[WikiEN-l] City names argument resurrected

[Tim Starling]

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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