Talk:Waterval Boven

Requested move 7 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 (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 22:03, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

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Waterval Boven → Emgwenya – Bold move reversed for no reason. Name was changed in 2009 and reliable sources regularly use the new name.

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2021-06-17-condolences-pour-in-for-committed-son-of-african-soil/

https://lowvelder.co.za/762727/man-saves-animals-but-loses-nearly-everything/

https://mpumalanganews.co.za/404103/aspiring-model-wants-to-compete-internationally/

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-03-02-mpumalangas-closed-stone-circles-of-colonial-thought/ Desertambition (talk) 01:01, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose, per ngrams provided on the nominators talk page which shows no use of Emgwenya. In addition, Google News shows minimal use of Emgwenya while significant use of Waterval Boven. BilledMammal (talk) 03:09, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose, per WP:COMMONNAME. Google News searches show that Waterval Boven is used far more often than Emgwenya:

• Waterval Boven 291 results, though possibly only about 100 of these are in English
• Emgwenya 21 results

It is significant that NGrams show usage of Waterval Boven, but not Emgwenya in the period up to 2019.-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:05, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

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.