Talk:Malé Atoll

Requested move
move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC) Malé Atoll is apparently a subset of Kaafu Atoll, to which the page Malé Atoll now redirects. "Male'" is a misspelling (apostrophe &ne; accent). &mdash;Tamfang 23:41, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It isn't supposed to be an accent, is it? Gene Nygaard 22:42, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose at least until some more detailed explanation is offered. Gene Nygaard 22:43, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

It is supposed to be an accent rather than an apostrophe

but this rm brings up the larger issue that all of the administrative atolls of the Maldives have duplicate articles (many cut-n-paste), one under the atoll name and one under the Tāna administrative code letter. (e.g., Haa Alif Atoll and Northern Thiladhunmathi Atoll are the same atoll). If I get some time, I'll try to work on it. —  AjaxSmack   08:46, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Administrative divisions of the Maldives
The "duplicates" are necessary because not all the administrative divisions correspond to the natural atoll or the section of it. This is the case in certain atolls, like Faadhippolhu, which corresponds to the Administrative division "Lhaviyani".

However, North Malé Atoll and South Malé Atoll, together with Kaashidhoo Island and Gaafaru, form the administrative division known as Kaafu Atoll, which is not equal to the plain Male' Atoll.

The same can be said for Haa Alifu, Baa, Alifu Alifu, and other Administrative divisions of the Maldives which include smaller atolls and separate off-lying islands. Mohonu (talk) 08:51, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

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Reopening can of worms
As it has often been stated, each administrative division of the Maldvies has an official name, usually that of the main geographic/natural atoll within that administrative division. The names of the characters of the Thaana abugida assigned to each administrative division is merely a code, not a replacement of the official name of the administrative division. As such, the name of pages for the administrative regions of the Maldives in Wikipedia should bear these names, rather than the codes.

However, recognising that the Thaana character codes are now often used, I would like to propose a compromise of the naming convention for the pages incorporating both the official/traditional name and the Thaana character code to become the title names of pages of the administrative divisions of the Maldives.

Here are the proposed new names for administrative division articles, and the components for the template. The names and spelling conventions follow official Madivian government website (eg National Bureau of Statistics) for the atoll names and also the name of letters for the Thaana alphabet which are used as administrative division code names.

From north to south they are:
 * North Thiladhunmathi (Haa Alifu) Atoll to replace the Haa Alif Atoll page
 * South Thiladhunmathi (Haa Dhaalu) Atoll to replace the Haa Dhaalu Atoll page etc
 * North Miladhunmadulu (Shaviyani) Atoll to replace Shaviyani Atoll page
 * South Miladhunmadulu (Noonu) Atoll to replace Noonu Atoll page
 * North Maalhosmadulu (Raa) Atoll to replace Raa Atoll page
 * South Maalhosmadulu (Baa) Atoll to replace Baa Atoll and Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll pages`
 * Faadhippolhu (Lhaviyani) Atoll
 * Malé (Kaafu) Atoll to replace the Kaafu Atoll and the Malé Atoll pages
 * Malé City
 * North Ari (Alifu Alifu) Atoll
 * South Ari (Alifu Dhaalu) Atoll
 * Felidhu (Vaavu) Atoll
 * Mulaku (Meemu) Atoll
 * North Nilandhe (Faafu) Atoll
 * South Nilandhe (Dhaalu) Atoll
 * Kolhumadulu (Thaa) Atoll
 * Hadhdhunmathi (Laamu) Atoll
 * North Huvadhu (Gaafu Alifu) Atoll
 * South Huvadhu (Gaafu Dhaalu) Atoll
 * Fuvahmulah (Gnaviyani) Atoll
 * Addu City, Addu Atoll and Seenu Atoll to be redirected here, as subsets elements of this page

Open for other suggestions. Slleong (talk) 05:07, 3 May 2018 (UTC)