Talk:Bulusan (municipality)

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.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Bulusan (municipality). This name was established in the prior RM above, and despite a lot of text in this RM there is again a consensus to move to that title, as establishing a unique and unambiguous name. This should not be moved again without a further RM.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:08, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note that this article was under the title "Bulusan (municipality)", but was moved to "Bulusan, Sorosgon" by @Kuyamj1220: on December 29, 2021 without reason. It was later moved by @Jdcedit: on January 19, 2022 to correct the typo, then under the title "Bulusan, Sorsogon Province". JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 02:11, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Move back to Bulusan (municipality). Nothing has changed since the last AFD, so the consensus for that should be followed. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:58, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  @Howard the Duck: seems like not every-Juan agrees to the "(municipality)" disambiguation. If it is OK, then why someone moved it? It has been a natural first-hear/seen interpretation that the provincial suffix means that it is a populated place (a city or a municipality). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 16:16, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • It's not always that straightforward. The "comma convention" also applies to places such as schools and hospitals. I suppose more people know of the volcano than the town; "Bulusan, Sorsogon" might mean "Oh, the volcano?" to them. Howard the Duck (talk) 16:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    @

    Bulusan, Sorsogon. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 16:51, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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    • Pinatubo and Mayon don't have LGUs named after them, and are shared by multiple LGUs. What's interesting are the cases of this one, Kanlaon and Taal. Does "Taal, Batangas" really mean the town, the volcano or the lake? I love how Canlaon is the city and Kanlaon is the volcano. Most people know of the Mount Kanlaon, and may not realize that a city is named after the mountain; the same case with Bulusan. People may think "Ah, the it is the volcano, just with the name of the province attached to it." It was you who said on last year's RM that the volcano is more popular than the town, "Bulusan, Sorsogon" is like saying "Hinulugang Taktak, Antipolo". Howard the Duck (talk) 17:01, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

      @Howard the Duck: yes, that's why Bulusan is for volcano and for the town, Bulusan, Sorsogon. Volcano is more popular: one will first think that Bulusan is the volcano upon hearing that, instead of the town. Since there is also a lake of the same name, Bulusan must be turned into a disambiguation page, just like the current use of Bulusan at Commons (c:Category:Bulusan), which I also created. The fact that both the volcano and the town are located in the same province is irrelevant: it is which comes first in the mind of many people upon hearing the name "Bulusan" - the volcano. For the use of suffix: it is automatic. Use of provincial suffix automatically implies it is a settlement. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 17:24, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

      As stated earlier, use of provincial suffix does not automatically implies it is a settlement. In this specific case, "Bulusan, Sorsogon" doesn't automatically mean "the town of Bulusan in Sorsogon", it can mean "the volcano in Sorsogon, with the province's name appended to it," moreso as the volcano itself is more popular than the town and people may not know about the town itself exists. Howard the Duck (talk) 17:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy revert to Bulusan (municipality), the consensus was for this at the previous discussion which makes more sense if disambiguation is needed though I'm skeptical it is needed, if the volcano is the only reason for disambiguation then "Bulusan, Sorsogon" or "Bulusan, Sorsogon Province" doesn't make any sense as the volcano is also in Sorsogon. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:10, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Move back to Bulusan (municipality) per above arguments. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 08:31, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jdcedit: What was your motivation of doing such move without consultation? --Exec8 (talk) 06:35, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Revert move back to

WP:MOSPHIL#Places and Howard the Duck Maanshen (talk) 09:51, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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@Maanshen: nothing in MOSPHIL suggests the use of "(municipality)" or "(city)". This is going to be inconsistent to others at Category:Municipalities of Sorsogon. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 09:59, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AFDs. Probably time to tag that as historical. Howard the Duck (talk) 12:20, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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If MOSPHIL is now "superseded", then time to format article titles anyone would desire or wish. That will create chaos and disorder. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 12:42, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As stated earlier, the

WP:MOSPHIL has been superseded with actual RMs elsewhere, where previously, all municipalities are in "<townname>, <provincename>", but successful RMs removed <provincename>, MOSPHIL notwithstanding... which led to MOSPHIL being edited to reflect actual practice. Namespace should reflect actual practice, based on actual discussions such as RMs and AFDs, and not impose what the actual practice shall be without discussions that have consequences. Howard the Duck (talk) 12:53, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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Then better abandon

WP:CONSISTENT pillar altogether! While it can still be considered consistent to have two types of article titles for Philippine cities and municipalities — one under plain name (ex. Pulilan) and the other under comma-suffix (ex. Pandi, Bulacan) — adding "(municipality)" suffix breaks away consistency, and will open the gates for unwanted attempts to rename such to "plain names" with such disambiguation. After that, what's next? Pandi (municipality)? Labo (municipality)? Carmona (municipality)? Las Navas (municipality)? Ternate (municipality)? La Trinidad (municipality)? Basco (municipality)? Los Baños (municipality)? Virac (municipality)? Pili (municipality)? There will no longer be consistency if such is done. Removing consistency pillar of WP:AT, the whole article title system will collapse altogether. It is already enough to accept "City" for two special case-cities — Angeles City and Lapu-Lapu City. That is already enough. There will no longer be consistency for titles of all 1,634 municipalities and cities of the Philippines. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 13:19, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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Every-Juan may laugh or scorn such LGU article titles that are "trying hard to get themselves unique despite not so". JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 13:31, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We're only doing this for Bulusan and probably a handful other towns where "<townname>, <provincename>" nomenclature is stil ambiguous (my favorite example is Lake Sebu, South Cotabato). Consistency is almost always never 100% because for every rule, there is an exception, and for every exception, there is an exception to the exception. I am for the "<townname>, <provincename>" nomenclature but those pushing for using just the <townname> won out. You win some, you lose some. Either way, for this case, it's indisputable that "Bulusan, Sorsogon" can mean different things. In fact, we shouldn't be having this discussion; the move should have been reverted as there are consensus on an RM just last year. Howard the Duck (talk) 13:35, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Howard the Duck: how come using "XXX, province" becomes ambiguous? It is automatic in our society — that the suffix refers to a city or municipality. Bulusan, Sorsogon is automatic — it refers to the town. No one is crazy enough to claim Bulusan, Sorsogon is the volcano! JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 13:39, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lake Sebu, South Cotabato is automatic — is is the town. The lake? Plain name Lake Sebu. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 13:40, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As I explained earlier, not too many people know that "Bulusan" or "Lake Sebu" as a town exists; they know "Bulusan" is a volcano (not too many people even know there's a Lake Sebu town or lake. They might think it's a lake in Cebu City and someone is just bad in spelling). They may conclude that "Bulusan, Sorsogon" means "the name of the volcano with the province it is located at appended to it." So yes, someone is crazy enough to think "Bulusan, Sorsogon" is the volcano. I mean, the exact phrase "Mayon, Albay" has 9k search results.

This is the exact same reasoning you gave in the earlier RM. This is essentially a

WP:DRV of the original RM. Can somebody close this so that we can move on? Howard the Duck (talk) 13:48, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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Yeah, Howard. That reasoning from me last year is for Bulusan, something being pushed through by some editors. But for this case: Bulusan, Sorsogon — it is the town. Do not get confused with my reasoning last year: my statement that volcano is more famous and noteworthy applies to the plain name, not "Bulusan, Sorsogon". Adding suffix signifies it is the town, and is in line with

WP:CONSISTENT with many others at Category:Municipalities of Sorsogon. You are mixing up the context for "Bulusan" (to which my reasoning last year applies) and "Bulusan, Sorsogon, for this DR now. I doubt your claim that Bulusan, Sorsogon is ambiguous. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 13:56, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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(edit conflict) What's wrong with Bulusan (municipality) again? If I knew this was moved without consensus, I would've reverted it to Bulusan (municipality)—the name chosen by the participants of that had a pretty decent amount of support from the previous RM. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 14:00, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@

WP:AT. We already accepted two types of titles for most Philippine cities and municipalities (excluding special-case Angeles and Lapu-Lapu), now we will welcome a "third party"? JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:05, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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But there's a completely valid reason for it to be an exemption. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 14:08, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bulusan, Sorsogon is nothing special compared to the two independent cities. By arguing for it, then Pandi, Bulacan must be under this exception too or Lake Sebu one from Howard, but the lake is already at Lake Sebu and Lake Sebu, South Cotabato is already stable enough and no one complained it until now. If ain't broke, don't fix it. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:13, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a landform or something else that's named as "Pandi"? I honestly do not know, and doubt others too. The Pandi example is a clear one where "Pandi, Bulacan" refers to the town. The case of "Bulusan, Sorsogon" is different from Angeles and Lapu-Lapu City. I for one, would've wanted for it to be at "Angeles, Pampanga" considering similar HUC/ICCs are at

General Santos City should be identical cases. See... not all cases are the same, that's why we have... gasp... exceptions! Howard the Duck (talk) 14:20, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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I agree. "Angeles, Pampanga" is commonly used by the media. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 14:26, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know why you all at

WP:Tambayan gets confused by the use of provincial names, when outside Wikipedia it is automatically understood that affixing the name of the province refers to the city or municipality. You all are making article titles less stable. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:24, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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Re: General Santos — it is already stable. Roxas, Capiz is also stable, and long-term. You will only create future problems, if ever one of the two Roxas'es becomes a city. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:28, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

While formerly described as a "commune," "

University of the Philippines, Diliman

" is certainly not a municipality of the great province of Diliman.

Yeah, for GenSan, I can live wuith that, but

WP:CRYSTALBALL and all. And hey, we did well with the two Nagas and the two San Fernandos. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:34, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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What does "stable" even supposed to mean? —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 14:36, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Remember when MRT Line 3 (Metro Manila) was in a stable place for years... whatever the article name was? Howard the Duck (talk) 14:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Stability shouldn't be our problem since

Wikipedia isn't a crystal ball. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 15:05, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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Do not use the two San Fernandoes and two Nagas. Both were using City suffix during the time the naming standards were confusing. I read that whole discussion, in which the current and most stable titling system was set up. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:41, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, ditching "City" for most cases was a good move, except when "<cityname> City" is the actual

WP:LOCALCONSENSUS be damned. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:43, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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It appears the "(municipality)" disambiguation didn't help at all. Using Pageview Analysis for the period December 30, 2021 and January 17, 2022, during the time the article was wrongly titled "Bulusan, Sorosgon", most redirect visits are to "Bulusan, Sorsogon" as opposed to "Bulusan (municipality)":

Bulusan (municipality)

Views: 21

Daily average: 1

Bulusan, Sorsogon

Views: 91

Daily average: 5

For January 13, 2022 alone, "Bulusan (municipality)" received 0 visits, while "Bulusan, Sorsogon" garnered 12. This proves most visitors desire to visit the article via "Bulusan, Sorsogon" as opposed to "Bulusan (municipality). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:11, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We're not sure if visitors of Bulusan, Sorsogon were looking for the mountain or the town. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:20, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely for the town, not the mountain. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:22, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And your source for that is??? Howard the Duck (talk) 14:24, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No need for source. Simple common sense. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:25, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Very convincing! This doesn't fall under

WP:SKYISBLUE, does it? Howard the Duck (talk) 14:28, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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That does not apply, as we are not dealing the content but the title itself. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:29, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You do realize that the "common sense" argument isn't exactly convincing without data/evidence, right? Howard the Duck (talk) 14:34, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit conflict) Care for evidence? Here's another one, using the method by other editors who participated at Talk:Commission on the Filipino Language#Requested move 28 May 2020, which I "stalked" during that time:

Simple Google search results

• For Bulusan, Sorsogon: about 297 results
• For Bulusan (municipality): 0 results

_ JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:54, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's quite obvious that no one would search for "Bulusan (municipality)". The "(municipality)" is only used for disambiguation. It's not part of the name. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 15:01, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, this is pretty dishonest way of presenting data. Howard the Duck (talk) 15:37, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

WikiProject Tambayan Philippines has been notified of this discussion. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 14:52, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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1. PNA (02/08/2018): Bulusan, Sorsogon Mayor Michael Guysayko has entered a guilty plea to the charges of 10 counts of violation of Section 52 (c) of Republic Act No. 8291, or the “GSIS Act”. (Note: PTV News and Philippine Star both mirror this convention for Bulusan, Sorsogon in their stories about the same event)
2. PNA (12/05/2021): DOH-Bicol cited the LGUs that reached more than 100 percent of their target as the city of Legazpi and the municipalities of Bagamanoc, Baras, Gigmoto, and Panganiban in Catanduanes; Cabusao, Camarines Sur; and Bulusan, Sorsogon.
3. Inquirer (10/24/2016): (as the location determiner) BULUSAN, Sorsogon — Four times during the past week, Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon belched out gray ash plumes in a series of minor phreatic (steam-driven) eruptions that sent ashfalls over villages in the towns of Bulusan, Casiguran and Irosin, threatening crops and endangering the health of some residents.
4. UNTV (01/29/2020): The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Bicol has rescued a Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) at Barangay Dapdap, Bulusan, Sorsogon. (The attached post by DENR Bicol also uses the convention "Bulusan, Sorsogon" instead of plain "Municipality of Bulusan, Sorsogon")
5. Pilipino Star Ngayon (12/24/2021): Hawak na ng Pasig City Police ang isa sa mga suspek sa 30-million pisong robbery incident sa Brgy.Kapitolyo ng naturang lungsod noong naka­raang linggo matapos itong sumuko sa ilang opisyal ng bayan ng Bulusan, Sorsogon kamakalawa ng umaga. (Note: this is followed by RMN)
6. PhilExaminer, 09/10/2020: The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – V (PDEA – V) and the local government units of Bulusan, Sorsogon, and Jovellar, Albay have formally inaugurated today their respective reformatory shelters that will provide support programs to drug surrenderees to build a renewed life.
7. Brigada News, 10/02/2021: Maghigpit ng ipinagbabawal simula ngayong linggo ang pagtungo o pagpasyal ng mga turista sa mga resort at iba pang pasyalan sa bayan ng Bulusan Sorsogon tuwing araw ng Sabado at Linggo.
8. PNP Region V (ca. JAN 2019): The suspect was Rank No. 4 Municipal Most Wanted Person in Bulusan Sorsogon.
9. Only In Ph.com (02/12/2021): Sa Facebook, ibinahagi ng DepEd Region V - Bicol ang isang masipag na guro sa Baitang 5 na si Augusto Furaque mula sa San Isidro Elementary School sa Bulusan, Sorsogon, na pinapagpasyahan pa rin ng mga bata ang mga aralin sa kabila ng suspensyon sa klase dahil sa pandemya.
10. Manila Times (12/14/2015): It made a second landfall over Bulusan, Sorsogon, later at 4 p.m.
11. Rappler (12/14/2015): In its bulletin issued 5 pm on Monday, state weather bureau PAGASA said Typhoon Nona was already located over Bulusan, Sorsogon. It continues to move west at 17 kilometers per hour (km/h), heading for Burias Island.
12. Manila Bulletin (02/26/2021): The group said Estilon was nabbed with 62-year-old Enriqueta Guelas in Barangay Lalod, Bulusan, Sorsogon on Dec. 24, 2020, and they were detained at the Sorsogon City District Jail.
13. Manila Bulletin (07/24/2019): Feast rites will also be observed in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte; Bulusan, Sorsogon; Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte; and in Paete, Laguna.

_ JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 15:22, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Most of these are wire reports emanating from the municipality. This doesn't prove that whenever you say "Bulusan, Sorsogon" you refer to the municipality and not to the volcano or something else... it does prove though that "Bulusan, Sorsogon" is the
  WP:QUALIFIER comes up... and how the previous RM last year with the consensus move. Howard the Duck (talk) 15:37, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply
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@Howard the Duck: I am not yet done! Now adding one from Rappler. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 15:41, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And why do wire reports make a difference, when as you said came from the municipality? If the municipality itself requires news outlets to refer them as "Bulusan, Sorsogon", then the issue should be settled: Bulusan, Sorsogon is the town and does not in any way refer to the volcano, again in the context of using ", Sorsogon" suffix, while the volcano can be referred to as "Bulusan" simply, as the main topic of Bulusan alone is the volcano (which it currently redirects). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 15:49, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just to be sure, your arguments are:

1. "Bulusan" refers to the volcano, and is the
   WP:PRIMARYTOPIC
   for everything named as "Bulusan."
2. The municipality of Bulusan is commonly named as "Bulusan, Sorsogon".

Meanwhile, here is a history on how the current article is named:

1. Article created at "Bulusan, Sorsogon" in 2007 by Seav
2. Article moved to "Bulusan" in 2016 by Hueman citing
   WP:MOSPHIL
3. Article moved to "Bulusan (municipality)" in 2021 after an
   WP:RM

My questions to you:

1. Is the undisambiguated
   WP:COMMONNAME
   is plain and simple "Bulusan", regardless if other things are named "Bulusan," just as the common name for Georgia the US state is "Georgia"?)
2. Is the ", Sorsogon" added purely for disambigutatory purposes, or because it is a part of the
   WP:COMMONNAME
   of the town?

Howard the Duck (talk) 15:57, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Howard the Duck: number 1: no, because Bulusan can also refer to the volcano in everyday speech. Just as we here refer to the nearest volcano as Pinatubo or nearest major mountain as Arayat (but that is another story). Number 2: it is part of the common name, as evidenced by sources and everyday speech. And BTW, hueMan1 didn't move it in 2016 but in 2021, just a few months before the first RM. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 16:05, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Re #1: To clarify, disregarding the fact that "Bulusan" primarily refers to the volcano, is the town also referred to as plain and simple "Bulusan", just as the volcano is always refered to as "Mount Bulusan" and not just "Bulusan"? I'm from Central Luzon, and I know for a fact that a town of "Arayat" exists. Now, someone from Bicol may not know the town of Arayat exists, but knows about Mount Arayat.

As for #2, I asked this, because as someone from Central Luzon, when we refer to the town of Bulakan, we always say "Bulakan, Bulacan (thank goodness this was named correctly)" (as "Bulakan" and "Bulacan" are homonyms) all the time at least on the first reference, when talking orally (when writing, the "K" is usually enough to distinguish it from the province, but not all the time). Is this the same case for the town, is it always referred to us "Bulusan, Sorsogon" in everyday speech i.e. "I came from Bulusan, Sorsogon" and not "I came from Bulusan" or even "I came from the town of Bulusan". Compare to "I know someone from Bulakan, Bulacan". Howard the Duck (talk) 16:16, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Howard the Duck:

Re. 1: sometimes, but only after context has been established. I am also from Central Luzon (as a matter of fact I am from Bulacan), and so I am very familiar with place name conventions used here. Arayat may refer to both the volcano and the town, but more commonly the former and not the latter.

Re. 2: Very rarely people will use the name of the town as it is not notable to most (overshadowed by the volcano). A Bulusanon will most likely say "I came from Sorsogon" (Galing ako sa Sorsogon) when chatting to a new-found friend based in Pampanga or Caloocan, let's assume. If there is a need to know the precise location, then "I came from Bulusan, Sorsogon". If you say "I came from Bulusan", your friend may thought that you hail from the barangays near the volcano or mountainside; or worse, you came from the volcano itself! ;) And not all barangays surrounding the volcano are under the town's jurisdiction! ;) But anyway, the use of Sorsogon disambiguation establishes the context that you hail from the town. Regarding "Bulakan, Bulacan" (which I may reply even if irrelevant here), yes even us here in a certain 100 K+ (2020 cen.) town to the west-central of Bulacan we mainly refer to the first capital as "Bulakan, Bulacan", sometimes used interchangeably or misspelled. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 04:15, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to add also that <municipality, province> establishes the context that it is referring to the municipality. I may have reiterated this many many times. That also applies to "Lake Sebu, South Cotabato". Provinces are very important political and socio-cultural divisions of the Philippines: you trace your provincial origins via provinces. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 04:27, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Lake Sebu should probably also be used, unless its argued the comma is almost always part of the name rather than just disambiguation it clearly fails
  WP:ATDAB says that this can result in inconsistency but we will be consistent in how we dismbiguate similar cases such as "(municipality)" for both Bulusan and Lake Sebu. Who does Lake Sebu, South Cotabato help when the lake its self is also in South Cotabato? The convention for places is generally 1st choice plain name, 2nd choice comma and 3rd choice brackets which at least for Lake Sebu the choice is 3rd as the 1st isn't possible for technical reasons and the 2nd fails PRECISE. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:43, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply
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  @

  WP:USPLACE is a noteworthy issue. In fact most of Wikipedians based in the U.S. do not see the issue surrounding universal use of <XXX, state>. The universal rule "If ain't broke, don't fix it." applies here. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 04:19, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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  What conflicts? The problem with Lake Sebu is that it contains a pointless qualifier that doesn't distingish,

  WP:PLACEDAB says "Generic parenthetical disambiguating tags as used for most Wikipedia articles are used only occasionally for geographic names (as in Wolin (town), where no regional tag would be sufficient to distinguish the town from the island of Wolin)." that's exactly the case with Lake Sebu and here if you argue the plain name ambiguous. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:26, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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  @Crouch, swale: using such disambiguations only makes the place more generic. "Bulusan (municipality)", what municipality? "Bulusan, Sorsogon", that has established context and understood that it is the town. Same case for Lake Sebu. Provincial disambiguation settles the context that it is the town. I am very apalled by several users who claim that they are still confused by the usage of provincial name disambiguation in the titles of articles of several municipalities that do not meet the plainness criterion (as opposed to the likes of Aparri and Lingayen). You will push more readers, especially Pinoy readers, into confusion which only some Wikipedians may not fall just because of abusive use of "(city)", "(municipality)", etc.. Also, consistency still matters. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 10:51, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  "Bulusan (municipality)" shows its the municipality and not the volcano, if the volcano is supposedly ambiguous with plain "Bulusan" that would also apply to "Bulusan, Sorsogon". When you type "Lake Sebu" into the search box you get "Lake Sebu" and "Lake Sebu, South Cotabato", if you want the municipality how would you know the latter if the one and if you want the lake how would you know not to click on the latter? "Lake Sebu (municipality)" is unambiguous to everyone, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato is meaningless. Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:13, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  @Crouch, Swale: Bulusan, Sorsogon is automatic: it refers to the town! I already presented sources using that above. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 11:28, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  It doesn't even if some sources are using it sometimes as a natural form or modifier. Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:30, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  In your question "What conflicts? ", it is

  WP:USPLACE, where several users like you try to apply <placename> only despite that many U.S. places are not unique. But that is another issue best tackled in a separate area. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 10:58, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply

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