User talk:PeterChickenCampbell

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[edit] Gottenburg

Gottenburg isn't used anything close to "frequently" in English-language texts, especially modern ones. If you can find a source detailing the origin or use of this spelling, then this would be good information for the Name section of the article. Knepflerle (talk) 11:46, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Well it was simply that there were over 20,000 hits to it on a Google search and as it was mentioned in some recent professional correspondence about a conference there attended by my colleagues, I thought that it should be stated as common. Maybe it is only commonly spelt that way in Australia. How about simply "(also Gottenburg)" ? PeterChickenCampbell (talk) 11:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

It's not common in the sense that out of all the references to Gothenburg in English language texts, it's an incredibly small fraction of them that use Gottenburg. A quick look through Google results using this spelling shows that pretty much all refer to historical contexts from times when several spellings were in use, so I think it's misleading to have in the main lead the simple statement "is commonly/frequently called". I think the information is much better placed in the Name section of the article, which covers several other similar alternative spellings - to put them all in the first sentence would be overwhelming and counter-productive. A source with more information about the origin of this spelling would be interesting for the reader too. All the best, Knepflerle (talk) 12:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
PS making the redirect was a very good idea though - if there are any other historical spellings you come across let me know and we can make sure the coverage in the article is complete and that all the relevant redirects exist! Knepflerle (talk) 12:30, 9 February 2008 (UTC)