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Placename changes and Wikipedia policy
Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bangladesh/Archive 7 to understand why Wikipedia uses the spellings it does. --Worldbruce (talk) 04:57, 15 February 2023 (UTC)


 * The government of Bangladesh can decide how the government of Bangladesh will spell place names. That has influence, but no control, over how the English language spells place names. And Wikipedia is not part of the government of Bangladesh. Wikipedia may eventually adopt the new spellings, but only if and when those spellings become the most common ones throughout the English-speaking world.


 * The spelling "Barishal" is gradually gaining acceptance. If that continues, Wikipedia will eventually adopt it. Wikipedia is in no rush, however, for the reasons outlined at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bangladesh/Archive 7. Year-to-date, the major English-language daily newspaper Dhaka Tribune has used Barishal 47 times and Barisal 69 times. Government websites are using Barishal more consistently now, but it still appears both ways on pages of the Bangladesh Navy, to give but one example. Uptake has been slower outside of Bangladesh, as suggested by the Google Ngram Viewer of books through 2019. Both Banglapedia: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh and Encyclopædia Britannica still use Barisal. Be patient, see what happens. --Worldbruce (talk) 06:50, 15 February 2023 (UTC)