Talk:2021 Mansfield earthquake

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On 22 September 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved to 2021 Mount Skene earthquake. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 22 September 2021

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. There's consensus that "Mansfield earthquake" is the common name. (non-admin closure) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:53, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 Mansfield earthquake → 2021 Mount Skene earthquake – new page title. The earthquake epicenter was not in Mansfield Victoria. The earthquake is not officially referred to as the Mansfield earthquake by Geoscience Australia. https://earthquakes.ga.gov.au/event/ga2021sqogij - The closest geographic location is the mountain of Mount Skene 46.56.204.68 (talk) 16:29, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:35, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@46.56.204.68, 2pou, and SnowFire: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:37, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Have independent reliable sources used this name for the earthquake yet, or would these both be unofficial names? -2pou (talk) 16:56, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This doesn't seem like the common name, at least not yet - a single source using the "Mount Skane" name doesn't mean much. SnowFire (talk) 20:37, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The epicentre was in fact located in the Shire of Mansfield, so the name holds

oppose as Mansfield is many many times more often used than "Mount Skene". However I may question the existence of this article about a minor earthquake. (This article also fails to mention the 23 December 2004 Macquarie Island earthquake measuring 8.1 - ie about 100 times stronger. (but also caused no damage unless you count that it triggered the boxing day earthquake)) Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:41, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - media referred to the earthquake's epicentre at the time as near Mansfield. Geoscience Australia does not refer to it as the Mount Skene earthquake. Searching "mount skene earthquake" produces only about 5 results (all from Wikipedia), whereas "mansfield earthquake" produces about 5,170. And, has been mentioned, the epicentre was in the Shire of Mansfield. Just because Mount Skene is the closest thing to the earthquake's epicentre (and I'm not sure if it is, this may be a case of WP:OR), does not mean that the article should be named after it. Mansfield was widely reported as the epicentre and is vastly more likely to be the primary term. --LivelyRatification (talk) 08:54, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I would prefer Mount Skene, as this is the more accurate geographical location, and is much closer to the epicenter. Mansfield is 53km away and is just as significant as other nearby towns. For instance, it could just as easily be called Marysville Earthquake, as Marysville is 52 km away.--Neb (talk) 14:01, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Mansfield earthquake appears to be the common name and nobody at all is using "Mount Skene earthquake". Mikenorton (talk) 16:14, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Although Mount Skene is the more accurate geographical location, keeping it as the "Mansfield earthquake" would be a better option as not many people would know about Mount Skene and there is currently no major sources which currently mention Mount Skene as the epicentre. Jeuno (talk) 12:44, 29 September 2021 (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.