Talk:Harare

Pronounciation

Anyone know how to pronounce this? Hah-rare? Hah-rah-reh?

• It is in fact pronounced Huh - rah - reh (or for some its Huh - rah - ree). This is coming from somebody who grew up there so don't bother saying its wrong 'cause I think I should know that is isn't!
  • Found it in a geography textbook, adding it... --Patik 00:07, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Via bbc,

this morning, I heard Harare Declaration, referencing Fiji {& Zimbabwe & not Salisbury}.

Is there any technology to help us to disambiguate the spellings of Harare | Hariri? Almost as bad is "Tripoli"; however, that solution is somewhat simpler, as there are not nearly as many misspellings.

Thank You.

[[ hopiakuta 03:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

No need to worry, Harare is the only correct spelling, Hariri is something else completely and Harari is simply wrong--AssegaiAli 13:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

redirects

Perspicacite, I have tried discussing the redirect issue we seem to be having, on your talk page, but your constant deletion of my requests for us to discuss this, is making it a little hard to deal with. I hope we can deal with this here, or feel free to contact me on my talk page. I feel that as Harare is the used name, and Salisbury is no longer used, that the redirect should go to Salisbury, UK. comments such as 'harare is important, salisbury uk is not' do not help this process.Sennen goroshi 17:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

You have repeatedly posted angry rants that, on average, violate three to five policies on etiquette. You have not presented a serious argument. When you do, I'll listen, assuming it contains a minimal number of threats and expletives. Perspicacite 19:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Salisbury in the UK is a large, important, historic city that goes by that name today. There is no question but Salisbury redirect should point to that city, and not to the now renamed capital of Harare. Wizzy…☎ 07:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Perspicacite, Im sorry if you considered my messages to contain threats and expletives, perhaps you were offended by my use of the word arrogant, I'm sorry if that was the case, but in all honesty, I thought you comments regarding Salisbury, UK, did seem rather arrogant, as did the removal off all comments on your talk page, without bothering to respond, but with a slightly snide/arrogant/rude comment in the edit summary.

I think it is only fair that I put the comments between both of us on this page, as you have decided that this page is the best place to accuse me of wikipedia violations, anger, threats and use of expletives, then perhaps it is also the best place for me to address those points.

My initial post on your talk page was as follows:

Please don't change the redirect again. I'm sure for someone who lives in Harare, the old name is important, however it is afterall the old name, and while the city has a new name, there is a Salisbury in England, and it is still Salisbury, and has been for 100s of years, the redirect should go to the city currently using the name. Also if you look online you will find there are far more references to Salisbury UK, than for Salisbury ZimbabweSennen goroshi 16:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

and you deleted it, with the following comment

rv to Jogers, the last time someone left an intelligent message on my talkpage.

I'm sorry if I'm being picky, but that seemed a little rude to me.

I followed that comment with

Please do not be so arrogant, as to remove all comments that you do not agree with If you have any issues with the comment I made, you could have replied on my talk page, instead of RVing and making snide remarks. With comments such as yours, are you still in wonder as to why you do not become an admin? Some manners, replying instead of deleting and you might find wikipedia to be a more friendly and rewarding place.

and

if you wish to discuss the Harare/Salisbury redirect issue, please contact me on my talk page, or the Harare discussion page.Sennen goroshi 17:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

in addition to this, your edit summaries were as follows

18:15, 17 September 2007 Perspicacite (Talk | contribs) (20 bytes) (The capital of Zimbabwe is a lot more important than some city in England.)

16:22, 20 September 2007 Perspicacite (Talk | contribs) (20 bytes) (Harare is important. Salisbury-UK is not.)

18:07, 20 September 2007 Perspicacite (Talk | contribs) (20 bytes) (You posted an insulting rant on my talkpage and then you ask me to discuss this... as though there is something to discuss.)

19:10, 20 September 2007 Perspicacite (Talk | contribs) (20 bytes) (The capital of Zimbabwe is more important than the average UK city.)

I think the above comments of yours, are more than enough to justify my comments regarding arrogance.

I'm still a little confused regarding your use of the words expletive and threats, would you be kind enough to point out what expletives and/or threats I have used on your talk page, please?

And finally, please don't revert the redirect from Salisbury, UK to Harare, a capital city of course if more notable than a normal city, however Harare is now called Harare, not Salisbury - and without trying to insult the history of Harare/Salisbury, I don't consider its former name to be so important.

thanks for your time in reading this Sennen goroshi 09:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Continue the discussion at Talk:Salisbury to keep it in one place. Graham87 16:19, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

name of city, metro area

When I was in Harare people would call Borrowdale, Marlborough, etc, suburbs, but I don't think anyone thought of the University as being 5 km north of the city, but rather in (Mount Pleasant in) Harare. I would defer, though, to natives. 128.100.110.82 (talk) 19:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)