Talk:List of city nicknames

Fachadolid

I'd say Facha doesn't translate to redneck, but simply to fascist (short for 'fascista'->'facha'). So the nickname points out to the embracing of the National side during Spanish Civil War and the pervivence of right-wing, pseudo-imperialistic Spanish ideologies amongs the inhabitants of the city (NOte: this is a totally non-NPOV. It corresponds to us, the civilised oppressed nations of Spain's periphery: Galicians, Catalans and Basques).

So many cities call themselves the Athens of the North, South, East or West. Would be interesting to know what Athens itself is called.

Seabhcan - 8 - 03 - 04

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I've been leaving out "The" before nicknames -- but I can see the temptation to put them in. Suggested compromise: putting "The" after appropriate nicknames. For example, "Rose City, The"

If consensus is reached, we can put a note in the opening section. Scarequotes 16:23, Aug 29, 2003 (UTC)

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Should we establish some kind of size requirement for this? I know New Market, Maryland bills itself as the "Antiques Capital of Maryland"... Tuf-Kat

What about very specific nicknames? People into punk rock might refer to Reno, Nevada as Skeeno and San Diego, California as Slow Death. Tuf-Kat

I say include them and indicate the communities that use that nickname -- Skeeno (punk rock fans). Also, as for city size, there's no cutoff population given in the Wikipedia definition of city, so use your best judgement. I'd probably leave out a town of 2000 people, but it wouldn't offend me to see it listed. Scarequotes 18:16, 1 Sep 2003 (UTC)

In the United Kingdom there is an official list of cities. I am not sure if it is similar in other countries. However, I wouldn't be bothered by incorporating towns.

I have found a site which lists all UK cities, by changing the address I noticed it has US cities. So it probably has cities from several countries.

• http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-cities-in-the-United-Kingdom
• http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-cities-in-the-United-States

SimonMayer 05:47, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

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Is the term "Bradistan", for Bradford, United Kingdom acceptable? I posted it knowing full well it refers to the large Asian population in the area. The word is presumably a hybrid of Bradford and Pakistan and has been seen on the FilmFour film, East Is East. SimonMayer 05:47, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

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It looks like someone has been doing a botched job of merging. We have got a lot of things listed twice now. Also this page is very long now, 43k - is a de-merger the best fix? Or will a proper merge solve it? Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 10:52, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I don't think they can properly be demerged, without creating a half dozen new articles (Venice Of X page, X Capital of the Y page, etc.)

In an ideal world, MW would have a list-database feature, where lists can be sorted any which way, and articles can have links to particular filters or sorts. Either that, or we pick one sort, and ignore all the others. Or we live with the duplication in articles like this. KeithTyler 14:58, Jun 1, 2004 (UTC)

Havana of the...

Havana

I think there could be a list of Havanas too, like athens of Venice. - Nijmegen, the Netherlands, is refferred to as Havana aan de Waal (Waal=river) because of it's politically left local government. - Same accounts for Deventer, Havana aan de IJssel (IJssel= another river)

Good vs. Bad

Does anyone else think it's inconsistent to be including both "official" nicknames combined into the same list as perjorative nicknames? I would think that at least separating the official nicknames from the unofficial (and usually negative) nicknames into different sections. Having "Athens of America" and "Murdertown USA" in the same list seems awfully muddled. --KeithTyler