Talk:Rakataura

Requested move 23 July 2023

 * 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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) SilverLocust 💬 13:15, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Rakatāura → Rakataura – Most common spelling of his name in modern sources, even in contexts where surrounding names have macrons (e.g. Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ōwairaka) Prosperosity (talk) 00:05, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:COMMONNAME. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:47, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Support, based on a quick look. Nurg (talk) 11:02, 23 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Support I would normally oppose the removal of a macron as they are generally used in Maori words, but it does appear that in this case it is not used. --Spekkios (talk) 07:10, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: The macron is used by Pei Te Hurinui Jones (although for typographical reasons he gives all macrons as doubled vowels), by the National library, and the Raukawa Claims Settlement Act 2014. Perhaps it is a Raukawa/Waikato/Tainui variant? If this is moved, I think the macron-ed form should appear as an alternate form at the start of the article. Furius (talk) 08:36, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

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