Talk:Kangerlussuaq

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Move To Sondrestrom

By far the most common name. OttomanJackson (talk) 14:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Google hits:

"kangerlussuaq greenland -wikipedia": 565,000

"sondrestrom greenland -wikipedia": 70,200

← ZScarpia 15:01, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ngrams disagrees

http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Sondrestrom%2C+Kangerlussuaq&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=5&smoothing=3

OttomanJackson (talk) 14:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, Google Ngrams jives with my own anecdotal experiences along west Greenland as well, even the Danes on the ship I was on used the term, and Sondrestrom seemed to be limited to specific reference to the military base. I'm a civilian, military usage might be different. --j⚛e decker ^talk 15:18, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Try it using "English" instead of "American English" and remember that there are probably other Sondrestroms in the world: Google Ngrams search using "English" ← ZScarpia 18:02, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP: Use English OttomanJackson (talk) 16:40, 21 July 2012 (UTC) EDIT: There aren't any other Sondrestroms in the world.[reply]

? Did you try following the link I left on the 19th? ← ZScarpia 18:49, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of what is most current in English, an English exonym, even a barely used one, is more English than a endonym, even if it is more common. However, I do not make Wikipedia's policies, and I am willing to accept the current policy, though I may begin an effort to change it. However, Sndrestrom is more important to Americans than any other Anglophone, due to it's history. Therefore, shouldn't the fact the Sondrestrom is used exclusively in American English (Kangerlussuaq is nonexistent, according to ngrams) count for something???

Thanks,

OttomanJackson (talk) 02:18, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]