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Address changing[edit]

Hello Wiki editor for City of Newcastle

Just heads up, we are moving the location of Council. As at 7am 8 October 2019 we will be at 12 Stewart Avenue Newcastle. Can you please update the address? If you want proof that we are moving see http://newcastle.nsw.gov.au/Council/About-Council/New-Administration-Centre. thanks cpaterson@ncc.nsw.gov.au — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.43.80.3 (talk) 01:13, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 13 July 2020[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus. Despite being relisted a couple of times, there is no clear consensus here. Number 5 7 18:27, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

City of Newcastle → City of Newcastle (New South Wales) – the primary topic for "City of Newcastle" is the English city of "Newcastle upon Tyne".
See for example JSTOR: 390 hits for "City of Newcastle", but only 62 hits for "City of Newcastle" AND "New South Wales".
Or see Gbooks: @380 hits for "City of Newcastle", but only 184 hits for "City of Newcastle" "New South Wales".
The bare title "City of Newcastle" should be either a disambiguation page, or a redirect to Newcastle upon Tyne. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:32, 13 July 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. Steel1943 (talk) 00:21, 4 August 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. — Amakuru (talk) 20:35, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note. If the article is renamed, then the eponymous Category:City of Newcastle should be speedily renamed to match, per WP:C2D. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:34, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I see no need for this at all. It seems to be a move just for the sake of moving and I don't see how it would improve the encyclopaedia, especially given the fact that the article has exised at this location for nearly 14 years. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:55, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @AussieLegend, the fact that an error is long-standing is no reason to leave it. The reason to move it is simply that the Australian city is not the WP:Primary topic for the title ... in other words, readers looking for "City of Newcastle" will mostly not be looking for a place in NSW. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:14, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Who said it's a long-standing error or that it's an error at all? All your proposed moved will achieve is a lot of unnecessary work changing links etc.

readers looking for "City of Newcastle" will mostly not be looking for a place in NSW. - Why wouldn't they be? "Newcastle upon Tyne" is not "City of Newcastle". If readers are looking for Newcastle upon Tyne they'll search for that or just "Newcastle". I'm afraid you haven't convinced me. --AussieLegend (✉) 18:28, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Move to City of Newcastle, New South Wales, per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 00:18, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Why would "City of Newcastle be a redirect to Newcastle upon Tyne"? Do you think Newcastle upon Tyne has more people, or is this a reference to history?--Grahame (talk) 02:09, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes it does. About twice as many! -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:00, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - No it doesn't. You are referring to Tyneside (774,000), which is larger than Greater Newcastle, New South Wales (540,796). The NSW City of Newcastle has 322,278, while Newcastle upon Tyne has 302,820.--Grahame (talk) 02:35, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Either way, none is significantly larger than the other to qualify as the primary topic. Bromptop (talk) 06:48, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Size isn't how we determine the primary topic. Technically there is only one "City of Newcastle" and it's the Australian one, which is commonly referred to "City of Newcastle" to disambiguate it from the Newcastle metropolitan area, which includes other LGAs. Newcastle upon Tyne shouldn't even be considered. --AussieLegend (✉) 08:18, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Technically there is only one "City of Newcastle" and it's the Australian one... As has been pointed out below, this is not the case. Just because the English city officially has "upon Tyne" at the end of it doesn't mean it isn't also called the City of Newcastle! -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:12, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Technically it is correct. As you have pointed out, the British city has "upon Tyne" attached to City of Newcastle. The Australian city does not. They are two different names. As pointed out elsewhere, the British cityis commonly referred to as "Newcastle", not "City of Newcastle". --AussieLegend (✉) 09:16, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Agree there is an issue here but perhaps a disambiguation page would be better than a redirect to another topic altogether. I would suggest that the (larger of the two) Newcastle in England is no more prominent a topic than the Newcastle in Australia. The hit counts cited by the proposer are more likely to reflect systemic bias towards the old centre of empire (Britain) as opposed to the distant colony, a reflection of the systemic bias towards Eurpoe and North America that exists in this encyclopedia. On a demographic scale, there is not much to choose between the two cities IMO. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 04:15, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't see how there is an issue. Hatnotes at the top of each article, as already exist, have worked well for nearly 14 years. This proposal seems to be trying to fix a problem where there isn't one. --AussieLegend (✉) 05:27, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Newcastle upon Tyne is not referred to as the City of Newcastle. The City of Newcastle is an Australian local government area. Hatnotes are adequate.--Grahame (talk) 07:15, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Of course it is. Newcastle is far, far commoner than Newcastle upon Tyne. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:58, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes but the city (settlement) isn't referred to as "City of Newcastle" its referred to as "Newcastle" or its actual name. Someone looking for the settlement in Tyne and Wear would probably not type "City of Newcastle" but rather just "Newcastle" or its full name while someone looking for the Australian LGA would type "City of Newcastle" even though I did redirect "Newcastle" to the English city years ago I don't now think that that's a good idea. Someone looking for the Tyne and Wear LGA would probably type "City of Newcastle upon Tyne" since administative units are less likely to be abbreviated than settlements. That said the Tyne and Wear one's council is simply "Newcastle City Council" not Newcastle upon Tyne City Council" so it would be reasonable for someone to expect "City of Newcastle" to be the Tyne and Wear LGA to (similar to City of Carlisle and City of Leeds etc) which is why I (weakly) support the move. Note that Newcastle-under-Lyme's council is Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and indeed "Newcastle" alone in England nearly always means the Tyne and Wear one, not the Staffordshire one. Crouch, Swale (talk) 16:51, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support as long as the title becomes (or is redirected to) a DAB page, while the Tyne and Wear one is the original it is unlikely someone looking for the city (settlement) would type this. Similar to the fact that you would probably not search for Wikipedia Website even though this is a website. There was a discussion at Talk:City of Brighton#Requested move 28 October 2019 but in that case there's another LGA with that name in Australia and the English one is prefixed with "City of" on the OS even though it has a longer name. An article on the Tyne and Wear LGA could be established at City of Newcastle upon Tyne but in this case that is natural disambiguation per WP:UKDISTRICTS as the OS calls it just "Newcastle upon Tyne". And even as someone in England I don't think a redirect to NUT makes sense Newcastle is a DAB. Crouch, Swale (talk) 07:43, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I must admit that I'm more than a little confused over the references to "Tyne and Wear", although I was completely confused before working out what that referred to. Tyne and Wear is the name of a county (not a city or LGA), City of Tyne and Wear doesn't exist and "Newcastle" isn't anywhere in the name so I don't see how it's relevant to the discussion. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:01, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - I was referring to the fact that Newcastle upon Tyne is in Tyne and Wear, the county otherwise has no relevance to the discussion similar to New South Wales having no relevance either. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:09, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks for the clarification. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:46, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support City of Newcastle, New South Wales. The city in England is the primary topic. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:58, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- It might be the primary topic for Newcastle upon Tyne or even Newcastle but it's not for City of Newcastle because it is not so named. As far as I can see there is only one City of Newcastle. As Crouch, Swale and I have both pointed out, someone searching for Newcastle upon Tyne would search for either "Newcastle upon Tyne" or "Newcastle" but NOT City of Newcastle. --AussieLegend (✉) 17:38, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Its official name is the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to City of Newcastle. I'm fine with not making it a primary redirect, but it should certainly be a disambiguation page. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:26, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - Is there a source that supports that name? I'm just curious. --AussieLegend (✉) 14:36, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yup. Here for example. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:24, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        And as noted that only applies to the city (metropolitan borough) not the city (settlement). The settlement would hardly ever be called this. Crouch, Swale (talk) 16:11, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        And that argument could also be made for the Australian city, which is also invariably referred to as Newcastle. The local government area is the City of Newcastle (upon Tyne) in both cases. -- Necrothesp (talk) 00:03, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        Actually, no, the city is often referred to as the city of Newcastle. --AussieLegend (✉) 05:27, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        For God's sake, this is a circular argument. As. Is. The. City. Of. Newcastle. Upon. Tyne! Colloquially both are commonly known as Newcastle. But both are also referred to as the City of Newcastle. It's not a complicated concept! -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:08, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        The pageview stats don't seem to support you. "Newcastle upon Tyne" seems to be overwhelmingly the name used by our readers, with "City of Newcastle upon Tyne" a poor last. I don't think we can draw any conclusion from the stats for "City of Newcastle" other than it is not at all common for readers to use that. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:26, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        Note that redirects tend to get significantly less views than articles due to the fact that search engines don't usually land people on them. If the redirect was turned into an article it would be a different story. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:28, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        The only redirect is City of Newcastle upon Tyne and that is because Newcastle upon Tyne is the common name. Not so with Australia, at least as far as Wikipedia is concerned. However, given what you've said about redirects, I still don't see what this move request is hoping to achieve other than wasting people's time. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:40, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        
        Colloquially both are commonly known as Newcastle. - Not true for the Australian city. The Australian city's name is actually "Newcastle". The LGA is City of Newcastle. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:33, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support City of Newcastle, New South Wales, do not make the English city primary as it is not even the primary topic of Newcastle. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 14:17, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm ambivalent on this, but per King of Hearts I agree that if moved this should redirect to Newcastle and not a specific city.--Yaksar (let's chat) 19:30, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, as neither is the primary topic, City of Newcastle should become a disambiguation page. Bromptop (talk) 05:48, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Pageview statistics for Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, City of Newcastle and City of Newcastle upon Tyne. --AussieLegend (✉) 08:30, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as this appears to be unnecessary, and has not been needed for the life of the articles.
- The pageview analysis should also include the analogous Newcastle City Council, which still ranked below City of Newcastle when I added it.
- City of Newcastle should not be a new disambig page under any circumstance. The closest would be a redirect to Newcastle with {{R from incomplete disambiguation}}.
- There appears to be no conflict between the natural names of the local government entities:
  - City of Newcastle (New South Wales)
  - Newcastle City Council (Tyne and Wear)
  - Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Staffordshire)

--Scott Davis ^Talk 10:13, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As noted the City of Newcastle upon Tyne's council is simply "Newcastle City Council" so it would be quite reasonable for someone looking for it to think its simply "Newcastle" hence "City of Newcastle". Since as noted the English LGA doesn't yet have a separate article it doesn't get many views and would probably change if/when it does. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:17, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per Scott Davis. Neither article is a primary topic, and the various points here don't particularly indicate how readers would benefit from the proposed change. -- Euryalus (talk) 22:16, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose - per Scott Davis and Euryalus who make excellent points. Deus et lex (talk) 10:41, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
What about other similar cases such as City of Preston, City of Brighton and City of Liverpool (despite the English LGA not having a separate article) that are DAB pages. Then there's City of Canterbury, England/City of Canterbury (New South Wales) but also City of Richmond, Austalia/ceb:City of Richmond, United States and City of Winchester, England and ceb:City of Winchester, United States. There's also City of Salisbury, Australia and Salisbury, England. City of Orange (New South Wales) is so titled and City of Orange redirects to the DAB, this one could probably be moved back since no others (other than the California one's unit) appear to use that name. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:48, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support move but not primary redirect. City of Newcastle should become a DAB. Andrewa (talk) 03:17, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Putting aside the status quo arguments for keeping the current title, I think it doubtful that many people typing "City of Newcastle" into the searchbar would be looking for something other than this article. It's not a natural way of searching for a city (as opposed to the city government), just as you wouldn't expect "City of London" to point to the metropolis or be a disambiguation. Haven't seen any evidence presented above that editors are getting confused either. If that were the case you would expected a lot of incoming links pointing here incorrectly. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 12:38, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
As I noted the Tyne and Wear city government one could easily be searched like this, while as noted I don't think that one should be primary I don't think that there is a primary topic at all. Crouch, Swale (talk) 21:16, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Surely the fact that this one is the only one actually called City of Newcastle points to it being the primary topic? --AussieLegend (✉) 01:51, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not if this is the expected title of the T&W one to, see Carlisle City Council>City of Carlisle, Lancaster City Council>City of Lancaster, Sunderland City Council/City of Sunderland and Chelmsford City Council>City of Chelmsford. In those (and all other cases other than Hull) the council has the same name as the LGA while with Newcastle City Council it omits the "upon Tyne" name in the council even though the LGA has this name, it would be completely reasonable given the way most are set up on WP to expect that the T&W LGA's article is at City of Newcastle. Although we don't usually have "City of" redirects for minor US cities (though they would show up in the search results) there are 4 administrative divisions called "City of Newcastle" in the US[1][2][3][4]. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:59, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not if this is the expected title of the T&W one - If and when that article is ever created this can be revisited but for now, the article does not exist and, if it is ever created, then won't it be at City of Tyne and Wear or, as you earlier suggested, City of Newcastle upon Tyne? --AussieLegend (✉) 05:21, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
An article on the LGA might not have been created (yet) but that doesn't make the one in NSW the primary topic, see WP:PRIMARYRED and the article on the city its self and the council article covers it anyway and yes it would be under "City of Newcastle upon Tyne", I was saying T&W for clarity as to which one I was meaning. Crouch, Swale (talk) 07:08, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support to avoid confusion. "City of Newcastle" looks like it might just as well mean the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. As for me, I didn't even know there was a Newcastle outside the UK. JIP | Talk 19:31, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Given only one of these entities has ever actually been called "City of Newcastle", this seems a simple natural disambiguation where a hatnote is more than sufficient for any possible confusion. Frickeg (talk) 21:18, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose parentheses. Parentheses are for geographical features.
Support City of Newcastle, New South Wales, following the parent article, Newcastle, New South Wales. Still, it is awkward, "City of Newcastle" distinct from "Newcastle", which is known to be a city. "City of Newcastle" is further prone to being confused with "Newcastle central business district" aka "downtown Newcastle", to which it is similar, but not the same thing. Maybe the title should be, consistent with it being a data-rich technical subarticle, Newcastle local government area, New South Wales. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:21, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Newcastle, New South Wales isn't really the parent article. Legally, the city is defined by the LGA boundaries, so City of Newcastle is the actual city article while Newcastle, New South Wales is about a metropolitan area that includes City of Newcastle and parts of two other LGAs, one of which is also a city. --AussieLegend (✉) 05:21, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It isn't really, but it sort of really is. Newcastle, New South Wales is the main article, and the LGA article is a subarticle that verges on being a non-notable data dump repository. The LGA boundaries are artificial and bureaucracy-based, and subject to change without anyone really caring, outside of local government. Very few people care about these LGA articles, but I like them for the sake of comprehensive completeness of coverage of all information. As a standalone article, it could be deleted as non-notable, due to the lack of independent secondary source commentary. Nobody, outside of connected government, comments on the LGA as distinct from the city itself. In this sense, it is a subtopic of the real article, Newcastle, New South Wales. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:36, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support move. Ambiguous and this is definitely not the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Move this (with comma, not brackets - City of Newcastle, New South Wales), and make City of Newcastle a redirect to Newcastle (which is a dab). "It's been like this for years" is a bad argument. Plenty of stuff on this wiki has been broken for years, articles that have existed for over a decade overlooked, found to be so bad they're deleted much later. So much stuff slips under the radar that saying "nobody has complained about it before" is poor reasoning. It's a bad title, and thus should be changed, per policy. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 19:26, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not ambiguous at all. As has been explained above, there is only one "City of Newcastle" so it can't be ambiguous. --AussieLegend (✉) 08:42, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As I noted on the 19th this is ambiguous. Crouch, Swale (talk) 16:41, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And has been noted in response, it's not ambiguous because anyone looking for the UK Newcastle would be looking for "Newcastle", not "City of Newcastle". --AussieLegend (✉) 18:23, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.