Talk:Light Rail (MTR)

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(Notifying participants in above discussion: Citobun – Sameboat – Epicgenius) Jc86035 (talk • contribs) Use {{re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 13:40, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Rename, as nominator: Jc86035 (talk • contribs) Use {{re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 13:45, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Support because "Light Rail" is actually the real name, "MTR" is just the disambiguator. Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 13:49, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename but differently: All articles with "(MTR)" as disambiguator should use "(Hong Kong)" instead unless there exists another article of namesake with disambiguator "(Hong Kong)". "(MTR)" is too specific for most non-Hong Kong residents to comprehend. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 14:03, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  Granville station (TransLink) (Vancouver). Jc86035 (talk • contribs) Use {{re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 14:56, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply

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  @Jc86035: Some of these are justifiable but others don't. There are 2 separate Bethal Green stations which indeed require disambiguation by system (Underground and National Rail). Other tube stations without necessity of disambiguation (e.g. Camden Town tube station) are barely justifiable because they are called this way colloquially. But such practice never becomes popular in Hong Kong for any MTR station. When we say "station" (either English or Chinese) it mostly refers to the MTR station, hence we jump 1 layer deeper of disambiguation when distinguished by "Hong Kong" is equally effective but clearer to most readers because the term/phrase "Hong Kong" is obviously more well-known than "MTR". This applies to disambiguated Metrorail stations in which "Florida" is effective as an disambiguator as well.

  "Red Line (CTA)" is okay because "red line" is in the grey area of common noun and proper noun. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 00:42, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  former KCR station). Jc86035 (talk • contribs) Use {{re|Jc86035}} to reply to me 14:29, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply

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  MTR stations which require disambiguation are really not that much (8 existing ones of 87). Consistency is not a good argument when it comes down to disambiguation qualifier. For instance,

  Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line) and Aleksandrovsky Sad (Moscow Metro). -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 15:03, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply

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  @Sameboat: The custom in Moscow Metro is to just use the name of the station with no disambiguator at all, such as Troparyovo or Yugo-Zapadnaya. (Unfortunately, we can't do that for Hong Kong because many stations share names with surrounding landmarks or areas.) Kylo, Rey, & Finn Consortium (talk) 00:24, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. I prefer "Light Rail (Hong Kong)" per Sameboat's justification but I am not averse to "Light Rail (MTR)" either. Citobun (talk) 12:52, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as proposed (i.e.
  flyer at 04:38, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply
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