Talk:Spree (river)

message: Before you erase the Slavic name please take a look at Vistula. Halibutt 13:47, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
Why would anyone delete it, actually, could you define which specific Slavic language it is, Špreva gives me only one hit on google . GeneralPatton 18:37, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: The article's lead implies the Spree flow through the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic. But looking at my, admittedly quite small scale maps, all I can see is a section where it might be forming the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. Unfortunately I cannot be sure because my maps are not very disciplined at labelling rivers, and I might be looking at a tributary rather than the main branch.
Can anybody clarify, and perhaps provide a cited update to the course section to indicate where the river flows through the Czech Republic. -- Starbois (talk) 14:31, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In the vicinity of the former village of Fukov, near german bordertowns Taubenheim and Oppach, the river doesnt form the border, but runs some meters south of it. Were talking about a section of about 700 metres, but in this place the Spree definitely runs through Czech territory. -- j.budissin (talk) 17:59, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic? 

message: Would this article be improved with a map highlighting the River Spree?  -- stillnotelf is invisible 18:10, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh god yes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.71.103.242 (talk) 11:41, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a map, but I don't know how to link to another wiki's images.  http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datoteka:Karte_des_Flusses_Spree.gif -- stillnotelf is invisible 05:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map? 

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: moved as proposed. This is basically the situation described at WP:BARTENDER: everyone agrees that the article needs to move somewhere but there's disagreement about which particular title is best. Given the unanimous agreement that the river isn't the primary topic, I'll move its article to Spree (river) as a non-prejudicial supervote. To be clear, there is no consensus about which form of disambiguation is best; feel free to start another RM on that subject at any time. (closed by non-admin page mover)  Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:29, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a strong preference to use natural disambiguation for article titles over parenthetical disambiguation. And having "River" come after the main name is more helpful in searching and indexing. And a reliable source has already been cited in this discussion that uses "Spree River". Do you have any reliable sources that use "River Spree"? Rreagan007 (talk) 01:24, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Britannica may be biased due to it now being American but per Rreagan007 unless "River Spree" is also used by sources I'd generally defer to Britannica unless there is another standard source for naming a specific topic. Crouch, Swale (talk)  11:06, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Taking a look at the Google Ngrams for "Spree River" vs "River Spree", there is a definite preference in English-language sources for "Spree River". Rreagan007 (talk) 18:16, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 28 December 2021 

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:  Not Moved  Mike Cline (talk) 15:36, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Spree (river) →  – Per WP:natural disambiguation, as a naturally disambiguated title is preferable to parenthetical disambiguation, such as using the title Mississippi River to disambiguate from Mississippi. Encyclopedia Britannica also uses the title "Spree River" for their own article. Rreagan007 (talk) 23:31, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just a quick search reveals "Spree River" being used by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, ABC News, The Mirror, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Deutsche Welle, and Bloomberg. Rreagan007 (talk) 18:42, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 6 January 2022