Talk:Montreal Planetarium

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[edit] Montreal Planetarium vs. Montréal Planetarium

This article was recently moved to Montréal Planetarium on the basis that: "The official name requires an accent in the "e" of Montreal. Please see the english version of the official website for evidence: http://www.planetarium.montreal.qc.ca".

First, we typically use the most common English language name for article titles in Wikipedia, not necessarily the official usage (otherwise the Montreal article would be moved to Montréal). Further, WP:CANSTYLE is quite clear - the title should "be what an English speaker would most likely recognize as the usual name of the subject." In Quebec, political considerations often cause public authorities to use accents on Montreal and Quebec in English-language texts. That does not mean Wikipedia should automatically follow suit (otherwise we'd get stuck with the ridiculous French-English mélange of "Québec City" that only a bureaucrat could love). It appears that the English-language media still refers to it as the Montreal Planetarium in recent reports (see, for example, here).

If there is any desire to move it to Montréal Planetarium, there should be a discussion here first, in accordance with WP:RM. Skeezix1000 (talk) 19:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)