Commons:Categories for discussion/2019/05/Category:Castellón de la Plana
Category:Castellón de la Plana[edit]
What shall we do with the categories of those Spanish cities belonging to autonoous communities allowed to give official names in their local language? For this one, for example, the English exonym is still Castellón de la Plana, and here toponyms are named after their English exonym. Any suggestion? --SERGIO (aka the Blackcat) 14:28, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Blackcat: Can you clarify the statement "the English exonym is still Castellón de la Plana"? I don't really think there's such a exonym but the use of the official name. Moreover, I guess that, if talking about exonyms, it's actually Castellon de la Plana. Thus, shall we use the "exonym" (without the ó, unknown in the English language) or the official toponym? Obviously, it's a rhetoric question. The local name is IMHO, preferred unless a clearly established exonym is available. --Discasto talk 06:39, 31 May 2019 (UTC) PS: Castelló de la Plana is the only and official toponym.
- @Discasto: I try to clarify. The exonym of the city where I live is Rome, its official toponym in Italian is "Roma". Of course the category here is Rome. As far as I saw, the English exonym of Castellon is equal to the Spanish name. But the point is not this. I noticed that in the category tree there are both categories with the Spanish name of the city and its Valencian name. Whatever name we choose, can we choose the same for the whole tree? Whatever it is, I repeat, thus for me is fine either language. -- SERGIO (aka the Blackcat) 13:21, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Blackcat: I do understand your rationale. In this case, we have two options: use a exonym (Castellon de la Plana, without a graphical accent, as it does not exist in English) or the official name, which happens to be the Valencian one (Castelló de la Plana). Provided that we agree on one, the same form should be used consistently throughout the whole tree. Regards --Discasto talk 22:06, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- Yes exactly. -- SERGIO (aka the Blackcat) 12:18, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- Thus, I tend to prefer the local (and official) name, especially when we consider a small city without the exposition Rome (or Warsaw) has. --Discasto talk 14:27, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- Yes exactly. -- SERGIO (aka the Blackcat) 12:18, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Blackcat: I do understand your rationale. In this case, we have two options: use a exonym (Castellon de la Plana, without a graphical accent, as it does not exist in English) or the official name, which happens to be the Valencian one (Castelló de la Plana). Provided that we agree on one, the same form should be used consistently throughout the whole tree. Regards --Discasto talk 22:06, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Discasto: I try to clarify. The exonym of the city where I live is Rome, its official toponym in Italian is "Roma". Of course the category here is Rome. As far as I saw, the English exonym of Castellon is equal to the Spanish name. But the point is not this. I noticed that in the category tree there are both categories with the Spanish name of the city and its Valencian name. Whatever name we choose, can we choose the same for the whole tree? Whatever it is, I repeat, thus for me is fine either language. -- SERGIO (aka the Blackcat) 13:21, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
stale discussion. I suggest enwiki solution: en:Castellón de la Plana, hence 
Keep--Estopedist1 (talk) 13:02, 9 December 2021 (UTC)