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The result of the move request was: Not moved - no reason given to overturn WP:UE, which requests that we looks at the common name in English sources and also demands transliteration into English. ( non-admin closure) Red Slash 02:28, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
Theistareykjarbunga → Þeistareykjarbunga – Icelandic spelling, with thorn (letter). If accepted, then ditto the other volcano names listed in List of volcanoes in Iceland with names starting with "Th". Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 11:44, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
As was mentioned in the discussion above, Icelandic writing should be preferred, and just set in links from English orthography, which is no problem to do. I did this eg. with my page Þorbjörn (mountain), where I used Icelandic writing and there was no objection to this.
Also in the literature or volcano monitoring webpages like the ones in English from Icelandic Met Office, the names are written in Icelandic though the text may be in English. See: [3] . Here the name of our volcano in question is written Þeistareykir (which would be the volcanic system in comparison to Þeistareykjarbunga which is the name of the central volcano. The same is the case for this page from University of Iceland [4]. The volcanic system is also written Þeistareykir in the book Thor Thordarson, A. Hoskuldsson: Iceland. Classic geology of Europe 3. Harpenden 2002, eg. p.14. And in the Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes by Icelandic Met Office and University of Iceland: [5] Click on TEY. Hornstrandir1 ( talk) 20:19, 28 August 2020 (UTC)}}
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The result of the move request was: Not moved - no reason given to overturn WP:UE, which requests that we looks at the common name in English sources and also demands transliteration into English. ( non-admin closure) Red Slash 02:28, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
Theistareykjarbunga → Þeistareykjarbunga – Icelandic spelling, with thorn (letter). If accepted, then ditto the other volcano names listed in List of volcanoes in Iceland with names starting with "Th". Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 11:44, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
As was mentioned in the discussion above, Icelandic writing should be preferred, and just set in links from English orthography, which is no problem to do. I did this eg. with my page Þorbjörn (mountain), where I used Icelandic writing and there was no objection to this.
Also in the literature or volcano monitoring webpages like the ones in English from Icelandic Met Office, the names are written in Icelandic though the text may be in English. See: [3] . Here the name of our volcano in question is written Þeistareykir (which would be the volcanic system in comparison to Þeistareykjarbunga which is the name of the central volcano. The same is the case for this page from University of Iceland [4]. The volcanic system is also written Þeistareykir in the book Thor Thordarson, A. Hoskuldsson: Iceland. Classic geology of Europe 3. Harpenden 2002, eg. p.14. And in the Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes by Icelandic Met Office and University of Iceland: [5] Click on TEY. Hornstrandir1 ( talk) 20:19, 28 August 2020 (UTC)}}