Talk:East London, South Africa

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Is Bisho really part of Buffalo City? I can't see any reference to this elsewhere... Nyh 09:16, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC) No Bisho is not part of East London, however both settlements are in Buffalo City and are part of the same municpality. Quite a bit of development on precisely how South African local government is structured should be put up. I am attempting to get the process underway: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_African_Municipalities

There is an error in this article. The Xhosa for East London is Emonti, Not Imonti. The E- prefix indicates a place, whereas I- indicates an object. - ISS

No, we've been through this on the Cape Town page. the e- prefix is a locative, and the i- prefix is simply the name. Imonti means East London, Emonti means "at, in, to East London" Joziboy 25 April 2006, 12:33 (UTC)

Argedy Arg, Local Government in S.A is a pain. Basically separate entities for S.A towns and cities and local government units are neccessary. I put together a list that was thankfully fixed up and put together in the List SA Municpalities page which forms the current shopping list of muncipality entries that need to be built (hopefully all with the same format). It would seem necessary to include the names (and references) of constituent settlements of municipalities in that municipality entry. Therefore Bisho should not be refered to in East London but should be included in the Buffalo City Local Municipality entry, which I have now done.

[edit] Changed title to avoid confusion

I changed the title to East London, South Africa to avoid confusion with East London, England. If you look at the "what links here" list for East London you will see several articles that incorrectly link there because editors assumed that the link would go to an article about the east end of London. Spylab 16:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I've now created a disambiguation page about East London and redirect East London to there. Simply south 18:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this all leaves East London redirecting to East London (disambiguation), which should never be the case, and should have been changed as well. I also suspect that, encyclopaedically speaking, the South African city remains the primary meaning, even if a few erroneous links have been created. I shall move East London, South Africa back to East London, but will not content a move request to change the latter into a disambiguation page. Until then, the dablink at the top will suffice. --Stemonitis 12:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Having done most of the disambiguation, I disagree with you. The number of links to the South African city and to the part of the English city was approximately equal. The move had been uncontested for a month. I've put a note up on requested moves. Sam Blacketer 13:27, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree with this move. I have periodically checked for links to East London and updated them to East London, England. I normally find quite a few have been added. East London in England is a very large area with a considerable number of places, people and things associated with it. MRSC • Talk 18:33, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I also support the move. Regan123 23:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I support the move. The South African city is probably the principla meaning, but not by enough to avoid the need for disambiguation. JPD (talk) 15:27, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

This has now been debated for five days with no-one contesting the proposed move, so I will implement it. Thanks to all who participated. Sam Blacketer 11:13, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't the WP:RM read East London (disambiguation) --> East London? Simply south 12:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

It's a bit of terminological detail, I suppose. I phrased it as East London --> East London, South Africa because the location of articles rather than disambiguation pages felt like the more substantial change, although you're quite right that the move of the disambiguation page is also connected. However I can't myself move the disambiguation page because it needs administrator involvement. I was thinking about contacting one to get this done. At the moment the East London page is a redirect to East London (disambiguation). Sam Blacketer 12:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)