 03:41, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And among them, where is the card available and marketed to customers to apply to? The average person is unlikely to be aware of the card if it is not marketed or available to them. On the other hand, businesses may have access to merchant accounts that may accept various credit cards from around the world including the Discover Card. Zzyzx11 (talk) 01:24, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

oppose per Zzyzx11 and CoconutOctopus—blindlynx 12:45, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Discover Card is available only in few countries, it is not that known for majority of the world. Also, "discover" is a generic word, why make it an article for a card?. Rrjmrrr (talk) 17:12, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Out of all items in Discover - i feel like Discover card is most popular. But its entirely possible its just a false belief Cinaroot (talk) 17:39, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please refer to WP:NWFCTM. 162 etc. (talk) 18:13, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: "Discover Card" is a more recognizable name for the card. "Discover" alone is not precise enough to identify the subject of the article. Jruderman (talk) 22:41, 26 May 2025 (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.