Talk:Waipā District

Requested move 26 August 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) – Material  Works  13:06, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Waipa District → Waipā District – The official name by LINZ calls this the Waipa District, but the council and media all include a macron. I think we can make an exception to WP:NCNZ like we did for the Kāpiti Coast District. Panamitsu (talk) 04:44, 26 August 2023 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:USEENGLISH, as the proposed version does not even show up on the Google Ngrams. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:48, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @Rreagan007 Because google ngrams are outdated. These name changes have only occurred in the past 10 years. WP:TOHUTO. WP:USEENGLISH is invalid as per Taupō and other articles. Panamitsu (talk) 06:14, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per widespread usage of the macron, including by the council responsible for the district. WP:USEENGLISH is irrelevant as macron usage is widespread in NZ English and the move request is proposing it precisely because Waipā with a macron is being used in English. I also agree that this case is worth an exception to the naming conventions, for consistency with other names such a the Waipā River and the council's usage of a macron. Turnagra (talk) 02:32, 27 August 2023 (UTC)