Talk:Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël

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Incorrect Name

The official spelling of the village's name is Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphael, according to Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act.

G. Timothy Walton (talk) 18:46, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you are saying however I went based on the signage of the village even though it is in french. http://www.ste-marie-st-raphael.ca

I know what you mean however, I thought we are suppose to go based on the official spelling of the village in wikipedia as I understand it. I was told by someone else that englishification of places especially in a bilingual province is wrong, even for an english language wikipedia page. Let me know what you find out.22:39, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

I understand; somebody didn't understand the difference between anglicising a French name and giving the official form of a name that's often written informally.

Here's the link for the full French text of Regulation 85-6: http://laws.gnb.ca/fr/showfulldoc/cr/85-6//20150210; even if you don't read French, the headings are sufficient for proper spellings. There's a similar page for the local service districts at http://laws.gnb.ca/fr/showfulldoc/cr/84-168//20150210. Both documents are up to date, which means that anything that's been repealed (like all the LSDs that went into Grand Tracadie-Sheila) won't appear. G. Timothy Walton (talk) 00:21, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 17 August 2015

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The result of the move request was: page moved. —innotata 04:26, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël → Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël – Official spelling of the name does not use abbreviations, as supported by Regulation 85-6 and Geographical Names Board of Canada G. Timothy Walton (talk) 17:31, 17 August 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 01:11, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, the issue is not only one of official vs. abbreviation. To non-French speakers, 'Ste' is not recognisable in the way 'St' is, therefore I tend towards Support as both more 'correct' and clearer.Pincrete (talk) 10:16, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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