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Fort Cavazos → Fort Hood – Just like any other place that has been renamed, we should wait until the new name is more common than the old to use the new name. See
Turkey (not Turkiye) for an example.
DieOuTransvaal (
talk) 23:15, 14 May 2023 (UTC)reply
What makes you think that reliable sources will call it anything but Fort Cavazos from now on? This isn't an orthography change, it was renamed. We will keep the former name in the lede for some time to come. This is more like a ship or building name than a nation. Acroterion(talk) 23:56, 14 May 2023 (UTC)reply
The Port Elizabeth article remained at that title for a year or so after the name change. I'm South African myself, and most of the people I know back home (I live in the US now) still call it Port Elizabeth, but the article is now at the new alphabet soup name because it has become more common, allegedly, I might try to get it moved back. The new name may become more common in a year or so, but the weight of tradition should preserve the original name until the new one is clearly dominant. — Preceding
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DieOuTransvaal (
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contribs) 08:10, 15 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Oppose - technically there should've been some discussion first, but like... this is
WP:POINTiness. The new name will take over.
RedSlash 17:54, 15 May 2023 (UTC)reply
So then let's move it back to Fort Hood and have a discussion on if it should be moved.
DieOuTransvaal (
talk) 01:03, 16 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Oppose – When the US Army high command gives an order to change the name of a base, to implement a statutory directive from Congress, passed by 2/3 majorities in both houses, overriding a presidential veto, I think it's pretty clear that the name is going to stick.
Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (
talk) 22:22, 15 May 2023 (UTC)reply
I didn't realize that Wikipedia was the public relations branch of the US government.
DieOuTransvaal (
talk) 01:03, 16 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Silly me. Here I thought that the US government has the power to name its own facilities.
Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (
talk) 16:18, 17 May 2023 (UTC)reply
And the Turkish government has the power to rename its own country, but we don't follow along until it becomes more common.
DieOuTransvaal (
talk) 08:44, 19 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Oppose changing the name of the current article. We should, however, be careful to avoid retroactive name changes. I only mention this because it came up regarding Fort Benning/Moore. Historical references should probably continue to use the old name.
Intothatdarkness 13:54, 16 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Oppose notable sources use the name Fort Cavazos now. In @
DieOuTransvaal's Turkey/Türkiye example, notable sources still use Turkey. For example, the US and UK governments still use Turkey as their preferred spellings, so do notable news companies like CNN, BBC, AP, etc in recent articles.
Meanwhile, recent articles refer to the base as Fort Cavazos. Fort Hood is only mentioned recently as in regards to the name change. See examples:
[1][2][3].
Justafriendlykiwi (
talk) 07:03, 20 May 2023 (UTC)reply
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