Talk:Araz reservoir
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Requested move
[edit]- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:27, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
Araz reservoir → Aras Reservoir — Relisted. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:54, 5 February 2011 (UTC) As the article about the river uses spelling 'Aras', this article should be renamed correspondingly to be consistent. Beagel (talk) 17:34, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Not necessarily. If the reservoir name normally receives a different spelling to the dam and/or river in English, we should follow this. As it's on a national border between two states with different language traditions, that is a very possible scenario. I note that there have been several related moves already over the years [1]; Were any of these discussed, I wonder? But the important point for now is, we do not try to impose our standards of consistency on English usage here, however sensible they may seem. Andrewa (talk) 05:12, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
- Google search results (just a brief look):
- "Aras reservoir" on book search (6 results)
- "Araz reservoir" on book serach (no results)
- "aras reservoir" on normal search (473 results)
- "Araz reservoir" on normal search (569 results).
- [2][3] Two English-language Azerbaijani news sites that use "Araz". Dabomb87 (talk) 18:57, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.