Talk:Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate)

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was move. JPG-GR (talk) 18:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate) → Otaki (New Zealand electorate) — Some official sources appear to spell this with simple "O", not with the diacritic: I'm not sure where how that name was determined as there are no sources given that use it. I'd have moved this myself, but as I am at best only marginally familiar with NZ culture, I thought it best to check first. As there are also some official sources that do spell it with the diacritic: Ōtaki Electorate Profile. In any case, this is a little confusing. older ≠ wiser 03:02, 18 May 2008 (UTC) —older ≠ wiser 03:02, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Official Count Results -- Otaki, New Zealand Ministry of Justice
 * Proposed Electorate Boundaries: N41 OTAKI, Elections New Zealand

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Move I moved the page to a more intelligible disambiguation - there shouldn't be "NZ" to represent "New Zealand" in the name of an article (unless it's a proper name, of course), and that is especially the case for a clause that is intended to clarify. -Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I thought much the same, but then saw that all the other NZ electorates were named the same way. See Category:New Zealand electorates. older ≠ wiser 15:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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Comment: I don't have a reference, but macrons were added to some electorate names following the 2007 boundary revision. So for the 2005 election and earlier, it was Otaki and from 2008 onwards it is Ōtaki. dramatic (talk) 10:04, 7 November 2008 (UTC)