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I would like to request the title name and url of this page be changed to Louisville Free Public Library, Western Branch. While the branch historically was known as the Western Colored Branch, today it serves all people. I think having the name listed somewhere in the article in its historic context is important, but to have it in the title and on the url is problematic for a number of reasons: it is not an accurate representation of the library today, we have had complaints that it is offensive to our patrons, and Google maps and Facebook are constantly pulling the Wikipedia page in searches which makes it look like the Louisville Free Public Library still refers to it as the “Western Colored Branch”.
User:Ammarpad, User:Bluerasberry, I didn't see this move request, but did just see that the page was moved (from "Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch" to drop the word "Colored"). I added NRHP nomination document as a reference and I restored the word to the infobox statement of the official NRHP listing name; it is not right, it is completely not allowable, to change that. I am not completely opposed to the move, but I don't see anything in the article giving the asserted actual current name of the library. Could someone please add something supporting the assertion about its current name? If this is a current library, then there should be a webpage that could/should be given as an external link. However, it is not right to make moves labelled "technical" or not, to names not explicitly supported by sources. --Doncram (talk) 19:58, 29 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
@Doncram: I was not aware of any controversy and only intended to relay the request for review. Thanks for giving your attention and feedback here. I will ask the requester to post a response here. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk)21:11, 29 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
Meh, there is no controversy, and I was being crabby, sorry. The request from a librarian is fine. It is a small point for the regular Wikipedia editors, that they should maybe look for an explicit current source to use, and that they should maybe know that an official NRHP name in NRHP infobox shouldn't be altered (unless indeed there is an official name change, which rarely happens and would not be done here, as the official NRHP naming policy is to prefer the historic name). There is this library page about the branch, which suffices for me, and maybe i should have just found it and put it in. Argh. --Doncram (talk) 21:20, 29 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
