Talk:Murdeshwar

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Did you know... that the world's tallest statue of Hindu God Lord Shiva (pictured) is located in Murudeshwara, a coastal town in Karnataka, India?

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Article name

This has recently been moved from Murudeshwara to Murudeshwar with the reason 'as per Karnataka government'. This is not a valid reason in Wikipedia terms. Usage checks on Google books show Murudeshwar, Karnataka outnumbered by Murudeshwara, Kar. by 105 to 195. This article should therefore be back at Murudeshwara. Imc (talk) 18:35, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Imc, you are vandalizing articles by changing the spelling to sound like Kannada names. Kindly revert your changes. It is Murudeshwar and not Murudeshwara. As mentioned earlier to you, your edits are questionable and eligible for revert. They will be reverted soon.

Pdheg (Pdheg) 19:10, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: moved. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:28, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Murudeshwar → Murudeshwara – The most common name, as shown in the Google book search results for ‘Murudeshwara, Karnataka’, see above in this page. Web search returns similar ratios. Imc (talk) 19:03, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator. Imc (talk) 19:07, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Google book search is not the basis for Wikipedia Common Name not is it the criteria for deciding the article name. Why do you want to use Google Book Search as the yardstick for moving the article. "Murudeshwar" is widely used by people and governments in India. Do not move this page. Pdheg ^Talk 20:14, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Pdheg:: Widely used by people in India? You took a survey of everyone in the country to conclude this? It's high time you stop your move warring. You have even copied my signature! — Abhishek ^Talk 05:12, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Abhishek191288:: I am not sure who copied from whom. I now have my distinct signature of my own. Why do you want to consider only the Tourism department website as the official website? Pdheg^{Talk to me} 17:09, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Pdheg: Pretty obious that you have copied from me given the fact that you have actively started editing only since Jan 2014 and I have had this signature since 2010

. Anyways, this is not the place to debate that. I hope you can clearly read my comments below where I have weghed in based on two thins: 1. The tourism Department and 2. The number of GHits. — Abhishek ^Talk 16:58, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You need to read WP:Title before making assertions such as Google book search is not the basis for Wikipedia Common Name not is it the criteria for deciding the article name. No single thing is the criterion, but book search is one of the strongest. Restrict it to wider web hits instead and Murudeshwara still gets about 2.4 million web hits and Murudeshwar gets only 1 million (which Abishek has already pointed out below). Imc (talk) 19:57, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support: More GHITS for Murudeshwara than Murudeshwar and it's Murudeshwara per the Karnataka Government. — Abhishek ^Talk 05:12, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move from Murudeshwara to Murdeshwar.

“Murdeshwar” is my hometown. We were part of an underdeveloped region until two decades ago. Even people from other parts of our own state Karnataka did not know about my town Murdeshwar. Suddenly, the government started promoting tourism and tourists slowly started visiting my town, which was otherwise a rural place that did not even used to get a single outsider on a typical day. We locally write the name of the town as “Murdeshwar”, which is the official name of my home town. Railways, Bus Stand, Banks, Post Office and government agencies all use the spelling Murdeshwar.

One fine day, an outsider came to my home town as a tourist and wrote an online article about his trip to Murdeshwar. He probably could not remember the actual spelling of my town and mentioned it in his article as “Murudeshwara”. The advent of the internet coupled with no online presence of Murdeshwar gave birth to article “Murudeshwara” on Wikipedia. Now that most travel websites consider Wikipedia as a de facto standard, they have adopted the wrong spelling “Murudeshwara” on their websites too.

I contacted many of these travel related websites and they are saying that they will change the spelling only after Wikipedia changes “Murudeshwara” to “Murdeshwar”. They have asked me to update them once Wikipedia updates the spelling.

I invite all experts on Wikipedia and matured netizens to come together to help fix the spelling of my home town Murdeshwar. Just because a person wrongly mentioned it as “Murudeshwara” during the initial days of internet age, we should not allow the wrong spelling to hijack the original name. It is in this spirit that I sincerely make a request to move this page to “Murdeshwar”. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.218.204.92 (talk) 22:32, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The matter of 'wrong spelling' is somewhat subjective. But we need to go on the evidence, as shown by general usage. It would be interesting to know who this one writer in English that had so much influence was.

The reasoning here is about the use in English wikipedia hence it needs to depend on English sources, so the following is just supporting my previous argument (in the move request above). A search for the Kannada name ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ (Murudeshwara) produces 33000 hits, compared with the results for ಮುರ್ಡೇಶ್ವರ್ (Murdeshwar) and its 118 hits. This suggests that the local name is as it is written now. Or are you saying that all these local speakers write it one way but say it differently? Are you sure it is not just the circles that you move in that says it differently.

Thanks, Imc (talk) 08:11, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Respected Sir/Madam, All locals and the entire Uttara Kannada district uses it as ಮುರ್ಡೇಶ್ವರ್. The term ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ was used in old Kannada. Please see the photo evidence of its usage at Railway station. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fim0-c75.kxcdn.com%2F0%2FNEXT%2F816394%2F0%2Fdscn1302.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Findiarailinfo.com%2Farrivals%2Fmurdeshwar-mrdw%2F1246&docid=DvL-MuNUEGgC_M&tbnid=WDNN6OZrjpB8IM%3A&vet=1&w=1200&h=900&safe=strict&bih=941&biw=1920&q=murudeshwara%20station&ved=0ahUKEwjt4payg9vRAhUJ6WMKHcaXCcMQMwgfKAIwAg&iact=mrc&uact=8

That is plainly not so, as shown by the google statistics. Unless you are saying that everyone writes in 'old Kannada' but doesn't actually use it. Imc (talk) 08:40, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 23 January 2017

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The result of the move request was: Page moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Dane ^talk 04:56, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Murudeshwara → Murdeshwar – The person who first created this page did so with wrong spelling. Please see my explanation in the section above. 71.218.204.92 (talk) 08:45, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide a reliable source for the spelling "Murdeshwar". ONR (talk) 07:10, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Here is the link to the picture of the Railway Station. All government offices and agencies use the same spelling as shown in the picture. [[1]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.171.186.163 (talk) 14:58, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The second commonly found form other than the current name is actually 'Murudeshwar', not 'Murdeshwar'. See [2] vs [3].Imc (talk) 08:38, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Per source provided above, support move. ONR (talk) 22:19, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, based on the arguments in the previous closed move request. The statistics above are still valid - the common use is the current name. The use of one form by one government agency is not sufficient evidence, given that other government agencies differ (government agencies will normally use any acceptable form that is generally used). Imc (talk) 08:28, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
support move As per the explanation provided in the section immediately above, I support the move. |*| Anand.Hegde|*|^{Talk to me} 17:53, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support, as is often the case for little known places, WP can become the de-facto source of false information, just because this information is mirrored elsewhere does not mean that we should try to use WP:COMMONNAME to try to enforce a falsehood into existence. I am not sure that WP:COMMONAME applies in this case as all of the residents of the town surely do not think that this erroneous spelling is the correct one (and they almost certainly outnumber online usage). Even if it did, this is a prime example of how following the rules blindly can be idiotic and bad for the encyclopedia. @Imc, I think that you should consider, even in the light of statistics, that this is a good implementation of WP:IAR and strike your Oppose above, following the statistics you mentioned above is clearly not a net benefit to the wiki. Insert CleverPhrase Here 22:39, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support, I have always supported correct spelling for this place. Being someone who grew up in coastal Karnataka state, I know for sure that this place is spelled and pronounced as “Murdeshwar”. Unfortunately, a few outsiders have been dictating what the spelling of this town should be. I strongly support moving this page to “Murdeshwar”. Panpahe (talk) 23:49, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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When was the statue built?

~How about telling us when the fucking thing was built you useless cunts?

Maths

Units on murudeshwar temple 36.255.86.117 (talk) 14:02, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]