Talk:Muna Hotel attack

Naming
Officially it is Hotel Muna. Watch http://www.bbc.co.uk/somali/war/2010/08/100824_muna_hotel.shtml Pause at 0:12. The hotel sign says Hotel Muna. Wikipedia always generally goes by what a company calls themsevles. This is no different. Sure its easier to say muna hotel but in terms of article naming this is officially what it should be. Dr.  Blofeld  18:16, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, as you can see from the sign, the Somali name of the hotel is "Funduq Muna". Translated into French, it's Hotel Muna. Translated into English, it's Muna Hotel. I'm not making that up; that is what 100% of the sources in this article call it. Kafziel Complaint Department 18:22, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Go with what the Arabic or Somali name says and translate it literally. If you are certain it is Muna Hotel then change it. Dr.  Blofeld  18:24, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That is what it says. I just translated it for you. Transliterated it is "Funduq Muna"; in Arabic, as in French, the noun comes before the adjective. Hence, Muna Hotel. Kafziel Complaint Department 18:27, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Move it back then. Dr.  Blofeld  18:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Good article, at any rate. Thanks for starting it. Kafziel Complaint Department 18:37, 25 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Just as an aside, while the syntactically correct form in English is "Muna Hotel", when it comes to proper names and loanwords, English can permit some creative leeway. Crown Royal, for instance. Regardless, we should follow the sources. &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 01:28, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Reporters' hotel?
The article speaks of politicians, but I see the CNN source says that their correspondent was reporting from there. It seems like there's always one hotel in a war zone where all the reporters stay and everything within sight of its roof gets reported (and nothing more). Is that the case here? Wnt (talk) 19:42, 25 August 2010 (UTC)