User talk:Goubz

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Dear 10mmsocket, thanks for your message. I note that there was a page under the name of Mashta al-Helou that was moved to page Mashta al-Helu on 30 August 2012. Kindly note that the town got its second name from "al-Helou الحلو" family that inhabited it since decades. The majority (if not all) of this family members across the world write their family name as follows: Helou or al-Helou (with the addition of the Arabic definition article), hence Mashta al-Helou. Goubz (talk) 07:05, 9 August 2021 (UTC)


 * The answer is easy - provide references that support the spelling. Make the changes in the article, then rename the article itself. 10mmsocket (talk) 07:07, 9 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I suspect however that you will fail. For every source that gives the spelling as Mashta al-Helu, there is another that spells it as Mashta al-Hilu. There are however very few that support the spelling that you would like to change to. --10mmsocket (talk) 07:15, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, finding a proof for a matter of spelling is not feasible as spelling is subjective. However in the French version of Wikipedia it's Helou, although not as cited as the English page. In Google maps it's also Helou. Regards, Goubz (talk) 05:53, 12 August 2021 (UTC)