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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.
Discussions:
RM, Majorca → Mallorca, moved, 16 May 2017, discussion
RM, Mallorca → Majorca, not moved, 29 August 2021, discussion
Latest comment: 3 years ago18 comments15 people in discussion
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Majorca → Mallorca – Mostly to be consistent with Menorca. I'm surprised no one requested this move given the tons of ink spilled at Minorca/Menorca, but the rationale is as strong here as it was there (i.e., not super strong, but arguable). Here are some 21st-century comparisons for "Majorca is" vs. "Mallorca is":
Sources are super split. To be honest, I probably wouldn't support this move if presented on its own. Given last year's move of Menorca, however, I find that consistency, though the lowliest of title considerations, is nonetheless enough of a reason to make this move. Dohn joe (talk) 03:20, 16 May 2018 (UTC) --Relisting.Anarchyte (work | talk)04:24, 24 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
That would be fine, except for the successful RM over there. The point here is consistency. Whatever rationale holds for one holds for the other. I'd be happy to put this RM on hold if you want to try to reverse last year's decision. If not, though, let's match 'em up. Dohn joe (talk) 01:02, 23 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Oppose. What matters here is the WP:COMMONNAME. From the above evidence, it appears that unlike the Menorca situation, the Spanish and Catalan version "Mallorca" hasn't become more common in the sources.--Cúchullaint/c20:01, 23 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
It's actually almost identical. Some sets of sources prefer one, some the other. I'd be happy to recreate the results for Menorca/Minorca here, if you'd like. Dohn joe (talk) 22:00, 23 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Support per WP:CONSISTENCY, with the other potential determiners being inconclusive. Another consideration is that of beyond-the-UK. Over here in Yankeeland, we're plenty familiar with Spanish and that language's ll for y (as in tortilla), so we generally use Mallorca. Majorca looks like an obsoletism, like calling China Cathay. — SMcCandlish☏¢ 😼 22:50, 24 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Mallorca (duouble L pronounces as "j" in Castellian Spanish) But the issue here is how it is spelled in English ? We use "Vienna" not "Wien", "Rome" not "Roma" , "Cologne" not "Köln", "Copenhagen" not "København". This is NOT taking side in the Spain vs Catalonia question, only the English (and in this case, the British English) spelling counts. Boeing720 (talk) 07:53, 26 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Oppose per COMMONNAME, Reading up about it there seems to be a lot of confusion over where "Majorca" comes from but in others it states it's used in Spain as well here in the UK, Anyway oppose per CN and no objections to moving once sources start using the Malorca name. –Davey2010Talk18:59, 29 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
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Now that it's been moved, the instances of Majorca within the article should be changed to Mallorca (except for the very first instance in the lead). --184.248.216.137 (talk) 21:35, 10 October 2018 (UTC)Reply
I broke off the 2 sentences in the lead to be the Etymology section, as the topic is not otherwise discussed in the main body if article. Given all the discussion above, perhaps some explanation of the two spellings could be added to Etymology. - - Prairieplant (talk) 15:03, 27 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
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Mallorca → Majorca – Majorca is used by major English sources such as Britanica[1], Trip Advisor[2], Tui[3], The Telegraph[4] and the BBC[5]. Besides the reason most commonly given to move the article to 'Mallorca' in the first place was 'consistency with Menorca'. This is irrelevant because:
A) Wikipedia uses the most common name; whether or not it is consistent doesn’t always matter.
B) A lot of English sources Majorca and Menorca together such as the BBC article I have referenced.
Oppose: I was in the mood to make a table. From what I found, there's not really any preference towards either name. And actually, I found this article in The Times that suggests "Majorca" is the British spelling of the island whereas "Mallorca" is the rest-of-the-world spelling of the island. Bait30 Talk 2 me pls?02:55, 30 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Bait30's assortment of reliable sources, search terms, and number of results
Oppose. Moved here 3 years ago, cherry-picked sources in the nomination are unimpressive. Evidence presented by Bait30 as well as in the previous RM suggests that both names are in similar circulation, so the consistency argument pulls a significant weight. And WP:TITLECHANGES. No such user (talk) 08:53, 30 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
You presented evidence showing that there's "not really any preference towards either name". In that case, let's use English in line with policy. — AjaxSmack03:04, 31 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
I don't know any medieval Latin, but my modern translation dictionary (which reads "Revised and Updated for the 21st Century") only gives "Majorca" for the modern English and Mallorca for the modern Spanish. See image over here. — AjaxSmack16:26, 31 August 2021 (UTC) →Reply
Oppose - Support because the name sounds better and it's what everyone's used to calling it. Oppose because under Google News "Majorca" has 139,000 results[1], Mallorca has 28,500,000 [2]. As much as I really want to there's no valid reason to support moving other than preference. –Davey2010Talk14:00, 31 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
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