Talk:Puʻu ʻŌʻō

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While this article is named Pu`u `O`o, the article itself is about the 1983 Kilauea eruption. The US Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory seems to prefer to call this eruption the, "Pu`u `O`o-Kupaianaha eruption." [1] I think this article should be renamed since it seems to focus more on the eruption than on the Pu`u `O`o cone. Aoi 10:22, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It seems to be Wikipedia custom to use the most common name in the title so that editors can most easily link to the article. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names), especially the Use simple titles section. To me, the geographical landform (Pu`u `O`o) is inextricably linked to the 20+ year eruption --- there would be nothing to write about in Pu`u `O`o article if we moved this to "Pu`u `O`o-Kupaianaha eruption". Therefore, I would oppose such a move. -- hike395 14:44, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
P.S. If the consensus is to move the article, I would urge the mover to not use `okina or apostrophes or back quotes in the title, following the guidelines in Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English). -- hike395
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