Talk:Naypyidaw

message: The article is quite out of date. Lots of sentences are still reflecting the shock of the initial move, and don't properly describe the crazed building work of the last year or two. Somebody needs to read all the recent articles, and photos and so on about Naypyidaw (I'm adding them to the external links) and then update the text of the whole article. Francis Irving 09:22, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs updating

message: Naypyidaw is defined by Military government which robbed the People State Power since 1962 coup. Military government is exactly same as dictatorship. Now, rumor said, top military junta is happy with his closed disciples who serve him like a king. Therefore, Burmese military government members is dragging the country to 200 year back 4th Burmese kingdom.  It is totally not acceptable behalf of democratic Burmese or Multi party supporters including Aung San Suu Kyi supporters.  Finally, Myanmar new capital should be Pyinmana instead of Naypyidaw.  We do not want to be influenced by Kingdom term.  
:: While you have valid points, you must also remember that this is Wikipedia, an online Encyclopedia and it is politically "neutral".  Therefore, I would suggest you would take your protest to nearest Myanmar embassay and camp outside there.  Wikipedia is not a place for protest.  If you cannot contribute anything, please dont desecrate it, it is still our country, whether we like the government or not. Okkar 04:44, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite a typical anal retentive Wikipedia response. We must abide by naming conventions given by the people themselves even if "the people" means a brutal military dictatorship. Yes, there SHOULD be a place for politics on Wikipedia. Is this the capital recognized by the Burmese people? We could ask them but their internet was cut off by their brutal military dictatorship. Oh well. Stop treating the Wikipedia rules like the 10 commandments and understand that the rules should and can be changed.--Apples99 03:22, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: We can not follow the Myanmar Military Covernment term of Naypyidaw

message: Why do Burmese news broadcasts almost exclusively refer to the site of the new capital as "Pyinmana-Kyetpyei" (the two towns adjacent to the relocation site), rather than Pyinmana? () Hintha 07:45, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know, but there are no Google hits for “Kyetpyei” as of 2006-05-02, so it seems the name (or rather, its romanisation) is not used on the English internet. The MOFA site even says Yangon is the capital. If you find out more, please share. 11:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pyinmana or Pyinmana-Kyetpyei?

message: I think we should not merge the two articles, because they are different cities. Maybe perhaps someone should just edit out repeated information. Hintha 20:20, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging Pyinmana and Naypyidaw 

message: Hi mates,
the coordinates seem to be the ones of Yangon / Rangoon to me ...
:No, I double-checked the cooridinates, they are correct.  The longitude is almost the same because Naypyidaw is almost directly north of Yangon (same line of longitude), and it is about 320 km north so about 3 degrees of latitude.  The coordinates of Rangoon listed in its article were slightly off, though.  I think somebody forgot a "0" or misplaced their decimal point, but I fixed it earlier.--WilliamThweatt 22:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Although, as I wrote above, the coordinates were correct in the Pyinmana article, they were incorrect in the Naypyidaw aricle (didn't realize the two shared a talk page).  I fixed them so all three pages should give the correct coordinates now.--WilliamThweatt 22:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

text: The coordinates were incorrectly centered on the city of Pyinmana - I moved the coordinates of Naypyidaw to the area of newly-constructed buildings west of Pyinmana visible in the Google Maps imagery. Molas 16:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinates 

message: The piece states that the location is, "some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Pyinmana..."  Why "some"? If we know that it is three kilometers away from Pyinmana then this information should be stated. If it is more or less, then that distance should be stated. When presenting a distance as short as three kilometers it isn't very useful to write in terms of "some."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.183.249.50 (talk) 01:30, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There is nothing wrong with the formulation "some 3 km" in this context (except that it is too short a distance!); it is the over-precision of "3.2 km" that is inappropriate in this context. 3.2 km from where to where? We are not writing about, say, the re-location of a post-office building, but the foundation of a new city officially occupying an area of more than 7,000 km2. The map-distance between the centres of Naypyidaw and Pyinmana is, in fact, some 13 km, and I have amended the article accordingly. -- Picapica (talk) 09:06, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Some" three kilometers 

message: As I have checked out with Korean Correspondent living in Myanmar, the two cities are complete seperate entity. The chracteristics of Pyinmana and Naypyidaw is same as Minneapolis and St.Paul in the USA
:::And why is an unidentified Korean correspondent a useful resource for a question that does not involve Korea? Why not cite a candian farmer? Why not turn to a Namibian nurse?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.183.249.50 (talk) 01:32, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Check out

message: User:Francis Irving has recommended using  to incorporate further information to the Naypyidaw article. If any editors would like to, feel free to do so and cite the source. Thanks. Hintha 03:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorporating more info. 

message: This is now officially a capital so we should try to bring this up to the same quality as Rangoon. Felixboy 16:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time to get workin' 

message: So how is it pronounced? --さくら木 15:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Nay" rhymes with "say", "pyi" rhymes with "see", but with the "y" sound placed between the "p" (soft 'p') and the "i", and "daw" rhymes with "law". The IPA of the pronunciation can be found in the main article. I hope these rough comparisons help. --Hintha 22:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! --さくら木 20:45, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Fair point. Hintha was right in that "say" is the nearest English comparison to the first vowel sound in Naypyidaw -- and that's exactly why the common transcription "ay" for this vowel was originally chosen -- but it's not identical. The first vowel in Naypyidaw is a close "e", without a following "y" sound. That vowel is not found in standard American or British English, though you might hear it in Caribbean English, in Yorkshire, in Scotland ... Andrew Dalby 17:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  and in Wales, Midland and Ireland... pretty much anywhere else in United Kingdom that hasnt been infested by bogus refugees! Okkar 06:57, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Meant as a joke, perhaps? For the record: there is no such easy correlation. Andrew Dalby 12:16, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of "Naypyidaw" 

message: Hasn't any reliable source even printed an estimate? 86.132.141.221 00:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population? 

message: The BBC website  says Naypyidaw is about 460 km (300 miles) north of Yangon. Is this reliable enough to change it, as the journalist has actually visited the city? Maninukca 06:30, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naypyidaw's distance from Yangon 

message: This phrasing is a bit odd - felt by who?  Seems like either direct Myanmar government propoganda or a restating of it.  A government engaged in ethnic cleansing is hardly likely to be interested in 'stability' except as a covering excuse for its actions.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.68.154 (talk) 11:57, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "It was felt that a stronger military and governmental presence nearby might provide stability to those chronically turbulent regions." 

message: :File:Nptintl.jpg looks like a CGI simulation of the new airport, not an actual picture?  If so, the self-made copyright claim seems improbable, and the caption is wrong. -- Beland (talk) 09:13, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious image? 

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message: *Oppose - based on what I can research in multiple news sources and state depts (see discussion below), I'm not convinced that the common spelling has changed from Naypyidaw. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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message: Hi, I have just tried to edit the repetitions on the opening date and reasons for the new capital. Especially the mention of this having been a "vanity project", citing The Guardian, seems to me unsubstantiated. (The original quote from The Guardian reads: "The city’s origins are clouded in rumour and speculation. Some describe it as a vanity project of Than Shwe, the former military leader of the country.") - Hope this meets consensus and makes it possible to delete the mention of weasel words, as so far, I don't see any other examples in the text. Munfarid1 (talk) 12:24, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trying to eliminate weasel words 

message: It's never quite made clear on any article concerning Naypyidaw the difference between the Naypyidaw Development Committee and Naypyidaw Council are in terms of their competencies. One can assume the NDC is more local and the Council is the state-level. But other than guessing that, what's the difference in what they do? --Criticalthinker (talk) 06:55, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it that the council delegates its powers to the development committee? I've searched and searched and have yet to find an answer. I see that former Mayor Myo Aung was both chair of the council and chair of the development committee, so I am more confused. --Criticalthinker (talk) 11:46, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naypyidaw Development Committee & Naypyidaw Council 

message: Since the construction of the new capital was begun in 2002 and completed enough to hold a parade there in 2006, it doesn't make sense to suggest that the cyclone in 2008 was a reason for moving. The use of "could" in that sentence is another example of the weasel words mentioned above. And the ref cited doesn't support the climate claim, either. So I deleted that sentence. Dgndenver (talk) 10:09, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rationale behind moving the capital 

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