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The provided rationale doesn't seem very explanatory. For example, we have
Stratford-upon-Avon. What's wrong with the hyphens in this case? —
BarrelProof (
talk) 00:38, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
The ngrams show that the hyphenated form has always been more common, including almost to the present day.
[1] And the local road signs use them too (see maps.app.goo.gl/gAi1EGSVPZmxq5QMA). So I'd definitely be inclined to leave as is. The Ordnance Survey choice is not the definitive answer. —
Amakuru (
talk) 00:42, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Amakuru I'll see that and raise you
this. Also Google Maps, Bing Maps, and OpenStreetMap don't seem to use hyphens (where they do for Stratford-upon-Avon). I'm not reading too much into Ngrams.
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 18:44, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Well that's all rather nice. Some sources name it without hyphens, I don't think there's doubt about that. But more name it with hyphens, so that's what we should go with. I'm not really sure what anyone's hoping to achieve with this move or why it might be desirable. —
Amakuru (
talk) 21:53, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
You've seen my list. Where's yours? And don't say Ngrams.
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 22:33, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Interestingly a Google Scholar search seems to suggest that the move to no hyphens is recent i.e. I can only see sources without in the last 20 years or so. And asking what anyone hopes to achieve with this seems to undermine the entire point of Wikipedia :D
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 22:42, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Which was my point! OS may be some sort of authority, but it does not trump local usage. --
Necrothesp (
talk) 15:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
But when local usage is split surely Ordnance Survey should break the tie?
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 16:11, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
It is hyphenated in addresses according to Royal Mail, and in the names of the former ward
[2] and the current ward of Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze.
[3] These are probably more official than Ordnance Survey, which occasionally has non-standard or incorrect spellings ("Minister Gates" for
Minster Gates in York).
Peter James (
talk) 17:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Agree, we shouldn't be using OS alone, they're literally having a massive correction programme in Wales because they know they have errors. Per below, the council (at least for the conservation area) and all? local publications use hyphens. DankJae 17:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Well, the fact that they take it seriously is a good thing, no?
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 18:18, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
still don't understand the preference, as the local council uses hyphens. What makes OS the arbitrator? DankJae 18:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
What makes the local council the aribtrator?
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 19:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not stating they are, but they are the authority most connected to the place, and their use likely has a larger impact than OS, as well as representative of public use than basically a database entry. I didn't argue to use the council alone, but local and national publications, as well as the council, use hyphens. DankJae 19:32, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Place names are not mentioned in the Ordnance Survey legislation, whereas they are in legislation relating to local government wards. Royal Mail usage is split, the address database has it hyphenated both in the name of the delivery office and as a locality of the post town Bristol.
Peter James (
talk) 21:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
If anything I'd argue that gives the OS more weight. Local government seems to have to remit to make changes to place names based on its own whims. Whereas OS policy states the way they
name things is guided primarily by local usage and custom, i.e. in much the same way that our policy says that we should.
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 07:53, 3 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Our policy is common use not local use, and if OS uses something different from the council which is probably the first authority contacted, then how can they be using "local use"? DankJae 07:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I can't comment on OS's methods, and I suspect they aren't infallible (and neither, God knows, is local government). Also, for small places like this local use will drive common use, and "local use" wouldn't work as a wide ranging Wikipedia policy. Both hyphenated and unhyphenated appear to be common. I don't think this is getting us anywhere.
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 10:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Support. Overall usage appears split, but major RS like the Ordnance Survey, Google Maps, Bing Maps, and OpenStreetMap, plus various local sources as noted, favor the non-hyphenated form. As such it seems appropriate to
follow suit.
╠╣uw[
talk 17:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose, per above, the argument pushed is
WP:OFFICIALNAMEy, Ordnance Survey is not the definitive source for "correct" names. Wouldn't rely on maps too much, they may all rely on each other, Bing has OSM data etc. The
council[4],
Bristol Post,
BBC[5],
ITV,
Bristol247,
The Independent,
Sky,
GloucestershireLive,
The Guardian,
UoB and
Bristol World all use hyphens. Even if we were to push "official name" in disputed cases, why would Ordnance Survey take priority than the actual local authority/use of the area. Plus Wikipedia represents sources not physical signage, which may be adapted to actually fit on the sign. DankJae 17:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose, the hyphenated form seems to be more common in sources.
Blythwood (
talk) 19:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)reply
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The provided rationale doesn't seem very explanatory. For example, we have
Stratford-upon-Avon. What's wrong with the hyphens in this case? —
BarrelProof (
talk) 00:38, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
The ngrams show that the hyphenated form has always been more common, including almost to the present day.
[1] And the local road signs use them too (see maps.app.goo.gl/gAi1EGSVPZmxq5QMA). So I'd definitely be inclined to leave as is. The Ordnance Survey choice is not the definitive answer. —
Amakuru (
talk) 00:42, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Amakuru I'll see that and raise you
this. Also Google Maps, Bing Maps, and OpenStreetMap don't seem to use hyphens (where they do for Stratford-upon-Avon). I'm not reading too much into Ngrams.
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 18:44, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Well that's all rather nice. Some sources name it without hyphens, I don't think there's doubt about that. But more name it with hyphens, so that's what we should go with. I'm not really sure what anyone's hoping to achieve with this move or why it might be desirable. —
Amakuru (
talk) 21:53, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
You've seen my list. Where's yours? And don't say Ngrams.
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 22:33, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Interestingly a Google Scholar search seems to suggest that the move to no hyphens is recent i.e. I can only see sources without in the last 20 years or so. And asking what anyone hopes to achieve with this seems to undermine the entire point of Wikipedia :D
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 22:42, 24 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Which was my point! OS may be some sort of authority, but it does not trump local usage. --
Necrothesp (
talk) 15:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
But when local usage is split surely Ordnance Survey should break the tie?
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 16:11, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
It is hyphenated in addresses according to Royal Mail, and in the names of the former ward
[2] and the current ward of Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze.
[3] These are probably more official than Ordnance Survey, which occasionally has non-standard or incorrect spellings ("Minister Gates" for
Minster Gates in York).
Peter James (
talk) 17:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Agree, we shouldn't be using OS alone, they're literally having a massive correction programme in Wales because they know they have errors. Per below, the council (at least for the conservation area) and all? local publications use hyphens. DankJae 17:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Well, the fact that they take it seriously is a good thing, no?
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 18:18, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
still don't understand the preference, as the local council uses hyphens. What makes OS the arbitrator? DankJae 18:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
What makes the local council the aribtrator?
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 19:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not stating they are, but they are the authority most connected to the place, and their use likely has a larger impact than OS, as well as representative of public use than basically a database entry. I didn't argue to use the council alone, but local and national publications, as well as the council, use hyphens. DankJae 19:32, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Place names are not mentioned in the Ordnance Survey legislation, whereas they are in legislation relating to local government wards. Royal Mail usage is split, the address database has it hyphenated both in the name of the delivery office and as a locality of the post town Bristol.
Peter James (
talk) 21:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
If anything I'd argue that gives the OS more weight. Local government seems to have to remit to make changes to place names based on its own whims. Whereas OS policy states the way they
name things is guided primarily by local usage and custom, i.e. in much the same way that our policy says that we should.
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 07:53, 3 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Our policy is common use not local use, and if OS uses something different from the council which is probably the first authority contacted, then how can they be using "local use"? DankJae 07:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I can't comment on OS's methods, and I suspect they aren't infallible (and neither, God knows, is local government). Also, for small places like this local use will drive common use, and "local use" wouldn't work as a wide ranging Wikipedia policy. Both hyphenated and unhyphenated appear to be common. I don't think this is getting us anywhere.
YorkshireExpat (
talk) 10:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Support. Overall usage appears split, but major RS like the Ordnance Survey, Google Maps, Bing Maps, and OpenStreetMap, plus various local sources as noted, favor the non-hyphenated form. As such it seems appropriate to
follow suit.
╠╣uw[
talk 17:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose, per above, the argument pushed is
WP:OFFICIALNAMEy, Ordnance Survey is not the definitive source for "correct" names. Wouldn't rely on maps too much, they may all rely on each other, Bing has OSM data etc. The
council[4],
Bristol Post,
BBC[5],
ITV,
Bristol247,
The Independent,
Sky,
GloucestershireLive,
The Guardian,
UoB and
Bristol World all use hyphens. Even if we were to push "official name" in disputed cases, why would Ordnance Survey take priority than the actual local authority/use of the area. Plus Wikipedia represents sources not physical signage, which may be adapted to actually fit on the sign. DankJae 17:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Oppose, the hyphenated form seems to be more common in sources.
Blythwood (
talk) 19:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)reply