Talk:Webbs Mills, New York

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Sovereign Sentinel in topic Requested move 17 August 2015

Requested move 17 August 2015

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) sovereign°sentinel (contribs) 10:11, 1 September 2015 (UTC)Reply



Webbs Mills, New YorkWebb Mills, New York – The Geographic Names Information System calls this place "Webb Mills" (though it gives "Webb's Mills" and "Webbs Mills" as variant names), and the name appears thus on the relevant USGS topograhic map. On the other hand, the local volunteer fire department does seem to call itself the Webbs Mills Volunteer Fire Department. Both versions get roughly equal numbers of Google hits. The relevant rule at WP:NCGN is: "The United States Board on Geographic Names determines official Federal nomenclature for the United States. Most often, actual American usage follows it, even in such points as the omission of apostrophes, as in St. Marys River. However, if colloquial usage does differ, we should prefer actual American usage to the official name." So I guess the question is whether colloquial usage does significantly differ in this case, or whether the "Webbs" version is an older version that has persisted in at least one organization name but has been superseded in common usage. Deor (talk) 20:54, 17 August 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 01:09, 25 August 2015 (UTC)Reply


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