Talk:Rügen

Name change
What's with the name change? Is Rugia better known to English speaking traveller than Rügen? Jjtkk (talk) 08:30, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Have come across it in Polish and Latin text but not familiar with its use in English. Lonely Planet and DK Eyewitness guidebooks use Rügen. --Traveler100 (talk) 11:04, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I can't remember ever seeing "Rugia" being used for Rügen on modern maps/brochures/web pages etc. in any language. Possibly in historical documents. ϒpsilon (talk) 12:51, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It's Rügen as far as I'm concerned, especially if you are wandering around north-eastern Germany trying to find the place. I propose a revert to the original name. Jnich99 (talk) 07:56, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd like to hear someone defend the name change. By the way, if we revert the name change, it will have to be reverted everywhere it's linked, which is not a reason not to revert but just something to keep in mind. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:06, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. The name change is due to several facts: a) Rugia is the actual English language name of the island, the language that we cater to here. b) It's easier to pronounce and look up for non-German travellers, most of them which lack the "ü" in their vocabulary. c) It used to be called Rugia virtually everywhere outside Germany before the GDR kicked in. The only reason it didn't appear under this name in various travel guides for this "Dark Age" was because hardly anyone could actually get there. This has changed, so everything's turning back to normal. d) It's used more frequently in guides, websites and for promotion abroad and officials also turn to use it from 2015 on for their official guides and websites in English language. But you didn't hear that from me did you. All the best, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 15:16, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Convert to park?
Rügen is an island and rather rural. Given that Mecklenburg Vorpommern currently contains no other regions, maybe park (along the lines of Franconian Switzerland) is the right type of article here? Hobbitschuster (talk) 22:29, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Rugia, really?
where is the evidence that Rugia is English for Rügen?

The tourist page for the place refers to itself as Rügen in English: http://www.ruegen.de/en/ueber-ruegen.html

Journalists in 2016 refer to the place as Rügen in English: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/jan/24/secret-hideaway-foreign-correspondents-holiday-escapes

The NYT in 2011: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/world/europe/21germany.html?_r=0

the Wikipedia page in English is for Rügen, not Rugia the Britannica page is the same: https://www.britannica.com/place/Rugen

Griffindd (talk)
 * There really is not any I know of, as you see above I did not support the change at the time. --Traveler100 (talk) 15:37, 21 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Ask User:Horst-schlaemma, he probably is the only one who knows :). He hasn't been around for a while, though... It was "decided upon" in 2014 (see the discussion on the top of this page). Personally I strongly prefer the real name "Rügen" just as in the discussion above. ϒpsilon (talk) 15:43, 21 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I for one see no reason not to move to Rügen Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:47, 21 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Agreed. The place just isn't referred to in English much; therefore, the local name should be used. This isn't a case like Cologne or Rome. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:56, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Propose if no objects in next 24 hours then I (or another administrator) can do the required deletes and renames. --Traveler100 (talk) 10:07, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already kept. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:59, 23 January 2023 (UTC)