Talk:Miyajima, Hiroshima

Article title
The title of the article "Miyajima-chō, Hiroshima," resulting from the May 31, 2008 renaming, is not correct according to Manual of Style (Japan-related articles). The previous title, Miyajima, Hiroshima, is the correct title. Discussion of this is welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan. Fg2 (talk) 22:26, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Fixed. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:35, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Town versus City
This article is wrong. The physical town still exists and was not moved to Hatsukaichi, only the administration was changed. I am happy to change this, but I suspect others will want to changed it back. Whats up skip (talk) 01:08, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Whats up skip, I'm not sure what you would change the article to say. It doesn't say things were physically moved; the town government was amalgamated into the city government of Hatsukaichi. Miyajima no longer has an elected town council or mayor; its voters elect members of the Hatsukaichi city council and mayor. That's what a governmental merger is.


 * The title is correct. Here's why. The article is about the former town. It is not about "Miyajima" in all senses or uses of the name; it's about the former town of Miyajima. We've got a separate article about the island popularly known by that name, and another separate article about the shrine popularly known by that name, and one more article about the city of Hatsukaichi. And to help readers get to the right article, there's Miyajima, with descriptions of all relevant articles and links to them.


 * All articles about present and former prefectures, provinces, cities, towns and villages in Japan have names that follow the conventions in the Manual of Style for Japan-related articles. Wikipedia keeps many articles on former municipalities even after mergers. That's why we still have this one about the town. All up-to-date information belongs in the article Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, the city that governs the island.


 * Please note that "Miyajima, Hiroshima" does not popularly refer to the island. Also, "Miyajima (宮島町 Miyajima-chō?)" does not refer to the island; the "chō" means "town." Only "Miyajima" popularly refers to the island. Any reader who types "Miyajima" into the Wikipedia search box will go to Miyajima where we already have that information. It's already in Itsukushima too. But since hardly any readers will type "Miyajima, Hiroshima" into the search box when they want to learn about the island, the explanation "(commonly refers to the island of Itsukushima)" is unnecessary in the article on the town.


 * I hope this is a complete explanation of the reason for the article and its title and the reason for removing the "popularly known as" explanation.


 * Best regards, Fg2 (talk) 01:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)