Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names)/Archives/2011/October

Liancourt Rocks
The description of LR at WP:NCGN is totally wrong. Liancour Rocks is not a compromised name. But the common name. The neutrality of the name is accidental. Move proposals were Dokdo → Liancourt Rocks → Takeshima → Dokdo → Dokdo → Liancourt Rocks. See Lamest edit wars.t was almost always Dokdo vs Liancourt Rocks. LR has never been a household name. But it has been always used on the government level. See Rusk documents, Draft Treaty of Peace With Japan, and Memorandum in regard to the Liancourt Rocks (Takeshima Island) controversy. Even in Japan, the islets were called "リャンコ島/Ryanko-to" in Meiji period. The name originated from LR. (Because of the romanization system, R is used for L and K for C.) See this. And see the US Department of State's Daily Press Briefing on Aug. 2, 2011. I'd like to remove the description from the section. Any objection? Oda Mari (talk) 07:49, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Please look up the English meanings of compromise and compromised first.


 * What you are saying does not contradict the (admittedly summary) description in the text; if it would be useful to say that there was and is a case for Liancourt Rocks in its own right, I have no objection; but I have always assumed there was such a case - we merely say that it prevailed in part because it is neither national POV. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:25, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Amended to say that, in the hope it will be satisfactory. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:06, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I see this now says that LR is used as a title in part "because it has been often used by the US government." Letting the State Department (as opposed to scholarly secondary sources) determine our usage is somewhat unusual, and we may need to reconsider more of this page if it prevails; may we have a link to that discussion? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:21, 12 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I strongly object to the edit on LR by Oda Mari. STSC (talk) 03:11, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * @Pmanderson. As for the word "compromise", I think I understand it. I used the "compromised name" as the fourth example on this page. The previous version could be read as "There were title move wars between Dokdo and Takeshima. So the community choose LR". Here is the precise move history. As for the name LR, as I pointed above, it has never been a household name and I think what the US gov. calls the islands it important. See these. and .  What scholarly secondary sources say? I'd like to know. Oda Mari (talk) 09:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That's a past tense; the past participle compromised implies the meaning "Exposed to risk, danger, or discredit; damaged in reputation." Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:14, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You said LR is a "common name", and it's not a "household name"... Very strange indeed! If it's not a household name then it's hardly a common name, is it? STSC (talk) 11:43, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Which of his edits do you dispute, and on what grounds? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:11, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oda Mari is one of the involved parties in the arbitration and the LR case is part of the evidence. She is now seen as interfering the evidence. STSC (talk)
 * @STSC.Almost all island names in East Asia are not household names, especially small ones and islets. Hainan Island is not a small island, but I don't think it's a household name in en speaking countries like LR. "Common name" means most commonly used name in en speaking countries. Please stop quibbling. Oda Mari (talk) 16:53, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You're just contradicting yourself. LR cannot be a common name since you said it's not even a household name. STSC (talk) 02:12, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

I have flouted Politics and the English language to put "not uncommon in the diplomatic and secondary sources," which I hope is accurate in fact and acceptable as guidance. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:11, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I simply thought "compromised" was an adjective derived from a verb. Sorry that my understanding of en is not good enough. I think simpler description is appropriate for the guidance as it's more understandable. Because there are lots of non-en native speaking editors like me at en WP. How about "common in the diplomatic and secondary sources"? Oda Mari (talk) 16:53, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The use of "common name" for the most common name is largely a piece of Wikipedia jargon; nevertheless, this page is stuck with it until WP:AT is edited to expunge it - which I do not expect before WP:DEADLINE. Until that is done, claiming LR is a common name will be misleading; if it were clearly the most common name, the dispute would be much simpler. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:01, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Please read the last move proposal thoroughly. I hope you'd understand why the dispute was not simple. Oda Mari (talk) 17:33, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Precisely; I observe the vast quarrel about the statistics, as well as the other flaws; I'm disappointed, but not surprised. But this page should not attempt to settle that quarrel; we offer guidelines for how to determine the facts, and what to do when they are determined; what they are in any given case belongs on the talk page. Nor  should we attempt to address meatpuppetry or chauvinism, on which there are other pages; if we can offer editors a better way, some of them, and almost all the neutrals, will take it. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:24, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

This part after changed during the Arbitration, at least has a semantic logic problem: "..., a compromise is reached between editors to avoid giving the impression of support for a particular national point of view. For example, the name Liancourt Rocks has been adopted, in part because it is not uncommon in the diplomatic and secondary sources, in part because it is neither Korean nor Japanese." If the reason "not uncommon ..." is put first as this version, this geographic entity should have used "Dakdo" which is most likely "not uncommon ...". The purposive clause has stated very clearly: "to avoid giving the impression of support for a particular national POV". Therefore, I think it should be like this: "..., a compromise is reached between editors to avoid giving the impression of support for a particular national point of view. For example, the name Liancourt Rocks has been adopted, mainly because it is neither Korean nor Japanese." Here "mainly" is added. "Mainly" ≠ "only", so it is different from the original one "the name Liancourt Rocks has been adopted rather than select either the Korean or Japanese name for the feature." (emphasis added). "Mainly" does not exclude other sub-reasons including "not very uncommon", etc. I will make a change but we can improve it with discussion.--Lvhis (talk) 22:28, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I just pointed out it was also a common en name and historical documents prove it. Please do not deny the historical facts and read the last move proposal thoroughly. Some editors said it was a common name in en speaking countries. If you think the name is not a common name, ask consensus first before editing. Oda Mari (talk) 05:43, 7 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I fully endorse Lvhis's edit which is very clear and reasonable. STSC (talk) 11:14, 7 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Just as an admin note, I would very strongly recommend that all editors who have a known involvement in the recent naming dispute over Senkaku Islands, which I understand has now been placed under a discretionary sanctions rule, should very much avoid doing anything on this page that might cause the impression as if they were fighting over the example in the policy page in order to strengthen their position in that other case. The wisest thing for such editors would be to simply leave this issue alone and leave it to uninvolved outsiders to work out the best wording here. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:22, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Oda Mari should not have altered the wording of this Policy in the first place. STSC (talk) 02:20, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * STSC, you are mistaken. The wording was not mine. See and . My edit was only this. Oda Mari (talk) 05:22, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That's your motive trying to change the Policy's wording to suit your argument in the "Senkaku Islands" articles. Please just keep clear of these Policy pages as advised by the admin. STSC (talk) 11:35, 8 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Agree with STSC, and we all the editors/parties involved in the naming dispute over "Senkaku Islands" shall follow admin Fut.Perf's note/warning. We shall keep away from this Guideline page and this talk page for the regarding section, and we should have not been in here at the first place as what I have understood . This is my last words here about this. --Lvhis (talk) 23:10, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

I have restored not uncommon. Two different arguments intersect at the present title for the article: This could be said explicitly in the text, and I will do if there is patience for it; but this page is already long.Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:02, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Liancourt Rocks is not something we made up; it is sufficiently common to be natural and recognizable.
 * But other names may well be more common, especially Takeshima and Dokdo. We have not chosen to use them largely because they are POV, since there is an alternative. (Which is most common is hopelessly clouded under the dubious statistical arguments; but we don't have to go there.)
 * PMAnderson, you have had a long history of being blocked for disruptive edits. You are not the right person to edit these Policy pages. Lvhis' version is close to the original version before your irrelevant change of the wording. STSC (talk) 06:45, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * A demand that we should leave guidance to one of the sides in a current dispute.  This discussion started with a reasonable complaint that the old wording did not adequately describe the point at issue. It doesn't; if Liancourt Rocks were not reasonably common, we would not consider it (we do not invent compromises). Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:04, 10 October 2011 (UTC)