Is "Derry (which he references as Londonderry in his autobiography)" consistent with the naming convention on the city or an attempt to circumvent it? Kathleen's bike (talk) 17:00, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In normal circumstances I'd say that's trying to circumvent it. It doesn't matter what they call it personally, otherwise we'd have this kind of things scattered all over the place for Derry, County Londonderry, heck even Northern Ireland. I don't think however a user called Leitrim Lad is necessary trying to circumvent specifically, but it's ultimately irrelevant information anyway whatever the article subject happened to call a place. Canterbury Tail talk 18:11, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You might think a name like Leitrim Lad might suggest otherwise, but they have tried "Londonderry" followed by "Londonderry" followed by "Derry/Londonderry" followed by "Derry (Londonderry)" followed by "Derry (which he references as Londonderry in his autobiography)" which seems to demonstrate an unusually strong interest in the retention of the word in question. Kathleen's bike (talk) 20:47, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

 – Pointer to relevant discussion elsewhere.

Please see Talk:Ulster Scots people#Why the flags?  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  18:41, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is a conversation on the talk page for Derry Girls regarding nationality that is potentially relevant to followers of this area. Canterbury Tail talk 14:06, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The current article for the town of Mayo has the title of Mayo, County Mayo. Should this be changed? Mind the gap 1 (talk) 13:34, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why should/would it be? Based on what rationale? And changed to what title? Guliolopez (talk) 14:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As per MOS:IRISHCOUNTIES, "do not follow a town with an eponymous county, e.g. Sligo, not Sligo, County Sligo". I am asking here as this seems like a special case, because "Mayo" cannot be used on its own like Sligo can. Mind the gap 1 (talk) 13:56, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Mayo is already disambiguation page. Which includes the sauce and the clinic and any number of other things called "Mayo". What title are you proposing for the subject of this article? Guliolopez (talk) 16:37, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, I'm not sure that is why I'm asking here Mind the gap 1 (talk) 18:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Personally I do not see that there is really any:

1. policy reason for a change. The MOS:IRISHCOUNTIES guideline that you mention to is about "referring to a city". In text. Not article titles. The policy that covers article titles is WP:NCPLACE#Ireland. Which provides that "Where disambiguation is required, [[placename, County x]] is used".
2. policy-consistent alternative title that would be appropriate. (Other comma comma-separated titles, like Mayo, Ireland, are open to DAB issues with the county/etc. And a parenthetical suffix would be inconsistent with WP:NCDAB. And the specific Ireland placename guideline above.)
3. point in discussing it at any length. As, while I just about understand the reason for asking, absent an actual proposal (and a specific problem to solve) it is a largely "open" question.

Thanks. Guliolopez (talk) 00:07, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]