Talk:Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve

Requested move 17 October 2017

 * 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. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 04:14, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Nkhotakota Game Reserve → Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve – There are some sources that use "Nkhotakota Game Reserve", but "Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve" is used much more often in secondary sourcing, and by African Parks, the nonprofit conservation organization managing the reserve.

Here is a link to the reserve's page on African Parks' website, and following are appearances of the name in news and journal sources: CNN, The Daily Telegraph, HuffPost, National Geographic, etc. In terms of search engine results, searching "Nkhotakota Game Reserve" at Google yields 20,300 results, and searching "Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve" yields 53,300 results. "Nkhotakota Game Reserve" should redirect users to the "Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve" article.

Full disclosure: I am submitting this request on behalf of African Parks via the Wyss Foundation, and as part of my work at Beutler Ink. This is part of a series of requests to create and expand several Wikipedia articles related to African Parks, and the second move request, following the successful move of the African Parks article itself (see Talk:African Parks). You can learn more here: User:Inkian Jason/African Parks. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 20:26, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve seems to be the WP:COMMONNAME. We should also give some weight to the fact it is the name used by the organisation managing the park. AusLondonder (talk) 18:03, 18 October 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Proposed draft
On behalf of African Parks via the Wyss Foundation, and as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I am submitting an expanded and updated draft for consideration. You can view my proposed draft here. The current article is essentially an unsourced stub, and the article's only inline citation appears in the infobox. I've worked to create an accurate, neutral, and appropriately sourced overview of the park, including its geography, history, wildlife, and tourism. I believe all the sources used to create the draft are appropriate, and African Parks has provided feedback to ensure accuracy.

I seek uninvolved editors to review the draft for accuracy, neutrality, and verifiability, and hope they'll conclude that the proposed draft is a vast improvement over the existing stub. If reviewing the draft in its entirety is problematic, I'm happy to break this edit request into multiple requests to make reviewing easier. I plan to notify WikiProject Malawi of this edit request, and may reach out to editors at WikiProject Protected areas, too, if needed.

This edit request is part of a series to create and expand several Wikipedia articles related to African Parks. You can learn more here: User:Inkian Jason/African Parks. Thank you. Inkian Jason (talk) 21:09, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It is indeed much better. But it is a lot to verify each reference. What is your expected roadmap? Have you done this before -- revamping entire articles via edit request? Maybe you can ask in TeaHouse how this kind of change should be achieved by you? I would like to be of help too. --G (talk) 06:55, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for complimenting the proposed draft. Yes, I do have experience revamping entire articles via edit requests, most recently (and related to this article) the Liwonde National Park article. You can view others on my profile page: User:Inkian Jason. If reviewing the entire draft is too time-consuming, I'm happy to work on one section at a time. I am also pinging you, since you were mentioned on my talk page and have been doing work on similar articles, just in case you are interested. If either of you are interested in copying over proposed content, I'd be much appreciated, and I'm happy to address any questions or concerns here. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 16:53, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I am happy to cooperate with you in getting this draft into mainspace. As it happens, I saw your previous article at DYK, and looking at one of the sources you used, "Malawi: Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands" by Dowsett, was inspired to create Wildlife of Malawi and later Lake Malawi National Park. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:15, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for offering to help. I’m glad to see other articles improved, and let me know if you have any questions as you look at the Nkhotakota draft. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 19:47, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing and implementing the proposed draft. If you don't mind, can you let me know when you're finished making further edits to the article? That way I can take a look and also share with African Parks, and can potentially help resolve any questions that come up. After that point, I can close my edit request (unless you do so sooner). Thanks again for your help. Inkian Jason (talk) 20:45, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I have finished for the time being, having expanded some bits that particularly interested me. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:50, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Majete Wildlife Reserve
Would you be willing to change "Majete Game Reserve" to "Majete Wildlife Reserve", since the Wikipedia article has been moved (see Talk:Majete Wildlife Reserve)? I'd prefer not to edit the article directly given my conflict of interest. Thanks in advance for any help. Inkian Jason (talk) 17:02, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I see the article "Majete Game Reserve" was moved to "Majete Wildlife Reserve" on 25 November 2017. I am unclear what you want me to do, so please explain. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:37, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'm just looking to have "Majete Game Reserve" changed to "Majete Wildlife Reserve" in this article's "History" section. Inkian Jason (talk) 19:28, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:32, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Inkian Jason (talk) 15:36, 26 February 2018 (UTC)