Talk:Paraná River

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On 17 November 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Paraná River (Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay). The result of the discussion was First article not moved, second article moved to alternate title per consensus.

Color and usefulness

I've just reverted a well-meaning but not well-integrated addition by Sbeck:

The Paraná is rather clear in color, and serves many purposes, from providing fresh water to countless Argentines, as well as food, with catfish exceeding several feet in length. One of the more beautiful views of the river can be seen in the city of Port Iguazu in Argentina at a place called three fronteers.

The last sentence, of course, is subjective POV, and touches only tangentially on the main topic of the article; it doesn't belong in the "Uses" section. I'm sure the Triple Frontera must be covered somewhere else. The first sentence is wrong: the Paraná is not "rather clear", but definitely brown, at least by the time it reaches Rosario. It's not that polluted but carries a lot of suspended sediment. --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 10:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC) thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.228.214.78 (talk) 23:49, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Parana etymology

The etymology provided is specious nonsense. The name means simply 'river' or 'body of water' in Guarani. The more imaginative the etymology, the more evidence we would require, and of course there are no documents to trace the morphology of the name in the inherently unlikely manner the text suggests. Place names throughout the world tend to be very conservative, and it is nothing unusual to find a name with meaning in another language, especially a related or parent language. --A G Foster —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.50.104.162 (talk) 19:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 17 November 2024

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: First article not moved, second article moved to alternate title per consensus. There is consensus to not move the first requested move. As for the second, there is consensus to move Paranã River to Paranã River (Tocantins River tributary) (non-admin closure) cyberdog958^Talk 03:07, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

– Insufficient disambiguation. The names are too similar they can be easily confused with one another. Theparties (talk) 01:15, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per NATURAL.--Ortizesp (talk) 05:33, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose first as it is the overwhelming WP:primary topic with over 99% of the pageviews. As to the second, there doesn't seem to be a point to a move since the current title would just redirect back there anyway, and the other river is also in Brazil. Possibly something like "central Brazil" as a disambiguator, but the current hatnotes seem to take care of any possible confusion. Station1 (talk) 09:37, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose first. Overwhelming primary topic. Support some form of disambiguation for second. A differing accent is not sufficient disambiguation. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:05, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose first; the second could go to Paranã River (Tocantins River tributary) per above and WP:NCRIVER. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 02:07, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I support moving Paranã River to Paranã River (Tocantins River tributary). Theparties (talk) 20:32, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as per NATURAL, plus clearly the first is the primary topic and target of the un-accented redirect. But I would support more recently proposed move of Paranã River to Paranã River (Tocantins River tributary) TiggerJay (talk) 01:52, 24 November 2024 (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.