Talk:Östgöta Theatre

Theatre Low‑importance

	Theatre portal This article is part of WikiProject Theatre, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of theatre on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.TheatreWikipedia:WikiProject TheatreTemplate:WikiProject TheatreTheatre
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Sweden Low‑importance

	Sweden portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sweden, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Sweden-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SwedenWikipedia:WikiProject SwedenTemplate:WikiProject SwedenSweden
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

On 2 February 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from East Gothland Theatre to Östgöta Theatre. The result of the discussion was moved.

Request a move + Removal of odd translation

While I applaud the creation of this article, the suggested name is not representative of the institution, nor is predominating in English-language sources. I would suggest the original Östgötateatern to be used, just as Östergötland (the noun that the adjective östgöta is construed from) has been left in its original Swedish.

If, however, a translation is needed, I would suggest the use of the older but well established Ostrogothian Theatre. OJH (talk) 23:38, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 15 January 2023

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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Page not moved. There is not sufficient consensus supporting this move and some debate whether it should be moved to an alternate title. (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Dane ^talk 06:18, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

East Gothland Theatre → Östgötateatern – The current title is in breach with Wikipedia:Article titles#Foreign names and anglicization. OJH (talk) 23:38, 15 January 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 20:44, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"The choice between anglicized and local spellings should follow English-language usage, e.g. the non-anglicized titles Besançon, Søren Kierkegaard, and Göttingen are used because they predominate in English-language reliable sources, whereas for the same reason the anglicized title forms Nuremberg, delicatessen, and Florence are used (as opposed to Nürnberg, Delikatessen, and Firenze, respectively)." @OJH: so why is Ana Ivanovic (sic) the only living bio Anglicized? In ictu oculi (talk) 09:13, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per https://www.ostgotateatern.se/english In ictu oculi (talk) 09:13, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, but would support Ostrogothian Theatre as mentioned above. We do use English language names for Swedish theatres where suitable, such as Royal Dramatic Theatre, Backa Theatre, and Orion Theatre. And Östgötateatern may be easy for a Scandinavian, but it’s far from easy in English, which is no doubt why these translations exist. Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern is another one that almost no English speaker would manage to remember. Moonraker (talk) 19:35, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I readily agree that Ö is not everyones favourite letter, and while the use of Oe may be OK for German and possibly Danish, it is rare for Swedish. Ostrogothian is, however, a fair translation/transcribation. OJH (talk) 20:01, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Not usually translated. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:39, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Move to Ostrogothian Theatre per above suggestion. Rreagan007 (talk) 01:50, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's inventing a name In ictu oculi (talk) 14:51, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Requested move 2 February 2025

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 after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Without opposition. BD2412 T 20:49, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

East Gothland Theatre → Östgöta Theatre – Referring to Götaland by its Latin name Gothland is old-fashioned language, and the searches from Google Books, Google Scholar or Google News do reveal any sources that would use the name "East Gothland Theatre". A regular Google search also only returns generative content and Wikipedia mirror sites.

The suggested name Östgöta Theatre:

is WP:RECOGNIZABLE for someone who knows the native name,
is in line with WP:MODERNPLACENAME,
is WP:NATURAL (returns at least some results from a Google Search and Google Books search),
is WP:CONSISTENT with the WP names of other Swedish institutions which include östgöta in their names

— Jähmefyysikko (talk) 19:37, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support according to proposal. OJH (talk) 10:55, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.