Talk:Moeraki Boulders

message: The article tries to explain their origin and fails... why are they round ?
--88.164.17.243 (talk) 19:38, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
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message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: (non-admin closure) NOT MOVED - consensus is that a common name is preferred over the official name for this topic.  User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 18:06, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Moeraki Boulders →  – official name since 1998 , time to update this. Gryffindor (talk) 08:17, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

text: Is 'Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki' the official name for the boulders or for the geographic location? I read the page being about the boulders, not the place where they are most famously exposed. For example is the rock outside the Otago Museum a 'Moeraki Boulder' or a 'Moeraki Boulder / Kaihinaki'. 'Moeraki Boulders' still seems to dominate in the geological literature. Google scholar 'Moeraki Boulder' 198-536 hits depending, Kaihinaki 8-15 hits depending. We also have the name/spelling Te Kai-hinaki. Dushan Jugum (talk) 09:19, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The NZGB Gazetteer (the official source for place names in NZ) lists Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki as the official name for the rock formation. As to your question about the one outside the museum, I'd say that it was from the Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki rather than using a singular, but I acknowledge that different people would have different choices in that regard. Turnagra (talk) 03:30, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

text: It's late and I am being pedantic. I will wait and follow consensus. Dushan Jugum (talk) 10:11, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  User:Gryffindor as per Stewart Island / Rakiura and NZGB and this discussion, I think you are within your rights to be bold and change it. Dushan Jugum (talk) 21:13, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

text: As  points out, this page is about the boulders/rock formations, which have no official name. Please, , look before you leap and measure at least once before you cut. You are wandering through pages now, without sight towards whether these name changes are appropriate at all. The common name is what we are looking for, and the common name is indisputably "Moeraki Boulders", with rare mentions of the Māori name.  — HTGS (talk) 02:25, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I find the proposed revised name to be confusing. The name change should be to 'Moeraki / Kaihinaki Boulders' to make it clear to readers that the boulders are the feature being referred to Paul H. (talk) 17:12, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: To clarify, this is an example of a dual place name, which is where the old name of the feature (usually given by European settlers) is combined with the traditional Māori name using a slash. In this instance, the offical name of the boulders is "Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki" Turnagra (talk) 03:20, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

text: This comment is incorrect - the boulders / rock formation does have an official name, and this official name is Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki. Turnagra (talk) 03:20, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks Turnagra, in rereading Dushan's comments, I actually find them much more confusing than they were when I first skimmed them. I still don't see a need to move the page, as the boulders are best known by the current title and adding the dual name brings little to no benefit—adding only a confusing and long title when the page is sufficiently recognisable as it is. — HTGS (talk) 03:46, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

text: *Comment Also see WP:CONCISE, WP:UCRN, and here Spekkios (talk) 06:25, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Can I have a bit more Stuartyeates, this affects many NZ pages. As long as no one mentions macrons we should be safe. Dushan Jugum (talk) 03:50, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not needed found Wikipedia:Naming conventions (New Zealand). Dushan Jugum (talk) 08:48, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 15 September 2021