Talk:Fox Glacier (town)

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Andrewa in topic Requested move 7 July 2020

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Given that the article name doesn't distinguish this article at all from Fox Glacier itself, I think the article should be renamed to Fox Glacier (town) - this would be fitting with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (New Zealand), particularly number 5. Turnagra (talk) 02:28, 18 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

The hatnotes are sufficient, and the naming convention's number 5 note applies when there are more than one town in New Zealand with the same name.-gadfium 02:39, 18 January 2020 (UTC)Reply
Actually I see the place names apply to natural features as well, so I've struck part of my comment above.-gadfium 02:41, 18 January 2020 (UTC)Reply
I disagree that the hatnotes are sufficient - WP:PRECISION would indicate that we should change an article when the title itself isn't specific enough, as is the case here. WP:ATDAB, while not exactly the same as in this case, would also suggest that having a title which specifies that this is about a town would be preferable. There's no point in having people come to this article only to click through to the glacier when we can clear up the ambiguity with a small change in title and ensure that readers find the article they want on the first click. Turnagra (talk) 05:21, 18 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 25 June 2020

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The result of the move request was: moved ~ Amkgp 💬 05:39, 2 July 2020 (UTC)Reply



Fox Glacier, New ZealandFox Glacier (town) – Moved this at the start of the year and it was justifiably undone due to me not following the right process, doing it properly this time. The current name doesn't sufficiently differentiate from Fox Glacier, which is also nearby. WP:NCNZ specifies that "If the two places are different types of place, then parentheses are used to disambiguate (for example, "Lake Tekapo" and "Lake Tekapo (town)")". Changing the article name would be consistent with other similar articles about New Zealand places, such as the aforementioned Lake Tekapo (town) and Mount Maunganui (mountain). As above, the move would also be consistent with WP:PRECISION, which states that "titles should unambiguously define the topical scope of the article" - something the current one does not do given the confusion with the actual glacier. Turnagra (talk) 08:10, 25 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Requested move 7 July 2020

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Andrewa (talk) 23:53, 14 July 2020 (UTC)Reply


Fox Glacier (town)Fox Glacier, New Zealand – Previous move needs to be reverted. Towns are disambiguated as xx, New Zealand. 122.60.80.64 (talk) 23:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

We have two contradictory standards in practice for towns which have the same name as geographical features. Lake Tekapo (town) and Lake Hāwea (town) use the "(town)" disambiguation, leaving Lake Tekapo and Lake Hāwea the primary names. Jacobs River, New Zealand and Little River, New Zealand use the ", New Zealand" disambiguation, with the corresponding rivers called Jacobs River (New Zealand) and Little River (New Zealand). In these latter cases, the undisambiguated term could apply to features/towns in other countries.-gadfium 00:12, 8 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

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