Talk:Rosetta

Rashid/Rosetta

I wonder about the Italian name we use for the city and where it comes from (medieval/renaissance Italian traders?) what was it called in Greek and Latin?

Location Map Is the location on the map correct? It appears to be the same as Damietta. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.64.166.222 (talk) 17:54, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I believe the point on the map marked as Rosetta is wrong. The point shows Damietta and the Eastern branch of the Nile rather than the Western Branch at Rosetta.

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should be Rashid (Rosetta)

I suggest that this article gains a new title,

"Rashid (Rosetta)" or "Rosetta (Rashid)" to reflect its two names, and/or force redirects from Rashid AND Rosetta to this page, the same way that "Bombay" redirects to "Mumbai" and "Peking" redirects to "Beijing" (i.e., practice is to redirect from exonyms to endonyms) 2A00:23C8:4A96:101:577:88C2:73F0:953B (talk) 23:05, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Rashid" on its own could refer to too many things, which is why it directs to a disambiguation page (this), and it's unlikely many would agree to make this the primary topic for that name. As for "Rosetta (Rashid)" or "Rashid (Rosetta)", that seems unnecessarily redundant and inconcise. That's why alternate names are usually mentioned in-text at the beginning instead. You can propose a name change to something like "Rashid, Egypt", if you think that's better than "Rosetta" on its own; to do so, please follow the process outlined here, and then other editors will usually weigh in and determine a consensus. But keep in mind that endonyms do not necessarily take priority over exonyms; it's generally the common name in English that is used on the English Wikipedia (see WP:COMMONNAME for this policy). I hope this helps. R Prazeres (talk) 23:30, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed with User:R Prazeres. Rosetta is by far the more common name in English, as you can see in the ngrams data for city of Rosetta/Rashid or town of Rosetta/Rashid. And of course it is best known for the Rosetta Stone, which is rarely called the Rashid Stone. --Macrakis (talk) 23:47, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]