Talk:Chippokes State Park

Requested move 4 January 2023

 * 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. While there was a small amount of opposition on the basis of WP:OFFICIALNAME, the only WP:COMMONNAME-related evidence to be raised in the discussion suggests that the proposed title is the common name in addition to being official. (non-admin closure) ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 17:30, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Chippokes Plantation State Park → Chippokes State Park – I am requesting a non-controversial move of this page to the new name which is Chippokes State Park, without the word "Plantation" You can see they have updated it on the official DCR website: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/chippokes. I tried to update it myself but I have never edited before and it says I need 4 days and 10 edits. I don't even know if I am doing this request right. Presumably, I can update the article itself to reflect the new name. Kat Maybury (talk) 18:26, 4 January 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 19:21, 12 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I see no problem with this move. I think it's appropriate. Wikipelli Talk  15:41, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit unclear about this request, primarily because it was not formatted correctly. Are you stating this article should be renamed to Chippokes State Park? Steel1943  (talk) 20:54, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Sorry, I tried but I don't understand the formatting very well. I've never done this before. I'm inexperienced, which is why I didn't just move it myself. 71.219.54.246 (talk) 22:04, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Support, per my comments earlier (above). Wikipelli Talk  23:24, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Support, per above. Libcub (talk) 10:04, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose. Appears to be a good faith request to reflect a change of official name on the basis of primary sources. As such there is no case to answer. Andrewa (talk) 07:03, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Andrewa Did you mean to oppose the proposed move? The rest of your comment sounds to me as if you are in favour of it. - excarnateSojourner (talk | contrib) 20:12, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes I do oppose the move. Did you follow either of the links I gave? Many people (and I guess you are one of them) think that our article names should reflect official names, and just assume that our policy and precedents reflect this. In fact this is the very opposite of our policy, and this policy represents a lot of work and deep reflection on the part of many contributors. Similarly, they assume that official websites, press releases and the like are the very best sources. In fact we see them as the worst sources for the same reason. We call them primary sources but this does not mean best. Andrewa (talk) 07:10, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Per WP:UCRN Wikipedia doesn't really care what the official name is, but only what names are used most often by reliable sources. That said, I get 28,000 Google results for the current name and 120,000 for the proposed name. - excarnateSojourner (talk | contrib) 20:12, 25 January 2023 (UTC)