Talk:German attempts to colonise the Somali Coast

Requested move 21 November 2021

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The result of the move request was: MOVED (non-admin closure) Spekkios (talk) 01:44, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

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German Somali Coast → German attempts to colonize the Somali Coast – As far as I am aware, "German Somali Coast" is not a phrase in common use. I get just over 300 hits for it on Google. What this article is about is German colonization of the Somali coast - so that's what the name should indicate.

The German article is "German colonial efforts on the Somali coast", which strikes me as a "Germanicism" and not idiomatic English. "German colonial expeditions to the Somali coast" sounds idiomatic but might be too restrictive. (It accurately describes the content of the German wikipedia page, but I don't know if that's all there is to the history here.) I don't have any strong preferences here - except that it really should not remain "German Somali Coast". asilvering (talk) 08:19, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

• Support. Srnec (talk) 23:39, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
• Comment. Agree on the need to move the article but I am suggesting to change to German colonization attempts on the Somali Coast which is similar to German colonization of the Somali coast per your explanation. Since the colonization failed to happen (as far as I read the translated German article), adding the attempt(s) will be accurate. --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 02:41, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

  @Justanothersgwikieditor I like your version much better than mine! Mine was a bit like a newspaper headline about a single very confused European. -- asilvering (talk) 03:47, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

• Support "German attempts to colonize the Somali Coast". the wub "?!" 23:58, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

  @The wub What do you think of @Justanothersgwikieditor's "German colonization attempts on the Somali Coast"? I think that suggestion is better than the one I originally came up with. -- asilvering (talk) 00:25, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

  The original reads better to me, but I'm not sure I could say why. Either is fine though, and preferable to the current title. the wub "?!" 00:36, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

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