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Kannada word meaning 'town of boiled beans'?
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The result was: promoted by
SL93 (
talk) 23:53, 25 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Overall: I added some citation needed tags in places that were missing a citation, which need to be resolved. Earwig did detect some copyright concerns, but I think the other sites copied from Wikipedia.
Z1720 (
talk) 18:20, 17 July 2022 (UTC)reply
@
Z1720, this was discussed in the GA review as well. Each statement (like XYZ is a franchise based on the city) has its own article , so it was considered
WP:BLUE.
Kpddg(talk) 10:22, 18 July 2022 (UTC)reply
I took a look at the statements, and I would not consider them
WP:BLUE. Furthermore, BLUE is an essay, which means it is "the opinion or advice of an editor or group of editors for which widespread consensus has not been established." (
WP:POLICIES). Since DYK articles appear on the Main Page, there are stricter rules about what needs to be in the articles, and thus these statements will need citations to conform to
WP:V.
Z1720 (
talk) 13:17, 18 July 2022 (UTC)reply
I have added the citations
Kpddg(talk) 14:27, 18 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks for adding the citations. This is approved, with a preference for ALT0.
Z1720 (
talk) 14:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)reply
The following is a closed discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Bangalore → Bengaluru – Bengaluru is a more commonly called name. It has been almost a decade since the official name change. Today, most of the media houses uses the name Bengaluru. Both state and central governments have completely changed the name of Bangalore to Bengaluru wherever necessary. Even most multi-national corporations and organizations refer to it as Bengaluru. So it is important that this page (
Bangalore) be renamed or moved to Bengaluru, per
WP:COMMONNAME.
Jayanthkumar123 (
talk) 16:43, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Right from government-purposes to several multi-national organizations situated in the city have been using the name Bengaluru. It has been a decade, since the name got changed. Sports franchises which are based in the city like
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and
Bengaluru FC, etc. are using the name Bengaluru. You can do a simple search on the internet, every news agency uses Bengaluru, from the national to the state media, everyone are using the word Bengaluru. Railway stations, airports, refer the city as Bengaluru[1]. Culuturally, Bengaluru is familiar among the public.
Jayanthkumar123 (
talk) 16:20, 27 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Comment: You haven't provided evidence for any of your statements. Please note that, without evidence, this move request is likely to be speedily closed.
RegentsPark (
comment) 17:55, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
For context for RegentsPark's comment, I said in the
June closure: "This is the thirteenth move request[ proposing this move....] While this has not been so frequent as to necessitate a
WP:MORATORIUM, future move requests without substantial evidence should be speedily closed." Those previous requested moves are
listed at the top of the page.
SilverLocust💬 18:14, 21 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose for lack of any actual evidence. Wikipedia is a world-wide encyclopedia; people in India know about the changes, and may have changed their usage, but we need evidence that the majority of people over the whole world have changed their common usage to Bengaluru. -
Arjayay (
talk) 12:48, 22 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose Bangalore is still more common, and also more natural looking and sounding to English speakers.
DieOuTransvaal (
talk) 19:36, 23 March 2024 (UTC)reply
The second part is completely irrelevant, particularly as English is widely spoken in India.
AusLondonder (
talk) 15:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Comment I would be inclined to support if sufficient evidence on usage is provided. Per
WP:TIES we should use the name most common in Indian English usage.
AusLondonder (
talk) 20:08, 23 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Procedural speedy close: The same proposed renaming has been rejected in 13 previous formal RMs. The last one was less than a year ago, and nothing dramatic has happened since then and the nominator has not put hardly any effort into providing more substantial evidence than was previously considered. Please give it a rest for a few years before trying this again. We shouldn't have to keep repeating this discussion this often. —
BarrelProof (
talk) 01:03, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose. No evidence this has become the common name. --
Necrothesp (
talk) 14:37, 26 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose. No evidence for common name has been presented in the opening comment.
Celia Homeford (
talk) 12:56, 27 March 2024 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Why are we using an outdated colonial spelling of the name?
Should we rename the articles for Bombay and Calcutta as well?
192.34.130.239 (
talk) 16:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Semi-protected edit request on 18 May 2024
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Highest temperature ever recorded in Bengaluru is 41.8°c at Kengeri on April 30, 2024
Record high temperature in May is 41.1°c.
No source for Mega City
The population crossed 10 million in bangalore and hyderabad but there is no official census after 2011. Statista un reliable source for Bangalore and Hyderabad. There is no official data after 2011 census in Indian citites, so only 3 cities qualify as Mega cities Delhi, Mumbai & Kolkata as on today.
Ustadeditor2011 (
talk) 10:14, 12 June 2024 (UTC)reply