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I'm not sure if the most common English name for this place is "Victoria" or "Rabat", but "Victoria/Rabat" doesn't work with our software, so I moved it to "Victoria" for now. See [[Project:Article naming conventions]] for some ideas. --[[User:(WT-en) Evan|(WT-en) Evan]] 10:15, 30 Jan 2006 (EST) |
I'm not sure if the most common English name for this place is "Victoria" or "Rabat", but "Victoria/Rabat" doesn't work with our software, so I moved it to "Victoria" for now. See [[Project:Article naming conventions]] for some ideas. --[[User:(WT-en) Evan|(WT-en) Evan]] 10:15, 30 Jan 2006 (EST) |
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:[http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp GeoNet] also has "Vittoria" and "Victoria Town" as alternate names. TGN prefers "Rabat". --[[User:(WT-en) Evan|(WT-en) Evan]] 10:19, 30 Jan 2006 (EST) |
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Hey there, as stated in the text Rabat is used by the locals, the other name never is. But the English when they ruled used Victoria. This is actually a difficult issue for all of Malta, often the only maps available only have the english names that were attempted to be imposed everywhere including for individual streets. The actual streetsigns are only in Maltese, so for practical reasons, at least pertaining to streets, I always try to find the Maltese names. On maps I have seen it does actually say Victoria and in brackets Rabat, and Victoria does remain the official name. |
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I haven't read the conventions article but will do so now. --[[User:(WT-en) PeterW|(WT-en) PeterW]] |
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:Another thing: great work on [[Malta]] so far! You've been really cranking. --[[User:(WT-en) Evan|(WT-en) Evan]] 11:15, 30 Jan 2006 (EST) |
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Latest revision as of 17:32, 6 February 2007
I'm not sure if the most common English name for this place is "Victoria" or "Rabat", but "Victoria/Rabat" doesn't work with our software, so I moved it to "Victoria" for now. See Project:Article naming conventions for some ideas. --(WT-en) Evan 10:15, 30 Jan 2006 (EST)
- GeoNet also has "Vittoria" and "Victoria Town" as alternate names. TGN prefers "Rabat". --(WT-en) Evan 10:19, 30 Jan 2006 (EST)
Hey there, as stated in the text Rabat is used by the locals, the other name never is. But the English when they ruled used Victoria. This is actually a difficult issue for all of Malta, often the only maps available only have the english names that were attempted to be imposed everywhere including for individual streets. The actual streetsigns are only in Maltese, so for practical reasons, at least pertaining to streets, I always try to find the Maltese names. On maps I have seen it does actually say Victoria and in brackets Rabat, and Victoria does remain the official name.
I haven't read the conventions article but will do so now. --(WT-en) PeterW
- Another thing: great work on Malta so far! You've been really cranking. --(WT-en) Evan 11:15, 30 Jan 2006 (EST)