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As adyar is a locality in chennai, it makes more sense than the current pagename --PlaneMad|
YakYak 13:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)reply
I have removed the {{move}} tag from the article; please see
WP:RM for full instructions on moving a page. I would also question the move itself. Isn't Chennai in Tamil Nadu? Isn't the current title therefore correct? One should disambiguate by the widest term possible that discriminates. Thus, the other Adyar is at
Adyar, Karnataka, not
Adyar, Dakshina Kannada. --
Stemonitis 14:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC)reply
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The result of the move request was: not moved.
Jenks24 (
talk) 10:16, 25 October 2017 (UTC)reply
Oppose.
Adyar River is the primary topic, the neighborhood gets its name from the river, likewise for the
Battle of Adyar which is in reference to the river. —
SpacemanSpiff 04:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)reply
My bad. I believed the river was called so because of where it is located. But no-one in my place (Chennai) ever calls it simply "Adyar" (unlike Ganges, Yamuna, etc. which don't need the "river" suffix). --Kailash29792(talk) 06:13, 11 October 2017 (UTC)reply
The river suffix is a Wikipedia invention, it shouldn't be there, I think if we need a disambiguation then it should be
Adyar (river). The etymology is quite clear -- அடை + ஆறு meaning that it is a river caused by overflowing (of the
Chembarambakkam Lake). This is in contrast to
Cooum River where the river takes the name of the source. —
SpacemanSpiff 06:54, 11 October 2017 (UTC)reply
Comment: @
Kailash29792: I was about to close this as no consensus but saw your "My bad" comment - are you withdrawing the nomination? DrStrausstalk 19:49, 17 October 2017 (UTC)reply
Nope. The place is always called just "Adyar" by those living in Chennai, and I believed this article must be moved for the same reason that Pather Panchali and The Godfather don't have the (film) suffix. Kailash29792(talk) 04:12, 18 October 2017 (UTC)reply
Weak Oppose - although the neighbourhood does get more page views that the river, I'm not convinced it is completely primary, and the river was apparently the original entity with this name. —
Amakuru (
talk) 11:16, 18 October 2017 (UTC)reply
Oppose – "clearly" is a lame rationale for a primarytopic grab. The river is pretty significant, too. Disambiguation is good. Nom's further explanation that "I believed this article must be moved for the same reason that" also displays ignorance of WP naming and disambuguation guidelines.
Dicklyon (
talk) 02:33, 20 October 2017 (UTC)reply
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