Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui / Wellington

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submitted 1 year ago by batwingnz to c/wellington

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Hello! I am new here, and likely so are you.

It's great to see local communities online - and a great time to shape how we'd like to go on.

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on a display name change from Wellington to The Whanaganui-a-Tara.

This would not change the URL, or stop people finding us by searching Wellington.

Tell us what you think... Go!

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[–] bevan 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

over on wikipedia we put a lot of thought into the place names (a major battle was macrons...). Why not have both in the display name? e.g. sidebar here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington

[–] d3Xt3r 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agreed. We could change the name to to Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara instead, which will also help identify the sub for visitors or folks who aren't familiar with the Te Reo name.

[–] AlgeriaWorblebot@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And further, identify it as specifically the Wellington in Aotearoa :)

[–] nickspoon 2 points 1 year ago

Not the gumboot then?

[–] Ozymati 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like this but suggest Wellington NZ because there's a lot of Wellingtons out there. I agree including both names or Maori variant of regional name because students and visitors don't necessarily know the Maori name yet.

[–] Dave 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Doesn't the community being !wellington@lemmy.nz indicate that it's this Wellington not another?

[–] Ozymati 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe? If you search engine something Will you see that?

[–] Dave 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, for federated sites like Lemmy, think of it like email. The community is not "wellington" but !wellington@lemmy.nz - the "!" helps us understand it's not an email address.

If you are on another Lemmy instance and search for Wellington, it will show the full "!wellington@lemmy.nz" probably along with others.

[–] Ozymati 4 points 1 year ago

Then as you say, no need. Thanks for the info!

[–] Ilovethebomb 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think you guys got it right. It's known formally as Wellington.