Talk:Prayagraj district

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: "change Allahabad to Prayagraj" 157.43.45.9 (talk) 17:48, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 October 2018 

message: 122.170.97.55 (talk) 12:54, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 October 2018 

message: The name of the district has been changed to Prayagraj District and this should be reflected in the article.  Whilst I can fully understand reluctance to change the name of the settlement of Allahabad / Prayagraj due to COMMONNAME, I don't see how this applies to a district which is not a settlement but a political entity. There is president for the change as Faizabad District was renamed a few days ago to Ayodhya District and this is already reflected on Wikipedia (including a change in article title) with no controversy. Cordyceps-Zombie (talk) 16:31, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: AFAIK it applies throughout the English Wikipedia, I know of no distinction between "settlements" and "political sub-units" The reader coming across the article may think they are in the wrong place when all the references are to a name other than the article title. - Arjayay (talk) 16:35, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  It would be appropriate to move this page from Allahabad district to Prayagraj district to avoid such confusion. Currently readers are led to believe there is a political entity in India called "Allahabad District" when there is actually not so very misleading and confusing. My edits clearly state that the entity currently known as "Prayagraj District was indeed known as Allahabad District until October 2018. Cordyceps-Zombie (talk) 16:43, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also, just read the previous text "Allahabad District, officially Prayagraj District, is... and see how ridiculous and un-encyclopedia like that wording sounds.  Cordyceps-Zombie (talk) 16:47, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

text: Common name does not apply only to cities. And stating that Prayagraj is the official name is just fine. And +1 for Arjayay's point about consistency.—Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 14:38, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the district 

message: I propose that this page moves from "Allahabad district" an obsolete name for this country sub-division to "Prayagraj district" the correct legal name for this district. There is president on Wikipedia for this when political entities are renamed, the page titles are changed to reflect this for example in the case of "Macedonia" becoming "North Macedonia", the page was moved on the same day as that was the new common name for that political. If we don't reflect name changes, we might as well have articles entitled "Saigon", "Leopoldville", "Rhodesia", Leningrad, "Dahomy" etc. Cordyceps-Zombie (talk) 16:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You can't do it here. The discussion is at Talk:Allahabad where people agreed to keep it as Allahabad as per WP:COMMONNAME. Regards. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:56, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed page move 

message: Due to recent changes to the wording Allahabad district in favor of Prayagraj in the body of the article, I've added a temporary Edit notice scheduled to expire in a month, to see if that tamps it down somewhat.  If the number of such edits jumps again after the edit notice expires on 26 October, we can reinstate it for a longer period. However, that doesn't have any effect on mobile users. Mathglot (talk) 20:39, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: In view of increased attempts to alter the name after the expiration of the edit notice, I've extended it to 16 May 2023. Mathglot (talk) 11:18, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit notice added