Talk:Kiev Bolshevik Uprising

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Requested move to Kiev Bolshevik Uprising[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 11:38, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Kyiv Bilshovyk UprisingKiev Bolshevik Uprising — To substitute the Ukrainian words Kyiv (Київ) and Bilshovyk (Більшовик) for its English equivalents "Kiev" and "Bolshevik".

Currently, this article is titled "Kyiv Bilshovyk Uprising". Wouldn't "Kiev Bolshevik Uprising" be a better title ?

  • It would be more consistent with the criteria mentioned in the "Deciding an article title" section of our policy on article titles.
  • It would be consistent with our entries on both Kiev & Bolshevik.
  • A Google Books search for "Kyiv Bilshovyk Uprising" comes up empty (although asking if I meant "Kyiv Bolshevik Uprising").
    A Google Books search for "Kiev Bolshevik Uprising" doesn't return any direct results, but indicates that at the very least those words are used in English-language publications.

I'm not familiar with the name(s) given to these events in English-language publications, and the current formulation is a good descriptive title, but at the very least we should make the words understandable to our anglophone readership. - Best, Ev (talk) 21:25, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Survey[edit]

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
  • Support as nominator. - Ev (talk) 21:25, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Kiev and Bolshevik are clearly the normal words in English. PatGallacher (talk) 02:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support WP:UE.--Labattblueboy (talk) 14:35, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as per nom. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 01:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I've never been entirely convinced that we should be using Kiev rather than Kyiv, but for the sake of consistency this proposal makes sense. Even if we ignore the arguments about Kiev/Kyiv, the Bolshevik part should need no discussion, as Bilshovyk is unknown in English. Skinsmoke (talk) 16:52, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support "Bilshovyk" ? Seriously? This is the English Wikipedia, not the Latin Transcription Wikipedia. 70.29.210.242 (talk) 06:04, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. "Bolshevik" is a well-established word in the English language; there is no need to resort to transliteration here.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 15, 2010; 17:26 (UTC)

Discussion[edit]

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.