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 :On the article talk page, there are many dictionary citations that favor the M form. I wasn't the admin who moved the page; I was the one who proposed the move. In fact, I wasn't an admin at the time.  moved the page. Since it's been almost two years since that discussion, your best bet would be to create a new WP:RM—or better yet, to accept that the English language is a living, changing creature, and ""pom pom"" is the dominant form today, meeting the WP:COMMONNAME standard. Early 20th century usage is quite irrelevant if it conflicts with current usage. Sorry to be so harsh, but your position makes no sense to me except as an exercise in prescriptivism.   "