Talk:Theistareykjarbunga

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The result of the move request was: Not moved - no reason given to overturn WP:UE, which requests that we looks at the common name in English sources and also demands transliteration into English. (non-admin closure) Red Slash 02:28, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

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Theistareykjarbunga → Þeistareykjarbunga – Icelandic spelling, with thorn (letter). If accepted, then ditto the other volcano names listed in List of volcanoes in Iceland with names starting with "Th". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:44, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

• Support - it'd be odd as a isolated case but it seems sensible for volcanos in Iceland to be consistent with WikiProject Iceland naming of the rest of place names. In ictu oculi (talk) 11:51, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
• Support It makes sense to use the native characters for at least most Icelandic place names, because they aren't used in English so much, and are very often given with thorns and eths these days. —innotata 05:19, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose. For what purpose? How does this actually help English readers to insert a character that odds are they will have no idea how to read? In addition to this, all English-language sources in Google Books use the current title ([1] vs [2]). Jenks24 (talk) 13:20, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose. Per Jenks24. I wouldn't even be able to type a Þ to find this article. Ground Zero | t 18:43, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
  • That is why there would be a redirect from the "Th-" spelling. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:38, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

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Icelandic writing preferred

Moved the article, hope that is ok. The other Icelandic mountains/volcanoes commencing with Icelandic letters are also spelled correctly and have a redirect added.Hornstrandir1 (talk) 09:47, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

{{subst:Theistareykjarbunga|Þeistareykjarbunga|reason=I'd like to restart the discussion as my transfer was reverted.

As was mentioned in the discussion above, Icelandic writing should be preferred, and just set in links from English orthography, which is no problem to do. I did this eg. with my page Þorbjörn (mountain), where I used Icelandic writing and there was no objection to this.

Also in the literature or volcano monitoring webpages like the ones in English from Icelandic Met Office, the names are written in Icelandic though the text may be in English. See: [3] . Here the name of our volcano in question is written Þeistareykir (which would be the volcanic system in comparison to Þeistareykjarbunga which is the name of the central volcano. The same is the case for this page from University of Iceland [4]. The volcanic system is also written Þeistareykir in the book Thor Thordarson, A. Hoskuldsson: Iceland. Classic geology of Europe 3. Harpenden 2002, eg. p.14. And in the Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes by Icelandic Met Office and University of Iceland: [5] Click on TEY. Hornstrandir1 (talk) 20:19, 28 August 2020 (UTC)}}

I saw also that Snæfellsjökull is written in Icelandic. Why is it accepted there?Hornstrandir1 (talk) 20:41, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Noted discussion 2020. I suppose revert was because of 2014 discussion. A quick English language survey suggests better names for article from about a year later would have been Þeistareykir or Theistareykir as these are the names mostly used now. The redirects all work and the power station which is a major notable feature did not exist when the article was created. Perhaps one day it will end up Þeistareykir to fit usual practice with redirects but as Theistareykir used a lot I decided not to be bold. ChaseKiwi (talk) 16:56, 29 June 2024 (UTC)