Talk:Wat Mahathat Yuwaratrangsarit

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Hi. I always thought that in this Englisch speaking Wikipedia you transcribe Thai words according to the Royal Thai General System of Transcription - or at least you try to?

Well, then it would be someting like "Wat Mahathat Yuwarat Rangsarit (Ratchaworamahawihan)". I would suggest you move this article to "Wat Mahathat Yuwarat Rangsarit" to have it consistent to the other articles about Thailand.

Greetings. --hdamm (talk) 15:58, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I prefer to think of RTGS as a last resort when an established preferred spelling of proper nouns cannot be found. Naming conventions says to use the most common name for the subject, and it appears the temple's name is more commonly spelled this way. "Wat Mahathat Yuwarat Rangsarit" gives only 8 Google hits. Pattaya isn't at Phatthaya, after all. --Paul_012 (talk) 19:09, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well ok - if the name is more commonly spelled that way. But in this case, even the TAT uses RTGS spelling (see Image:Watmahathatbkk0609e.jpg, taken already in 2006 right at the temple)! --hdamm (talk) 07:40, 18 October 2008 (UTC)