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[edit] Article name

This province is called "Elayet Eyalet of Timişvar" in Paul Robert Magocsi's Historical Atlas of Central Europe. I have also seen Timeşvar & Temişvar used on the internet. Does anyone have a preference for what the article's name should be? Olessi 23:58, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Since it was Ottoman province, the name "Temesvar" should be written in Turkish. However, I do not know a Turkish name for it, so, if you know it, please say what it is. I will ask some of the Wikipedia users who speak Turkish to help us with this. Also I am not sure about first word too: should it be "Elayet" or "Eyalet" (In Serbian for example it is Vilajet (Vilayet), but I do not know what is original Turkish form). PANONIAN (talk) 23:45, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm a native Turkish speaker and actually I've never heard of that province since it isn't in Turkey's borders now. Yet, I can help you with some general rules about Turkish. Probably both "Temeşvar" and "Timişvar" are acceptable. I say so because there are many names in Turkish which are translated from other languages and therefore have many ways to say. Probably this name is also translated from its orginal name which was given prior to Turkish domination and that's the reason their pronounciations vary. "Temeşvar" sounds better though over others if you ask my opinion. For the other issue on "elayet" and "eyalet", the correct one is "eyalet" which means something like province. I couldn't help you a lot but that's best I can do. --Quinlan Vos 08:50, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I think that the current name "Elayet of Temeşvar" would be acceptable, since word "Elayet" is used in English. PANONIAN (talk) 15:50, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Are you sure if it is also used as "Elayet" because I've never heard of it before. In Turkish there is a word like Eyalet and that means litrealy province. I'm not sure about Temeşvar but I'm quite sure about the usage of "Eyalet". --Quinlan Vos 16:39, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Eyalet is the the correct word- Elayet is a misspelling which has been duplicated in WP. Olessi 17:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Than the first issue is settled. I can't change the name though, who can? --Quinlan Vos 23:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I moved it without a problem. I'll check for double redirects tomorrow. Olessi 07:08, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) 08:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Eyalet of Temeşvar → Timişoara Province, Ottoman Empire – need for standard Ottoman subdivsion title format. See WP:RM page for similar requests. Sample: Bosnia Province, Ottoman Empire. See Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire for details of Ottoman subdivisions and Category:Provinces of the Ottoman Empire for list of pages.

[edit] Voting

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  • Support. I think that is an appropriate change for the unity of Wikipedia but I guess the name should be "Temeşvar Province, Ottoman Empire" since it is the original name in Turkish. --Quinlan Vos 18:41, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Strongly oppose Pointless pursuit of an unnecessary uniformity. If this disambiguated, it might be worth doing; but there is no need for a long name, which will usually require piping or redirection. In this case, the creation of an anachronistic Turkish/Rumanian hybrid merely adds to the nuisance value. Septentrionalis 20:57, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose, the Eyalet of Temeşvar is more known name, and the name should be in Turkish. This province is now divided between Romania, Serbia, and Hungary, thus it is not only Romanian name which could be alternativelly used here, but also Hungarian and Serbian. To avoid these naming problems we should keep the Turkish name, since it was the language of the Ottoman empire to which this province belonged to. PANONIAN (talk) 04:02, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Support But if the primary opposition is to Temeşvar → Timişoara then please consider voting on a change from Eyalet of Temeşvar → Temeşvar Province, Ottoman Empire LuiKhuntek 07:31, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. —Nightstallion (?) 08:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Voting on Eyalet of Temeşvar → Temeşvar Province, Ottoman Empire

  • Support See above. LuiKhuntek 07:31, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Support See above for me too --Quinlan Vos 09:08, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. (note weakening.) I would support Temeşvar Province, however. Septentrionalis 15:34, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Too long name. The shorter name is better. PANONIAN (talk) 01:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

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Ottoman provinces went by a variety of names. Some were eyalets, some were eyalets and later vilayets, some were just vilayets, and others had special names like khedivate, sharifate, and mutasarrifate. For consistency across time and space, the English term province covers it best.

The word eyalet is used in English to refer to this province, like in Euratlas (as well as in the Serbian historical atlases). See euratlas for example:

Also, if we change English name from "eyalet" to "province", then current alternative names in Serbian, Romanian and Hungarian language listed in the article would be a problem. The Wikipedia reader could from that to come to the wrong conclusion that Serbian word for the "province" is also "eyalet" like in Turkish, while Serbian word for "province" is "pokrajina". And I did not saw name "Temišvarska pokrajina" in the Serbian historical atlases. PANONIAN (talk) 01:50, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

It could have been a "beylerbeylik" (the early name for eyalet) before it was an "eyalet." Province is English could be used for both. Don't fret too much over Hungarian or Serbian or Romanian. This is not Serbian Wikipedia or Hungarian Wikipedia...

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[edit] Changing my vote

This vote was badly performed. If I know that first version of the name would be addopted I would support the second option. I change my last vote into support for Temeşvar Province, Ottoman Empire. PANONIAN (talk) 01:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

And if you ask me to elaborate why the current name is bad, it is because during the Ottoman rule more Serbs than Romanians lived in the region, thus the Romanian name for the article is not the best solution. It should be changed into the official Turkish name as an NPOV variant. I request new vote and changing of the name into the Temeşvar Province, Ottoman Empire. PANONIAN (talk) 01:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Just one more note: it is not disputed that name Timişoara is the best solution when we write about this city, since this city is today in Romania. However, this article is not about that city but about one province whose territory is now divided between 3 countries: Romania, Serbia and Hungary, thus the best solution here is Turkish name. PANONIAN (talk) 01:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) 07:42, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Voting for changing name into Temeşvar Province, Ottoman Empire

  1. Support PANONIAN (talk) 01:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
  2. Support for the reasons explained above and by PANONIAN too. --Quinlan Vos 01:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
  3. Support LuiKhuntek 06:25, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
  4. Support. Sounds good, yeah. —Nightstallion (?) 06:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
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