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Allahabad not Prayagraj now

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It should be changed to Allahabad as per WP: COMMONNAME according to Google Ngram Allahabad is the most used term not Prayagraj. So it should be change like Turkey Which isn't change to its official name Turkiye because of WP: COMMONNAME also like Chittagong it's official name is Chattogram But it was not change because of the same reason. Therealbey (talk) 08:32, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also some editors strongly oppose Stepanakert's move to Khankendi although several sources i.e. from Google maps to BBC call the city Khankendi. What's with the double standards here?Yakamoz51 (talk) 13:05, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Therealbey Nobody calls it Allahabad anymore so... 103.99.18.91 (talk) 03:52, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There have been multiple discussions over several years. Starting a discussion again to go back to old name is not relevant anymore. RohitSaxena (talk) 11:39, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology updates

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This page is for Prayagraj. The etymology references to Allahabad is irrelevant here. It's quite childish to talk about some other word in etymology than the topic of the page. 2607:FEA8:4B60:C700:3607:7E78:A05A:5895 (talk) 17:43, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But Prayagraj is merely the new name for Allahabad. Why is was called Allahabad is entirely relevant.-- Toddy1 (talk) 17:59, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Prayagraj is still known as Allahabad. As pointed out by @Toddy1, it is merely the new name for Allahabad. A few important institutions are still called Allahabad, including Allahabad High Court, IIIT-Allahabad and NIT Allahabad. Hope it helps! 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS 🍁 14:57, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Page name should be changed as per WP:COMMONNAME Therealbey (talk) 19:42, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support renaming to "Allahabad" per WP:COMMONNAME Abo Yemen✉ 14:08, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support renaming to Allahabad per WP:COMMONNAME Tagooty (talk) 15:30, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
These institutions are established through constitution of India, so the name they bear has nothing to do with the city name. Example is IIT_Hyderabad, it's not even in Hyderabad city, neither even in Hyderabad_district,_India. So citing that High Court or University etc. are still bearing name of Allahabad is not relevant to the article of city in Wikipedia to decide the name of article. RohitSaxena (talk) 11:51, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't matter. It's still popularly known as Allahabad and that is what matters Abo Yemen✉ 12:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's incorrect. Allahabad was an old name. Since it was historically called so, Google Ngram would obviously list it as more common in the time period before 'Prayagraj' came into limelight. The city falls within the territory of the sovereign Republic of India, whose government has renamed it to 'Prayagraj'. All official documents of the city's residents and of Indian government list it as 'Prayagraj' and not 'Allahabad'. The latter is, hence, an outdated name which shouldn't be listed on Wikipedia as well, considering that we already have latest information in that regard. I don't think renaming it back to an old name makes much sense other than increasing confusion. ParvatPrakash (talk) 14:36, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Again, it doesn't matter. The fascist modi govt renamed the city. The new name needs to be the common name for it to be the article's name Abo Yemen✉ 14:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know much about the government there. However, I don't think you're thinking of it neutrally. WP:NAMECHANGES also matters when naming/renaming an article. From what I know, the current government of India does not voluntarily identify itself as 'fascist'. If you're using the word in a more common sense that it denotes dictatorship in popular culture, I don't think you're taking this discussion up neutrally. I request you to think of it neutrally. ParvatPrakash (talk) 15:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:COMMONNAME like Turkiye it changed it's name from Turkey but Wikipedia didn't changed it. Therealbey (talk) 18:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I mentioned the citation of institutions like High Court and University, which is irrelevant to the city name and I cited the reason, why it is irrelevant. IIT Bombay, IIT Madras are other examples as the city names have changed to Mumbai and Chennai long ago so the wiki pages but these institutions still have Bombay and Madras in their names.
Now I come to renaming this page back to Allahabad, this is also irrelevant, as long and detailed discussions have already happened to come to an agreement to change the name of this article to current name.
Here a specific person's agenda or opinion doesn't matter, the name change of this article was done on the basis of data and facts, you better go through those discussions. Here your opinion or my opinion, it doesn't matter, what matters here is the facts and that has already been discussed in details. RohitSaxena (talk) 17:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The previous RM was moved unduly. Data presented by @Toddy1 showed that Allahabad was the common name. The usage of wikipedia's viewcounter to compare the views from a redirect and an article was a dumb thing to use as data and I'm surprised that the closer let that slide Abo Yemen✉ 18:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The page shouldn't be moved back to Allahabad. The name change was done years ago and excluding the institutions, almost everyone uses the name Prayag or Prayagraj now. 𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐘𝐀 ♘♞ 10:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
1 see the RM below. 2 Unsourced claims wont prove anything (P.s. we follow what RSs call the city and not "almost everyone") Abo Yemen✉ 10:17, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Strongly Oppose any name change to this article - You mentioning an elected government fascist (citing few news portal links, which are not sufficient to prove, in fact those are opinionated articles and carries no value) and citing RSS etc. clearly shows your biased opinion. We already had discussions for several years before changing the name with relevant data and facts, the name change wasn't done overnight. I personally use both the names Allahabad and Prayagraj, but that doesn't mean I should be considering it as the most commonly used name. My personal opinion carries no weightage, the name change is based on the data and facts. This discussion itself is irrelevant. RohitSaxena (talk) 15:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Rohit the RM is below Abo Yemen✉ 15:13, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prayagraj is seventh population district in uttar pradesh

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No it was most populous district in uttar Pradesh as census of 2011 Anshsrivastava2009 (talk) 07:45, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But this article is on the city of Allahabad. It is not about Allahabad district.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 9 January 2025

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Prayagraj → Allahabad – WP:COMMONNAME per Google Ngram Abo Yemen✉ 12:43, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No rename is my opinion. Whoever wants to contribute to and support a biased opinion can, but I won't. ParvatPrakash (talk) 17:09, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think WP:NAMECHANGES should also be considered before renaming it, considering that India's government has officially renamed it to 'Prayagraj' and that it is fairly common now. New literature after the name change should be taken into consideration. Some examples of scholarly works that use 'Prayagraj' over the old name: -
1. Transformation of Fast Food Culture in Rural Adolescents: Evidence from a study in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
2. Predicting Prayagraj's Urbanization Trajectory using CA-ANN Modelling: Population Pressures and Land Use Dynamics.
3. Evaluation of Triple Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis in Prayagraj District, Uttar Pradesh, India: A Cross-sectional Study.
4. Comparative Study of Pattern of Unnatural Death Cases During Pre-COVID and COVID-19 Pandemic Period at Prayagraj (U.P.), India.
5. Groundwater potential mapping in Trans Yamuna Region, Prayagraj, using combination of geospatial technologies and AHP method.
There's many more I found.
A personal note: On my visit to India, I've heard locals use the new name more though. ParvatPrakash (talk) 14:58, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Post-scriptume user who requested the move might not be entirely neutral with the subject in discussion, given that they called India's current government's move to rename the city to 'Prayagraj' as "fascist". ParvatPrakash (talk) 15:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sources calling the government facist: [1] [2] [3] [4] and many others Abo Yemen✉ 15:25, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
None of the given sources say that renaming the city to 'Prayagraj' was a 'fascist' move. Neither are such mass-media sources reliable enough to be stated here. It seems like you have a conflict of interest with this topic. I urge you to declare the same, if you do have any. ParvatPrakash (talk) 16:24, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't matter whether its politically motivated or not, don't mix up nomenclature with politics. Ku423winz1 (talk) 11:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
#c-Abo_Yemen-20250109164400-ParvatPrakash-20250109163000 Abo Yemen✉ 11:44, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
None of the sources you provided even mentions the word Allahabad and Prayagraj, what do the sources has to do with determination of which name is more popular? Ku423winz1 (talk) 11:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Did you not see the initial nom??? #c-Abo_Yemen-20250109124300-Requested_move_9_January_2025 Abo Yemen✉ 11:58, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NAMECHANGES:
When this occurs, we give extra weight to independent, reliable, English-language sources ("reliable sources" for short) written after the name change.
As seen in the Ngrams above, Allahabad was still being used more than "Prayagraj" even tho some sources started adopting the new name Abo Yemen✉ 15:29, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Still not the same. Several sources in English mention 'Prayagraj'. It is not a black/white decision and there's grey here. Pushing a POV by calling their government 'fascist' kinda proves that you are not neutral and have a conflict of interest with the subject. It's the name of a place and when it has been changed by the nation's government, I don't think it is contentious enough to discuss if or not the new name should be used.ParvatPrakash (talk) 16:30, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Several sources in English mention 'Prayagraj'.
Not as much as the ones using Allahabad.
Pushing a POV by calling their government 'fascist' kinda proves that you are not neutral and have a conflict of interest with the subject.
Just because I have a bias against a government doesn't mean I have a conflict of interest with the subject. The rm is based on a Wikipedia policy (WP:COMMONNAME) with proof (the Google Ngram). Trying to bring up my political opinions to this rm is irrelevant and is not constructive
It's the name of a place and when it has been changed by the nation's government, I don't think it is contentious enough to discuss if or not the new name should be used.
On Wikipedia, we don't care about what is official and what is not; We follow what is de facto. "Allahabad" is the common name of the article and it is what we are supposed to use Abo Yemen✉ 16:44, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Then the same goes with Turkiye or Chattogram. Therealbey (talk) 19:00, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per WP:COMMONNAMES like Turkiye or Chattogram. Therealbey (talk) 19:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:COMMONNAME. Skitash (talk) 03:32, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Before we start a discussion again, I would suggest everyone to go through the earlier archived discussions where plenty of data was provided in support of Prayagraj being more commonly used. In the google search one need to exclude Allahabad High Court, Allahabad University, University of Allahabad, IIIT-Allahabad, Allahabad Safeda etc. to name a few, as these do bear the name Allahabad, but these names do not correspond to the city. There are many such other exclusions to be considered and all such analysis was already done and basis the result a consensus was reached to rename this article to Prayagraj. Having another discussion to rename it back to Allahabad is irrelevant, when the more common usage for city name has become Prayagraj and it is impossible to reverse the trend unless the city's name itself gets changed back to Allahabad. In my opinion the discussion is already closed and no point in discussing it again.RohitSaxena (talk) 18:41, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance you can link to previous discussions? Schwinnspeed (talk) 16:06, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  1. 10 August 2020 - not moved
  2. 20 September 2021 - not moved
  3. 17 April 2023 - moved
The evidence for the change in 2023 was underwhelming.-- Toddy1 (talk) 18:20, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose is my opinion. The cases presented above like Turkey or Chittagong are different from that of Prayagraj. 𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐈𝐈𝐓𝐘𝐀 ♘♞ 10:30, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
no Disagree Prayagraj is the official and has already became the de facto popular name, both people and medias call it by its official name. That's completely different for name changes of other cities. Its like Bombay to Mumbai, Madras to Chennai, Calcutta to Kolkata, where the name got changed and the changed name got popular. Ku423winz1 (talk) 11:36, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
except you didn't prove that it is the common name Abo Yemen✉ 11:38, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Mainstream Indian media
1, 2,3,4
Foreign media
5
All these published just few hours ago. See which is used by public and media. Ku423winz1 (talk) 12:10, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Default oppose The current proposal does not address any of the criteria beyond Google Ngram that were considered in the last move discussion, especially multiple international high-quality media having swung to using Prayagraj in 2023. If the OP can build a case that these were not representative or even have swung back to Allahabad, I might reconsider my !vote. The NOW corpus search results for 2024 show that Allahabad slightly trails behind Prayagraj (NB without pruning of mentions of institutions that still bear 'Allahabad' in their name and thus create false positives for 'Allahabad'). And FWIW, the comparison to Turkiye and Chattogram is spurious. Unlike Prayagraj, these officially-endorse names have not gained any significant currency in English-language media yet. –Austronesier (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wikipedia's mainpage on 12 January 2025: "1659 – The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb." Abo Yemen✉ 18:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That's the name of the fort, name of a fort or any architectural building or locality doesn't mean the city's name is also that. IIT Madras, Madras High court etc does not mean the city is Madras also. We have to count which name of the city is de facto in population currently. Ku423winz1 (talk) 10:03, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If Madras High Court were in Delhi or in Allahabad, you would have a good point. But it is not; it is in Madras (a.k.a. Chennai). That does not necessarily mean that the article on Madras should be renamed; but it does mean that Madras remains a WP:COMMONNAME for Madras (as incidentally is Chennai). Both Allahabad and Prayagraj are commonly-used English-language names for Allahabad; it is a fallacy to think that there can be only one common name for a place.-- Toddy1 (talk) 10:39, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    What Wikipedia's main page showed is not at all a valid argument in favour of move, especially when it deals with an historical event. The main page has listed Calcutta in 50 different months, Madras 47, Bombay 37. That, however, is not an argument to rename Kolkata, Chennai or Mumbai. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 18:26, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    wasn't an argument; Included it just for the record Abo Yemen✉ 18:28, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose previous consensus identified that common name has indeed shifted to Prayagraj. Recent festival also is covered in the news with the same name in all major media outlets and not the old one. Speedy close this nonsensical motion and put this at the rest. 2402:8100:2704:5CBC:7241:DC1F:DF8:EB88 (talk) 16:16, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Prayagraj is a official name, this alone should be enough reason to not change it. Hbanm (talk) 05:31, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Prayagraj is the more appropriate and widespread name.2401:BA80:A397:6F68:9533:907D:454A:2DE6 (talk) 18:20, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:NAMECHANGES. Cremastra (u — c) 23:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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