Talk:Lydenburg

Split article into two?

Might it be a suggestion to split this article into two: one for the town of Lydenburg and one for the former Boer republic? Michel Doortmont (talk) 09:37, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

And one on the ancient terracota sculptures found there. There is a single one sentence mention of them in this article.

I always thought that the name "Long Tom", came from the enlongated canons used in the boer war. There is still one standing about halfway down the pass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vdiest (talk • contribs) 11:55, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Tebello TheWHAT!!?? 08:22, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Mashishing?

I'm a bit confused, if the township to the west of Lydenburg is called Mashishing, but the actual town of Lydenburg has been renamed to Mashishing as well, then are they two towns with the same name? I can understand if they were merged but they are quite a distance separated? Bezuidenhout (talk) 22:49, 1 January 2012 (U

This renaming business seems to be a real mess. What's the official name? (In terms of WP:COMMONNAME Lydenburg can remain as the article name) Park3r (talk) 13:36, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 4 January 2022

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. No support for the rename except the proposer, who was blocked (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 21:54, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

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Lydenburg → Mashishing – Town was renamed in 2006 and reliable sources regularly use the new name.

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/i-will-keep-hunting-them-down-says-mpumalanga-cop-who-helped-put-away-12-serial-rapists-20211211

https://lowvelder.co.za/764079/local-model-wins-mr-teen-mbombela/

https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-05-09-cops-hunt-for-mashishing-community-members-involved-in-mob-justice-attack/ Desertambition (talk) 02:00, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose, per ngrams, and recent news reports (Lydenburg and Mashishing), which both show that Lydenburg remains the WP:COMMONNAME, and has not met the requirements of WP:MPN that the new name has become predominant in common global usage. BilledMammal (talk) 02:03, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
  • I understand you're upset about these name changes but again, ngrams are weak evidence to reliable, consistent sources like I have provided. You have linked to google searches and completely ignored the sources I have provided. Please come back with stronger evidence. Desertambition (talk) 02:08, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
    • I would appreciate it if you don't ascribe motives to me, particularly false motives. BilledMammal (talk) 02:11, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:46, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. Google News searches produced Mashishing 42 results Lydenburg 100 results. A different Google News search produced Mashishing 2,980 results. Lydenburg 9,730 results.-- Toddy1 (talk) 16:17, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

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Original name

@Desertambition: Can you provide a source supporting that? It's not currently in the article, and a search didn't find anything. BilledMammal (talk) 19:02, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

• Of course, I used this source which is in fact linked in the article: Old South Africa collides with new in city names

Mashishing is what the place was traditionally called in Northern Sotho, meaning “long, green grass”.

Names like "Lydenburg" are not actually from indigenous African languages but from colonial languages like Dutch. The very next sentence is also related to our discussion on List of renamed places in South Africa

White residents, very much in the minority, are hardly bothered to make the change.

Hope this helps clear things up for you. Looks like the evidence continues to suggest that these name changes are unpopular with a very small segment of South Africa's population. Desertambition (talk) 19:14, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

"Traditionally" just tells us that it was customarily called that by the Pedi people; it doesn't tell us if they applied the name to the location before or after the settlement was founded. Do you have a source that tells us that? BilledMammal (talk) 19:23, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

@BilledMammal: I disagree. That is quite literally what that sentence means. It tells us that Mashishing was the name used by the indigenous people before the new name was imposed upon them. If you disagree, find sources that support your argument. Otherwise, I see no reason to debate this further. Desertambition (talk) 01:42, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

The relevant definition of tradition is "a long-established custom or belief that has been passed on from one generation to another." It doesn't tell us whether the location was given the name in 1900, 1850, or 1800, and we cannot make an assumption about it - if you want to say that this is the pre-settlement name, you need a source that says that. BilledMammal (talk) 08:05, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

If you believe that to be the case, please get a consensus before making the change. The distinction you are making seems fairly nonsensical in my opinion. Desertambition (talk) 10:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)