Talk:Avdeyevka, Russia

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The result of the move request was: moved. Авдіївка and Авдеевка two different settlements in different countries. The "objections" didn't make a !vote. We're left the rationale from the supports to move. (closed by non-admin page mover) Reading Beans (talk) 04:23, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Avdeyevka, Russia → Avdeyevka – Unnecessary disambiguator, it's the only article with "Avdeyevka" in the title. HappyWith (talk) 16:33, 11 October 2023 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). HouseBlaster^talk 22:44, 11 October 2023 (UTC)— Relisting. Polyamorph (talk) 06:54, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Support move. The Ukrainian city might be occasionally transliterated as Avdeyevka, but it is overwhelmingly called "Avdiivka", not "Avdeyevka". In fact, on my end, the google search 162 suggested above (courtesy link) gives me the "Showing results for avdiivka ukraine [sic]" banner. When I tell google avdeyevka directly ([2]), I get three results (and they are not exactly top tier sources: [3][4][5]) before I am looking at non-English sources. (Sources using "Avdiivka" for the Ukrainian city include POLITICO, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.) HouseBlaster^talk 22:44, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  We're not arguing the title of the Avdiivka article. We're arguing whether "Avdeyevka" unambiguously refers to the Russian village - and I'm not convinced that it does. 162 etc. (talk) 00:22, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Actually, this is a good point, given how obscure the Russian settlement is. I might not be against your proposal to make Avdeyevka a disambig page, and retarget redirects like

  Avdeevka there. HappyWith (talk) 00:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply

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  Move to

  WP:ONEOTHER, disambiguate with a hatnote only.  —Michael Z. 14:44, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply

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  The link does not say anything about what the most common name for this settlement is. If anything, it says that there is no common English name for it. There is no good reason moving it to Avdeevka. Ymblanter (talk) 15:40, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  If there is no common name, that supports:

  1. that the other subject is the primary topic, and

  2. the name should be romanized per

  WP:USEENGLISH

  : “must be transliterated into characters generally intelligible to literate speakers of English. Established systematic transliterations (e.g., Hanyu Pinyin and IAST) are preferred.” Avdeevka uses the most common established systematic romanization system for English (ALA-LC), and corresponds to the most-used spelling for the exact name.

  The Ngram chart[7] shows the most common spelling used in English for this Russian name; the most common transliteration of Авдеевка. If you have more detailed evidence that contradicts it, please share.  —Michael Z. 21:34, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• In response to the initial objections by 162: Авдеевка isn't even ambiguous. The Ukrainian city is Авдіївка. This is the English Wikipedia, not the Russian Wikipedia. Avdeyevka is the transliteration of the Russian name for Avdiivka, but it is overwhelmingly called Avdiivka in all English language sources that aren't quoting Russian politicians or something like that. HappyWith (talk) 00:17, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  However, even these instances where they quote Russian politicians are probably more frequent than mentions of the village in English speaking media. Ymblanter (talk) 07:12, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Avdeevka/Avdeyevka has been used by reliable sources to refer to the town in Ukraine’s Donbas (pop. 31,000) significantly more often than to the village (derevnia) in Russia’s Kaluga oblast (pop. 116).  —Michael Z. 14:50, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. What a lot of fuss about nothing. The Ukrainian city may be written the same as this one in Russian, but as noted this is not ru-wiki and we transliterate it differently. As such, that's sufficient
  WP:SMALLDETAILS not to warrant a dab page, and a hatnote is perfectly sufficient.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:09, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply
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