Talk:Saraswati Nagar

Requested move 2 January 2019

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 section.

The result of the move request was: Move as proposed, it's not unanimous, but there is consensus that the proposed name is the COMMONNAME per usage in recent sources. (non-admin closure) В²C ☎ 18:45, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

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Mustafabad, Haryana → Saraswati Nagar – The old name Mustafabad was officially changed to the ancient name "Saraswati Nagar" in 2016 by the state government. In case the requested new namespace "Saraswati Nagar" is not available then move it to "Saraswati Nagar, Haryana" namespace. Thanks. 222.164.212.168 (talk) 18:48, 2 January 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Iffy★Chat -- 11:48, 10 January 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. Renerpho (talk) 01:20, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Relisted again, and added a note on India noticeboard talkpage to stimulate participation in this discussion. Renerpho (talk) 01:20, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

• Comment The article should reflect the WP:COMMONNAME, not necessarily the name the government uses. I'll place a !vote once I figure out which is the most common in reliable sources. Cesdeva ^(talk) 01:45, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

There's lots of sources in Hindi which I can't read, so I'm going to sit this one out. Interestingly the BJP changed the name from Mustafabad (a rather Muslim name) to the name of a river of Hindu legend. So this page move discussion is pretty much a result of nationalist agenda. Cesdeva ^(talk) 02:46, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose until we have enough evidence to agree that the usage of new name has been overtaken by the usage of old name. Based on my search results I still see sources using the old name. Article titles are based on WP:COMMONNAME and not OFFICIAL names, so this RM proposal is not based on any strong policy based reasons. --DBigXrayᗙ 21:13, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

• Support per WP:NAMECHANGES. Not even "Mumbai" would beat "Bombay" when it comes to "WP:COMMONNAME", yet we have titled the city as "Mumbai" because WP:NAMECHANGES is what we need to look at. All new sources use "Saraswati Nagar".[1][2][3][4] No one calls this place a "Mustafabad" anymore unless they are saying that it was formerly known as "Mustafabad", which further proves that "Saraswati Nagar" has overtaken "Mustafabad".[5] शिव साहिल/Shiv Sahil (talk) 08:47, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

• Support per WP:NAMECHANGES as explained above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.168.32.222 (talk) 18:26, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
• Support as more commonly used now. New name has indeed overtaken the older name.- Kaweendra (talk) 06:18, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

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