Talk:Villarreal

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was Move completed. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 08:54, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Villarreal/Vila-real → Vila-real — Someone not discuss nothing and not fix after his move, use native name is better. —Matthew_hk tc 23:35, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

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  • Support move to Villarreal - I have never heard any other name used to refer to this particular town. – PeeJay 20:10, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
  • I change my mind to Castilian one: Villarreal. Matthew_hk tc 18:37, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Well, it definitely has to be moved to one or the other. I would imagine most English speakers have heard of the town through the football club so I'd edge towards Villarreal. However, if someone can show predominant usage in English of Vila-real I would be convinced otherwise. Knepflerle (talk) 09:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Support move to Villarreal. Villarreal is the official Spanish (Castillian) name and Vila-real is the Catalan/Valencian name. I think there are reasons to be a bit careful when moving articles to a regional language, since this basically is a political issue in Spain. See for example Donostia wich is a redirect to San Sebastián. Besides, Villarreal is more common in English. Sebisthlm (talk) 14:10, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

Any additional comments:
The near case is Biel/Bienne. Matthew_hk tc 13:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't think it's the same thing. The swiss town is often referred to as Biel/Bienne simultaneously (as well as the hockey and football team). Here, it's a city with an official Spanish name, with a regional Catalan name used by the local population (or parts of it). There are a lot of places which locally spell their name different from the more official name. The issue of regionalism in Spain is also very sensitive, so I think there are good reasons to use the Castillian names with references to the regional names in the article. Sebisthlm (talk) 14:10, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.