User talk:MakoSawin

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Maku, Iran
Hey! I saw that you changed the names on the article Maku, Iran back to "Mako". The problem with your edit is that several links, along with a template, were broken due to it. Furthermore, the name of the page itself remains 'Maku' so there's a mismatch in the consistency between the heading and the article content. I'd suggest undoing your edit for now, and posting a section on the talk page of the article about the issue regarding the name of the article along with sources to back your claim if possible. If there is consensus, ie multiple editors agree that a change is warranted, then the page can be moved to the correct name of the city. If you have any questions, feel free to post them on my talk page. Regards, Jiten talkcontribs 20:25, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey! Thanks for undoing your edit. I actually looked into this matter and it looks like there are several sources that state the name as "Maku", such as: http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Iran.htm#Maku and http://irandataportal.syr.edu/census/census-2016. Per the Wikipedia guideline on naming conventions for geographical places, the most commonly accepted and widely used English name is used as the title of the article. In case if there's a different name, that can be mentioned in the lede of the article. So I think it's best that the name in the article remains "Maku". If you have any more concerns, feel free to post it here and ping me using  or post it on my talk page. Happy editing!  Jiten talkcontribs 16:30, 10 November 2017 (UTC)