Talk:Waipā District

	New Zealand portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New Zealand and New Zealand-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New ZealandWikipedia:WikiProject New ZealandTemplate:WikiProject New ZealandNew Zealand articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the New Zealand politics task force (assessed as Low-importance).

On 26 August 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Waipa District to Waipā District. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 26 August 2023[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Material Works 13:06, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Waipa District → Waipā District – The official name by LINZ calls this the Waipa District, but the council and media all include a macron. I think we can make an exception to WP:NCNZ like we did for the Kāpiti Coast District. Panamitsu (talk) 04:44, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:USEENGLISH, as the proposed version does not even show up on the Google Ngrams. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:48, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Rreagan007 Because google ngrams are outdated. These name changes have only occurred in the past 10 years. WP:TOHUTO. WP:USEENGLISH is invalid as per Taupō and other articles. Panamitsu (talk) 06:14, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per widespread usage of the macron, including by the council responsible for the district. WP:USEENGLISH is irrelevant as macron usage is widespread in NZ English and the move request is proposing it precisely because Waipā with a macron is being used in English. I also agree that this case is worth an exception to the naming conventions, for consistency with other names such a the Waipā River and the council's usage of a macron. Turnagra (talk) 02:32, 27 August 2023 (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.