Talk:Sava Region

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Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:10, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sava Region → SAVA Region — "Sava" should be "SAVA" because it is an acronym for Sambava - Antalaha - Vohemar - Andapa, the 4 main towns of the region. Relisted. --JaGa^talk 02:56, 23 March 2011 (UTC) – VisionHolder « talk » 22:27, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominated. While both forms are found in sources, the uppercase version seems more accurate. Ucucha 12:54, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This discussion should address all acronym provinces in Madagascar (e.g., Analanjirofo, Diana) together. It seems most sources (e.g., GeoHive) as well as French and Malagasy Wikipedias use "Sava". — AjaxSmack 23:14, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The acronym provinces of Madagascar are an interesting case. In English, they don't seem to be functioning as acronyms at all, but rather as loanwords, and as such shouldn't be capitalised and in common usage aren't. Andrewa (talk) 19:39, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.