Template talk:National Parks of the Republic of the Congo

Request to update link and name of park

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On behalf of African Parks via the Wyss Foundation, and as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I am submitting a request to have "Odzala National Park" changed to "Odzala-Kokoua National Park", the park's official name. Since the Wikipedia article has been moved (see Talk:Odzala-Kokoua National Park), I am trying to update links throughout the encyclopedia, but I don't edit articles directly because of my conflict of interest. Thank you in advance. Inkian Jason (talk) 20:25, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

 Declined This edit request consists of altered font colors, and does not include updated WL's. Spintendo      11:21, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

I've updated the request above to remove text coloring and link the specific name I think should be updated. Thank you. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:30, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

This is putting the cart before the horse. The article's maintenance issues ought to be addressed before changes to the template are considered. Spintendo      17:21, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: I see you created and have made subsequent edits to this template. I am curious, what do you think about changing "Odzala National Park" to "Odzala-Kokoua National Park", now that the Wikipedia article about the park has been moved? Inkian Jason (talk) 17:30, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

The article may have moved, but its maintenance issues went with it. Questions over which template the article should show up in are meaningless if that article is undergoing WP:AFD for lack of references. Thus, the article's issues ought to be addressed before the template's issues are. Spintendo      17:58, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

I'm still not following why this template should not be updated to display the park's actual title, but I'll move on for now, and revisit this request after improvements to the Odzala-Kokoua National Park article have been implemented. Thanks. Inkian Jason (talk) 18:03, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

@Spintendo: The article is not at AfD. Blocking this change to the template because the article may go to AfD is a flimsy argument. If you think it belongs there then go ahead and nominate it. And we've never excluded articles from templates and or wikilinking simply because they're of low quality. Besides, this is the RoC's largest and oldest national park [1]. -Indy beetle (talk) 22:11, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Now the article title for the park has been changed, it makes no sense for the template to link to a redirect. The reason for refusing a change to the template makes no sense. Here we have an editor who is takinga conservative approach to a potential conflict of interest, which is something that should be encouraged, not made more difficult.   Jts1882 | talk  18:01, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jts1882: Are you comfortable updating the template? Thanks, Inkian Jason (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

I'd rather wait for a consensus decision on this discussion. However, I see nothing controversial in the proposed changes, which seem to follow the other articles on the English Wikipedia and avoid unnecessary redirects. I'll make the changes if there are no objections.   Jts1882 | talk  20:08, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jts1882: I just wanted to share that the Odzala-Kokoua National Park article has been expanded and updated. @Cwmhiraeth: I am pinging you in case you care to participate in this discussion about updating the name of the park in the template. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 14:13, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I meant to come back to this and make the change if there were no objections. The proposed change reflects the name of the park used officially and by tourist companies so I see no reason for keeping the older name. Template changed.   Jts1882 | talk  14:50, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Inkian Jason (talk) 15:28, 19 March 2018 (UTC)