Fellow Australian Tannin (Tony Wilson) and I were confused as to the naming of Canberra -- why is it [[Canberra, Australia]] rather than just [[Canberra]], since there is only one in the world? It turned out that Karen Johnson had moved the article to [[Canberra, Australia]] before either of us came here. Tannin, Karen and I discussed the matter on Karen's user page. I'm keen to move every non-ambiguous name (e.g. Canberra) and every predominantly Australian name (e.g. Brisbane) to the simple [[Canberra]] or [[Brisbane]]. Karen said it was fine with her, as long as I can "persuade people to agree". So here I am.
Are there any objections to my setting a new standard for Australian city and town names, favouring simple names such as [[Canberra]]?
-- Tim Starling.
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