Talk:Artaxata

Requested move 12 January 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved Artashat (ancient city) to Artaxata. Did not perform the move of Artashat, Armenia to Artashat since the proposed target is occupied by a DAB page. File a new move request and explain what to do with the DAB page if you disagree. EdJohnston (talk) 19:12, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Artashat (ancient city) → Artaxata – WP:COMMONAME Ե րևանցի  talk  18:01, 12 January 2015 (UTC) Similar to Tigranocerta (Tigranakert). In English, the Greek version of the names of ancient Armenian cities is more common. Britannica and Iranica both go with Artaxata.
 * Artashat, Armenia → Artashat

Google Books search for "Artaxata"/"Artashat" ancient
 * "Artaxata" ancient - 4,620 results
 * "Artashat" ancient - 963 results

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 * Is it? is it really commonname? In ictu oculi (talk) 10:24, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support, per the OP. Classical Greek/Latin names are indeed more common (and recognizable) in Western literature, especially in the context of ancient history. Cf. also usage in GScholar: Artaxata, 1710 hits vs Artashat, 358 hits, with many of the latter not dealing with the ancient city at all. Since the article in question limits itself to the specific period, it makes sense. Constantine  ✍  10:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. It appears to me that Artaxata is the more common name. There should be hatnotes between the two. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 09:56, 20 January 2015 (UTC)


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