Talk:Turin
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Turin was also the city that opposed against Nazi occupation. In Mars 1944 there were in Turin massive strikes against fascism an nazism.
Not only: in April 1945 Turin was among the Northern Italian cities in which the Italian Resistance started the actual liberation from Nazi-Fascist troops. Thanks to thousands of partisan troopers, the city actually liberated itself in April 23, 1945, days before the Allies reached the town.
I've always heard this city called Turin, but all of a sudden, now that the Olympics have been awarded to the city, even the US broadcast networks have started calling it Torino. Do we want to move this? RickK 07:15, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
- The official logo for those winter games uses "Torino 2006", but the IOC still refers to it as Turin. See here (http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/torino/index_uk.asp). The name of the city is still "Turin" in English; this is just a marketing gimmick to emphasise the fact that the city it Italian. It would be like using "Firenze" instead of Florence, or "Toscana" instead of Tuscany. So I feel the article should remain at Turin, until it becomes more clear closer to the time of the games whether the apparent name change is a result of a marketing campaign or actual changing usage in the English-speaking population. - Mark 07:41, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Got to agree with Mark here. They've thrown "Torino" against the wall, let's wait and see if it sticks before we start moving stuff around. -- Cyrius|✎ 13:11, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I've just gotta compliment that image. :P --Golbez 16:13, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- If "Torino" becomes roughly as or more common than "Turin" in English, a move would be a good idea. While "Turin" is still overwhelmingly the more common name in English, leave the en wikipedia article there. -- Infrogmation 16:08, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Got to agree with Mark here. They've thrown "Torino" against the wall, let's wait and see if it sticks before we start moving stuff around. -- Cyrius|✎ 13:11, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Nice place, but it's almost impossible to find anywhere to eat in the city on a Sunday. ;-) Graham 22:43, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
You'll have to do with panini ;-) Ericd 19:45, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
Is Augusta Taurinorum referring to Augustus or Augusta? It seems odd for it be feminine if it was dedicated to the man. Jamesmusik 05:23, 31 May 2005 (UTC)