Talk:La Crête, Alberta
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[edit] Return to La Crete
I think this should be moved back to La Crete, Alberta as that appears to be the common name. I have only been able to find one reference to La Crête, Government of Alberta. At the same time the Govt. of Alberta has several links to La Crete. Also the reference in the article shows the name La Crete or, strangely, LaCrete, as does the Chamber of Commerce. There appears to be noting to support the use of the "ê" in the name. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 01:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Support move to La Crete. Even if La Crête is the official spelling, I agree that the most common spelling appears to be La Crete and should be favoured. I would also remove the disambiguation, as per WP:CANSTYLE. This settlement, and institutions related to it, appears to be the primary use of the name and appears to be a unique place name. Skeezix1000 (talk) 14:50, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Support move - if there's no little hat on my road map, most common usage is La Crete. CBW, here's another ref: StatsCan and enter "La Crete", searching in English no less. More than anything else, this speaks to not having those extra keys on the keyboard, however common usage overrides official usage, as long as it is noted in the article and the redirect exists. Franamax (talk) 23:54, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- I never thought to look at StatsCan for the information. Though their usage of names seems hit and miss, they get Gamèti, Northwest Territories correct, almost get Deline, Northwest Territories right but completely miss Lutselk'e, Northwest Territories here. Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories here is listed under the older name of Holman but that was changed just an 11/2 months before the census. The official names for the places are found here.
- Wow, I had no idea you could do so much with the letter "L" :) I suppose the difference is that StatsCan has English-French bilingual keyboards, so they can handle only those language spellings? (And yes, the northern community names are in flux right now, based on community votes, at least in Nunavut, I'm not clear on the exact process esp. Rankin and Chester) Franamax (talk) 03:28, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- Agh! A cheery morning to all, it's -3 C with 5 cm snow overnight and a 50 km wind giving a wind chill of -11 C. There has been some talk of few places changing. Nothing here though and I know that Cape Dorset, Nunavut has said that they won't change due to the brand name recognition. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 13:49, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- Wow, I had no idea you could do so much with the letter "L" :) I suppose the difference is that StatsCan has English-French bilingual keyboards, so they can handle only those language spellings? (And yes, the northern community names are in flux right now, based on community votes, at least in Nunavut, I'm not clear on the exact process esp. Rankin and Chester) Franamax (talk) 03:28, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
