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A really nice page. Congrats! --Bhadani 16:52, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

rename to Adyar, Chennai[edit]

As adyar is a locality in chennai, it makes more sense than the current pagename --^{PlaneMad|YakYak} 13:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the {{move}} tag from the article; please see WP:RM for full instructions on moving a page. I would also question the move itself. Isn't Chennai in Tamil Nadu? Isn't the current title therefore correct? One should disambiguate by the widest term possible that discriminates. Thus, the other Adyar is at Adyar, Karnataka, not Adyar, Dakshina Kannada. --Stemonitis 14:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should be moved to Adyar, Tamil Nadu. -- Ganeshk (talk) 20:38, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 October 2017[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Jenks24 (talk) 10:16, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Adyar, Chennai → Adyar – Clearly the primary topic. Everything else in the disambiguation page just relates to this. Kailash29792 (talk) 05:03, 10 October 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. DrStrauss talk 07:17, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support per User:Kailash29792 Academicoffee71 (talk) 03:53, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Adyar River is the primary topic, the neighborhood gets its name from the river, likewise for the Battle of Adyar which is in reference to the river. —SpacemanSpiff 04:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My bad. I believed the river was called so because of where it is located. But no-one in my place (Chennai) ever calls it simply "Adyar" (unlike Ganges, Yamuna, etc. which don't need the "river" suffix). --Kailash29792 (talk) 06:13, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The river suffix is a Wikipedia invention, it shouldn't be there, I think if we need a disambiguation then it should be Adyar (river). The etymology is quite clear -- அடை + ஆறு meaning that it is a river caused by overflowing (of the Chembarambakkam Lake). This is in contrast to Cooum River where the river takes the name of the source. —SpacemanSpiff 06:54, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: @Kailash29792: I was about to close this as no consensus but saw your "My bad" comment - are you withdrawing the nomination? DrStrauss talk 19:49, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. The place is always called just "Adyar" by those living in Chennai, and I believed this article must be moved for the same reason that Pather Panchali and The Godfather don't have the (film) suffix. Kailash29792 (talk) 04:12, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted. DrStrauss talk 07:17, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Oppose - although the neighbourhood does get more page views that the river, I'm not convinced it is completely primary, and the river was apparently the original entity with this name. — Amakuru (talk) 11:16, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – "clearly" is a lame rationale for a primarytopic grab. The river is pretty significant, too. Disambiguation is good. Nom's further explanation that "I believed this article must be moved for the same reason that" also displays ignorance of WP naming and disambuguation guidelines. Dicklyon (talk) 02:33, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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