Talk:Quela

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The result of the move request was: Page moved: per discussion Ground Zero | t 00:20, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Quela, Angola → Quela – Only other topic of this name is the alternate spelling (if not misspelling) of a bird's name. &mdash;innotata 19:08, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose for now. Until the town article develops some content, if that is possible, the bird is much more interesting.  The geographical co-ordinates for the town show an area of Angola with nothing but tree cover.  Gregkaye  ✍ ♪  19:35, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * That's also true of some towns in the U.S. ;) and rural municipalities can be notable. Anyway, that's kinda irrelevant since this is merely a misspelling for the bird's name as far as I can tell—there are very few results on Google Books. Half of them are intended to be the scientific name, and scientific names can only be spelled one way, so they're obviously wrong. I don't think a trivial misspelling is worth elevating over any topic, and a hatnote will help anyone looking for the bird. &mdash;innotata 20:16, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * It's the size of 1.5 Rhode Islands with 82,000 people. &mdash;innotata 20:34, 5 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Request - Innotata, can you please run a "bird" "quela" check in Google Books to establish if the misspelling is ever used by reputable modern sources? Thanks. (FWIW there's also Quela music in 1950s South Africa, but perhaps this derives from Angola). In ictu oculi (talk) 23:41, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's used a few times—but misspellings and typos exist. For the scientific name, as with most instances, it's just an obviously wrong misspelling. This source clearly is sloppy with the titles of its sources. This one less so, but it's again a misspelled word in a citation of a journal article. That just leaves a few works not on birds. Apart from books, there's BBC News and National Geographic articles, but they aren't immune from misspelling either. Actually, I can't find it in any old books; it seems to be an innovation in sloppiness. &mdash;innotata 03:31, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * As far as the music goes, I can't find it on Google as "quela". Our article uses the spelling kwela. &mdash;innotata 03:35, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - a hatnote to the bird on the Angola town will cover it. Good call and well explained, thank you. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:00, 7 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. Slap a hatnote on the article to direct readers to the bird.  —  AjaxSmack   03:05, 8 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Support. Don't bother with 2-entry dab page; hatnote is fine.  --В²C ☎ 15:16, 8 September 2014 (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.