Talk:Morebeng

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Vpab15 in topic Requested move 6 January 2022

direction

edit

how to go to morebeng in full 102.252.66.136 (talk) 02:12, 22 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 6 January 2022

edit
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: moved. The most recent sources, even if scarce, seem to favour the new name. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 (talk) 18:47, 10 February 2022 (UTC)Reply


SoekmekaarMorebeng – Town has been renamed since 2005. Reliable sources regularly use the new name.

https://reviewonline.co.za/510704/agri-potatoes-sa-empower-female-farmers/

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/former-limpopo-prosecutor-sentenced-to-four-years-in-jail-for-corruption/

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/serial-limpopo-rapist-jailed-for-three-life-terms-47a040c9-db9b-5505-a6c3-ad38e38125d0

https://www.herald.co.zw/165-year-jail-term-for-zim-robbers/ Desertambition (talk) 23:49, 6 January 2022 (UTC)— Relisting. -- Aervanath (talk) 17:33, 15 January 2022 (UTC)— Relisting. Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 04:07, 27 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

  • Oppose, as the name has not met the requirement of WP:MPN that the new name has become predominant in common global usage, per ngrams. Recent news results and recent scholarly results are inconclusive and show equal preference for new and old. BilledMammal (talk) 02:19, 7 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
  • Weak Support The results from Google News show that when the town is mentioned in current English-language news stories, the stories use Morebeng 65% of the time and Soekmekaar 39% of the time. This adds up to 104% because stories use both names 4% of the time. The Google News searches are weak evidence in support of a move, though it is concerning that in Ngram data up to 2019, there are no references to Morebeng, which is significant because it is claimed that the name was changed in 2005.
(The reason for mentioning the number of Afrikaans results was because they were excluded when calculating percentages.)-- Toddy1 (talk) 23:51, 8 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.