Talk:Bolotwa

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Requested move 6 January 2022[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Not moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 22:00, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bolotwa → Bholothwa – Name has been changed since 2004 and reliable sources use the new name. Town is tiny, so not much written about it.

https://www.therep.co.za/2021/02/23/solar-boreholes-serves-4000-families/

https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/opinion/2018-08-28-opinion--anglican-church-has-addressed-land-issue/ Desertambition (talk) 23:17, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, per ngrams and per Google News (Bholothwa and Bolotwa) which shows that Bolotwa is the WP:COMMONNAME, with Bholothwa showing almost no use - the only two uses of Bholothwa are the two examples provided by the nominator, which makes me question whether they have properly looked into the usage of the current name. BilledMammal (talk) 02:07, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, per WP:COMMONNAME. Google News searches show that though both names are used, Bolotwa is far more common:

Ngrams does not show any results for Bholothwa, but does show results for Bolotwa, which is significant given that the name was allegedly changed to Bholothwa in 2004, and the Ngram data is up to 2019.-- Toddy1 (talk) 18:16, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.