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Reopening can of worms

As it has often been stated, each administrative division of the Maldvies has an official name, usually that of the main geographic/natural atoll within that administrative division. The names of the characters of the Thaana abugida assigned to each administrative division is merely a code, not a replacement of the official name of the administrative division. As such, the name of pages for the administrative regions of the Maldives in Wikipedia should bear these names, rather than the codes.

However, recognising that the Thaana character codes are now often used, I would like to propose a compromise of the naming convention for the pages incorporating both the official/traditional name and the Thaana character code to become the title names of pages of the administrative divisions of the Maldives.

Here are the proposed new names for administrative division articles, and the components for the template. The names and spelling conventions follow official Madivian government website (eg National Bureau of Statistics) for the atoll names and also the name of letters for the Thaana alphabet which are used as administrative division code names.

From north to south they are:

North Thiladhunmathi (Haa Alifu) Atoll to replace the Haa Alif Atoll page
South Thiladhunmathi (Haa Dhaalu) Atoll to replace the Haa Dhaalu Atoll page etc
North Miladhunmadulu (Shaviyani) Atoll to replace Shaviyani Atoll page
South Miladhunmadulu (Noonu) Atoll to replace Noonu Atoll page
North Maalhosmadulu (Raa) Atoll to replace Raa Atoll page
South Maalhosmadulu (Baa) Atoll to replace Baa Atoll and Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll pages`
Faadhippolhu (Lhaviyani) Atoll
Malé (Kaafu) Atoll to replace the Kaafu Atoll and the Malé Atoll pages
Malé City
North Ari (Alifu Alifu) Atoll to replace Alif Alif Atoll page
South Ari (Alifu Dhaalu) Atoll to replace Alif Dhaal page
Felidhu (Vaavu) Atoll to replace Vaavu Atoll page
Mulaku (Meemu) Atoll to replace Meemu Atoll page
North Nilandhe (Faafu) Atoll to replace Faafu Atoll page
South Nilandhe (Dhaalu) Atoll to replace Dhaalu Atoll page
Kolhumadulu (Thaa) Atoll
Hadhdhunmathi (Laamu) Atoll
North Huvadhu (Gaafu Alifu) Atoll
South Huvadhu (Gaafu Dhaalu) Atoll
Fuvahmulah (Gnaviyani) Atoll
Addu City, Addu Atoll and Seenu Atoll to be redirected here, as subsets elements of this page

Open for other suggestions. Slleong (talk) 05:16, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]