Talk:Mafikeng

message: Is it not time to get rid of colonial mispronunciations? Mafikeng and Botswana instead of Mafeking and Bechuana?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.1.193.141 (talk) 06:52, 9 August 2002 (UTC)
replies: text: At least the battle should remain Mafeking because that's where we will find all the source material.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.212.146.61 (talk) 06:55, 9 August 2002 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colonial mispronunciations 

message: Removed the following:
"Under Apartheid the town was named Mmabatho, the capital of the Bophuthatswana "homeland". In 1994 the name was returned to Mafeking."
The town was known as Mafeking during the apartheid era.  It is now known as Mafikeng. Mmbatho was a separate town. Tiles 09:05, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Effectively they're now separate sections of the same city. Zaian 20:49, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed 

message: Why are all the distances in this article given in miles instead of metric? South Africa doesn't use miles (nor have we ever I don't think) Joziboy 14 March 2006, 21:10 (UTC)
:Well, to be pedantic, we did, before the metrication which started in 1967. Nonetheless, imperial units are inappropriate for an article on a South African topic, and I have metricated the measurements and cleaned up the introduction a bit. - htonl 21:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  distances 

message: Probably something that people have not considered is that the same barolong call the place Mahikeng. Meaning that in terms of thier phonology the h replaces the f but themeaning is still the same. If anyone is an expert on tswana phonotics please infom why that is the case. For instances people still to date use MAheking instead of the Mafikeng modern western writing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.25.35.187 (talk) 15:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tswana phonotics 

message: The above words make the article look unprofessional and if no one objects I will remove them from the article.  People are welcome to discuss the dispute (about the spelling of Mafikeng) here.  --Roisterer 13:39, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing "(disputed — see talk page)" from article 

message: Where did Mahikeng come from? It says this was the historic name but the only historic name i'm aware of is Mafeking. By the way when exactly did it get renamed?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bezuidenhout (talk • contribs) 22:15, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mahikeng?  

message: This article is very untidy with many spelling errors. This needs a major cleenup. --Michaelphillipr (talk) 18:45, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untidy article 

message: Could somebody please write a short sentence (in the article, not on the discussion page) explaining how the various names are pronounced?  Thank you. --212.88.16.205 (talk) 08:11, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounciation 

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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: Page moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)  Jerm (talk) 00:32, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Mahikeng →  – Proposed to revert premature move to the new official name. This is per the article, which states that the town is "still commonly known as Mafikeng", as well as per Ngrams which shows that while use of Mahikeng has grown in recent years, Mafikeng is still the WP:COMMONNAME. BilledMammal (talk) 22:03, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 3 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.  Favonian (talk) 18:18, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Mafikeng →  – Town has been renamed for over 12 years and reliable sources regularly use the current name.
Welcome to the ghost town of Mahikeng, Mr President - North West residents tell Ramaphosa - Mar 12, 2022
Mbeki the thinker; Dirty Mahikeng; Scorned lovers - 27 Mar 2022
Ramaphosa arrives in Mahikeng for North West imbizo - 12 March 2022
Four ‘dangerous’ inmates escape from Mahikeng prison - 15 Mar 2022
Eskom cuts power in Mahikeng building which houses govt departments due to delays in payments - 19 Mar 2022
Mahikeng: 'A poor and miserable town' - Nov 2021
Thato Molosankwe: Moral crusader of Mahikeng - 26 Sep 2021
Appointment of ‘incompetent’ Mahikeng manager unlawful, court finds - 26 Oct 2021
Special voting underway in Mahikeng - 30 Oct 2022
Total Shutdown of Mahikeng: The people are angry - 30 May 2021
These are a diverse range of sources from multiple news outlets. Dates are included to show consistent and recent usage. Desertambition (talk) 07:11, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Notify commenters and closers from previous RMs. BilledMammal (talk) 19:07, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 31 March 2022