Talk:Islamabad (disambiguation)

Islamabad is former name of Anantnag. This disambiguation page seems unnecessary. --Saqib (talk) 12:58, 30 September 2012 (CEST)


 * I agree. The Indians run Anantnag, so they get to choose its name. Nominate it for deletion I'd say; a redirect is pointless. JamesA  >talk 13:11, 30 September 2012 (CEST)

Vfd
''A vote for deletion discussion is archived below. The result was Keep.'' --139.190.180.195 08:07, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Islamabad (disambiguation)
Per here. --Saqib (talk) 13:18, 30 September 2012 (CEST)
 * Delete - "According to old map of British India (1836), Anantnag was called Islamabad by some" so unlikely to confuse any traveller today! --W. Franke-mailtalk 13:45, 30 September 2012 (CEST)
 * Support - What I said on the talk page. JamesA  >talk 13:48, 30 September 2012 (CEST)
 * Delete. --Peter Talk 02:36, 1 October 2012 (CEST)
 * Delete . Keep. Apparently there is still some active usage of the name Islamabad, and it is a historical name of the city. A disambiguation page could help site readers, so there is no reason to delete it.--Globe-trotter (talk) 03:37, 2 October 2012 (CEST)
 * Comment. After a bit of research, it does appear there is a recent push from Islamic Kashmir to know this place as Islamabad.  However, I don't think this is likely to be an issue facing a traveller.  --Inas (talk) 02:57, 3 October 2012 (CEST)
 * Comment &mdash; The official government site for Anantnag has this to say: "but still the name Islamabad is Popular among common masses, though officially the name Anantnag is used."  So there is some evidence of actual current usage, not just historical use. &mdash; Ravikiran r (talk) 19:02, 8 October 2012 (CEST)
 * We can mention Islamabad name as being the former name of Anantnag in the article. --Saqib (talk) 06:21, 9 October 2012 (CEST)


 * Keep. As long as searching for or linking to Islamabad gets you to the correct article, there is no reason not to have this disambig page. Pashley (talk) 07:20, 9 October 2012 (CEST)
 * As a general rule, I think old names should be supported. See User talk:Pashley/Archive Pashley (talk) 07:23, 9 October 2012 (CEST)