Talk:Utqiagvik, Alaska

message: In fact the official name as recognized by the USGS Board of Geographic Names does in fact use the dotted-g < ġ > (rendered with Unicode U+CC87, combining dot above).
https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1398635,Utqiag%CC%87vik
The fact that some sites do not use this special character should not be taken as evidence that the English spelling of the name lacks the dotted-g. Shouldn't the article title reflect the official English name rather than an alternate spelling? Gholton (talk) 16:04, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name does use dotted-g < ġ > 

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(closed by non-admin page mover)  Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 06:31, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Utqiagvik, Alaska →  – Utqiagvik is a misspelling, and is only used in certain publications due to a lack of the character 'ġ,' legally and officially, the city's name in English and in Iñupiatun is Utqiaġvik WZibell (talk) 01:03, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 2 August 2020 

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. WP:SNOW; it is clear that WP:USPLACE has to be deprecated for this to have any chance of succeeding. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 16:54, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Utqiagvik, Alaska →  – There isn't another "Utqiagvik" that is as notable as this one, if not exists another one. "Utqiagvik" itself should be ambiguous enough for now. Any objections? Thanks, Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 19:18, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 13 December 2022 

message: I recently had a chance to get up to Utqiagvik with a good camera and got a picture of the whalebone arch which I thought may be useful as one of the pictures on this article.  I don't fully know the history of the discussions around this and don't exactly want to slap my own photo in a prominent place without outside input, but figured this may be a bit different than some of what was already here, particularly considering it's prominence in most media around Utqiagvik and the lack of any photo here.
 Warrenmck (talk) 23:29, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see why not, the article does talk quite a bit about whaling in the area. Hut 8.5 11:27, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  New photo of the whalebone arch 

message: The pronunciation given by the page contains no 'g' sound: /ˌʊtkiˈɑːvɪk/ UUT-kee-AH-vik. But the pronunciation given by the source does contain a 'g' sound: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2016/10/29/barrows-new-name-is-its-old-one-utqiagvik-local-inupiaq-leaders-hope-its-use-heals-as-it-teaches/
I'm not sure how to correct the pronunciation. In the meantime, should it be removed so that it doesn't mislead readers? 2603:7080:A507:A8E1:CCE3:3CE2:60FD:2784 (talk) 14:38, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation inconsistent with source