Talk:Tōyako, Hokkaido

No help

You'd expect these G8 guys to add SOMETHING to this article!! --Woodelf 15:41, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

• Woodelf: I think the principle Wikipedia:Sofixit applies here. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:45, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Move?

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was not moved. Jafeluv (talk) 00:26, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

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Tōyako, Hokkaidō → Tōyako —

• Move over redirect. Only place of that name, so no need to include the name of the prefecture Hokkaidō. — YeshuaDavid • Talk • 00:01, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Place names is explicit about the conventions used for articles about Japanese place names, and they must always be suffixed by the prefecture name. --DAJF (talk) 00:09, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

  Agreed. That guideline could possibly be modified in order to allow the shorter names, but that's a conversation to have at Wikipedia Talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)
  — V = I * R (talk) 06:32, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

• Support as nominator I hadn't looked at the policy before, and ideally I would extend the debate there, but I don't see the point in holding the long form as the article title when the common name of the place is available and unambiguous. YeshuaDavid • Talk • 11:43, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

  (edit conflict)I think that the main issue with Japanese names comes from the fact that their all created through a Romanization method that isn't devoid of controversy itself. My main concern therefore, is that this seemingly rather innocuous request might be opening a larger can of "whoop ass" on all of us ("us" being those of us who use and participate in the movereq process, and those members of the Japan WikiProject(s)).
  — V = I * R (talk) 11:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

• I definitely do not support moving to Tōyako. There is clear precedent for the current naming scheme for Japanese municipality articles throughout Wikipedia. Tōyako is not nearly as well known as Tokyo, Kyoto, etc. and should not be an exception. -Amake (talk) 11:46, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

  Perfect timing! I swear that I didn't set this reply up before hand. :)
  — V = I * R (talk) 11:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.