Talk:Xindian District

Why "Xindian, Taipei" instead of "Xindian, Taiwan"?

Are there multiple Xindians in Taiwan? Are the others notable? If not, then why this move? We don't say "San Antonio, Bexar", we say "San Antonio, Texas". We don't say "Hannover, Lower Saxony", we say "Hannover, Germany". When specifying locations in Taiwan, English speakers normally use "Taiwan" if they need to clarify where in the world they are talking about. Only if there is some potential for confusion (i.e. there are multiple locations in Taiwan having the same name) do they use more specific information such as the county name. Readin (talk) 19:22, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Now it has been renamed to Xindian District. Chongkian (talk) 06:48, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Common name versus official name

[1] [2] Why don't we stick with the common name, given that the old name Sindian is still a lot more common in the English language? 202.64.189.90 (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

There is no evidence here that "Sindian" is more common than "Xindian." The former is Tongyong pinyin, which was used from around 2002 to 2008, while the latter is Hanyu pinyin used since around 2009. The older form is Hsin-tien.--Jiang (talk) 03:54, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Which is as of 2012 the most common name in English? From what I know it's still Sindian. Wikipedia describes rather than prescribe as far as I know. WP:Official names applies too. 202.64.189.90 (talk) 20:41, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

There is no evidence here of the common name in English.--Jiang (talk) 06:51, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

From what I know both Sindian and Hsin-tien are more common that Xindian. Things may change, but it definitely hasn't yet changed. 202.64.189.90 (talk) 08:20, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

I agree, the alternate spellings should at least be listed in the article. A simple Google search (from my location in the USA) shows 470,000 hits for "Sindian Taiwan", 420,000 hits for "Xindian Taiwan" and 330,000 for "Hsin-tien Taiwan".Phlar (talk) 17:51, 19 December 2013 (UTC)