Talk:Dongting Lake

Naming

Lake Dongting seems far more natural in English than Dongting Lake. Lake Dongting looks like a literal-minded translation of the Chinese name (a case of bad translationese). However, a Google search reveals that Dongting Lake is much more popular!

Bathrobe 6 Jan 2006

Both naming conventions are acceptable in English. --Voidvector 20:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Google fight says Lake Dongting = 954; Dongting Lake = 115,000. I'd call that decisive. Ling.Nut 21:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Bathrobe is from Australia. If one would ask users from Arizona, the result may be different, see Category:Lakes of Arizona. I too think both naming schemes are acceptable in general. But for China, X Lake is more common. TrueColour (talk) 12:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Large lake?

I am not sure if this lake can still be considered a "large lake". Most of the lake surface has been reclaimed. --Voidvector 20:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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Lake Dongting → Dongting Lake — per above --TrueColour (talk) 02:34, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

• support 63000 http://www.google.com/search?q=%22dongting+lake%22 vs 25000 http://www.google.com/search?q=%22lake+dongting%22 TrueColour (talk) 02:36, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
• Many lakes in England are called "Lake X" and not "X Lake", e.g. Lake Windermere. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:28, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Many lakes (99%?) in Arizona are called X Lake, see Category:Lakes of Arizona. For China see this government website: http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english1/20040802/38171.asp TrueColour (talk) 12:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
    • Comment the very largest lakes in the United States are called "Lake X" (Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Superior, Lake Huron) 76.66.197.2 (talk) 12:31, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose WP:ENGVAR, if this is an argument between using US and Commonwealth English, the article was created using "Lake Dongting" oldid=1460750 - so should remain at that title. Choosing or not choosing US spelling just results in edit wars, so it should use whatever was used first, which is "Lake Dongting". 76.66.197.2 (talk) 12:41, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
• support For Chinese lakes "X Lake" appears to be the more common English usage. Kmusser (talk) 14:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
  • I am confused. According to your logic, it seems that you should oppose, not support, this move request. Can you clarify your position? --Pengyanan (talk) 15:25, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
    • Sorry, stupid typo reversed my meaning, fixed. Kmusser (talk) 15:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
      • I see. Thanks. --Pengyanan (talk) 15:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

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