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While this article is named Pu`u `O`o, the article itself is about the 1983 Kilauea eruption. The US Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory seems to prefer to call this eruption the, "Pu`u `O`o-Kupaianaha eruption." [1] I think this article should be renamed since it seems to focus more on the eruption than on the Pu`u `O`o cone. Aoi 10:22, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It seems to be Wikipedia custom to use the most common name in the title so that editors can most easily link to the article. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names), especially the Use simple titles section. To me, the geographical landform (Pu`u `O`o) is inextricably linked to the 20+ year eruption --- there would be nothing to write about in Pu`u `O`o article if we moved this to "Pu`u `O`o-Kupaianaha eruption". Therefore, I would oppose such a move. -- hike395 14:44, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

P.S. If the consensus is to move the article, I would urge the mover to not use `okina or apostrophes or back quotes in the title, following the guidelines in Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English). -- hike395

In trying to reach a compromise, I changed the "History" section header (which precedes the bulk of the article) to read "Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō-Kūpa‘ianahā eruption". So, most of the material is properly labeled, while still retaining the simple title. And, we get to use proper Hawaiian spelling, too. -- hike395 15:04, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I read the naming conventions simple titles section and looked over your changes in the article. I see your reasoning and I am quite happy with your compromise. I'm not sure what to suggest about the your concerns about this article's name, however. I would think that we should just use the "American English" name (Puu Oo) with redirects from other pages; also, this would be consistent with the other Hawaiian-place name articles on Wikipedia. Anyway, thanks for the compromise. Thanks! Aoi 01:21, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, Aoi! I think we've found a good compromise.

About the article title: yes, you're right, following precedent, the title of this article should be "Puu Oo". But, since "Puu Oo" already exists and is a redirect to this article, it would take an admin to move it there and still keep all of the edit history. I didn't think it was worth pestering an admin. -- hike395 16:34, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Good point. Ok, I agree with you about the name of this article. Thanks again for your compromise. I might add some more recent history about this eruption at a later date. I look forward to your input. Aoi 00:17, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The coordinates link on top is misformatted