Talk:Sefid-Rud

message: Rud or Roud is the Persian word for river.  In English the Sefid is usually known as the Sefid River. --Bejnar 17:44, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In Sefid Rud, "Rud" is a part of the name and should not be translated. Therefore I suggest that this page moved back to Sefid Rud.--M samadi (talk) 16:23, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It is indeed part of the name and it shouldn't be translated. Also, Sefid-Rud (or Sefidrud) is much more common in English texts. For example, you can check academic papers (266 for "Sefid-Rud and 466 for Sefidrud, compared to only 14 for "sefid river"). Alefbe (talk) 20:50, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That doesn't change the fact that "Sefid River" is the English form of the name. --Bejnar (talk) 20:58, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: In Wikipedia, we use the names which are more common in English texts (we don't care about the parts of a compound word, or if those parts are English or not). We don't try to change the common names by changing its parts to English, to make it more English. The wikipedian notion of English name is about the usage in English texts. Your notion of English name is irrelevant here. We don't try to change Kaliningrad to Kalinin city or to change Sefidrud to Sefid river (or White River). Alefbe (talk) 21:05, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

text: The U.S. Board of Geographic Names  which is the guide for U.S. usage gives its English name as "Sefīd Rūd". Kmusser (talk) 22:25, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The BGN is not a guide to English usage, as our guidance on the subject says;  it's a guide to systematic transliteration of Iranian usage. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:06, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Read my comments above. Sefid-Rud is its most common name in English texts. Alefbe (talk) 20:08, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Evidence of this would be welcome. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 23:21, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Results of search over Google Books and Google Scholar is clear in my opinion ("Sefid-Rud" and "Sefidrud", compared to "Sefid River"). Alefbe (talk) 01:52, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

text: That's your opinion. If they are so clear, supply links. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 02:07, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've already done that. Alefbe (talk) 02:10, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

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. Unopposed RM. (non-admin closure)  Colonestarrice (talk) 18:03, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Sefīd-Rūd →  – Because the Persian name of this river (سفید رود) sounds like Sefid-Rud Kidsonthemoon (talk) 10:54, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

text: *Support see book results about "Sefid Red" . Kidsonthemoon (talk) 10:30, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 12 November 2021 

message: Articles exist for both the Zarjoob and Shahrud (river); however, these seem to be the same river, a tributary of this river.  Before merging what would be the preferred name?  See Talk:Shahrud (river) for discussion. --Erp (talk) 07:11, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the latter is more common, the U.S. government uses Shāhrūd, Google uses Shahrood. Kmusser (talk) 13:51, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two articles for the same tributary