User:ILikeTrams

Hello there, you are probably clicking on my page because I fixed a wikipedia page by changing the name back to Port Elizabeth So yeah, I live here, and im in the JCC so I follow the politics here

Here is the actual reason I keep changing it back to Port Elizabeth though:

The minister of culture and sports (I think thats his title) changed our city, and Uitenhage's names after a council member submitted a vote to change our cities name during christmas break, meaning no one else in the council was there to object it before it got passed. Now the law around changing the name of a city and/or place says you have to hold a public meeting in the place to get input from the community on whether or not they support the name change. What this council member did was hold a meeting, but only invite his one friend to show up, which voted in favor of the name change, meaning, according to polls, Port Elizabeth agreed to the name change

The fact is however, they did not... Which could clearly be seen by the public outrage that was caused which forced the minister into releasing a public statement that there has to be an announcement that the meeting will take place in future meetings. Yet they didnt take it back and apply that law to us, basically sticking us to this name

The wikipedia says its colloquially referred to as Port Elizabeth because literally no one cares about the name change, I have not met one person that calls this place 'Gqeberha'

So yah, until its an actual valid name change that wasnt done in a shady manner I will continue to change any and all wikipedia articles related to Port Elizabeth, back to Port Elizabeth.. You are welcome to leave a comment and we can have a chat but this is where I currently stand on the matter