Talk:Mojave Desert
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So, clearly Mohave Desert and Mojave Desert are alternative forms and both deserve to be in Wikipedia. The question is: which one should be the main page and which should be the redirect?
I googled "Mojave Desert" and got 120K hits, while "Mohave Desert" got 5020 hits.. I respectfully suggest that "Mojave Desert" be the main page and "Mohave Desert" be the redirect.
Comments? -- hike395 21:14 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- I agree. Mohave is an old Anglicization that is no longer widely used in English. --mav 21:18 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- Done. If there is more controversy, let's discuss it at Talk:Mojave Desert -- hike395 21:26 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- FYI, Mojave is the California usage, and Mohave is the Arizona usage (as in Mohave County, Arizona and the Mohave Indians of Arizona). Why the "j" form is used more than the "h" form could be due to Spanish language influence of California users of the word - who probably vastly outnumber the Arizona users. Of course both spellings are correct in their respective states (and I'm not even getting into how Nevadans spell the word). 209.221.223.88 17:37, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC) avnative
- How? (Or was that just a joke about Nevadans spelling it differently?) --Menchi 20:44, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- That was a wry comment on the spelling (and educational) level of the Nevadans I've met. --avnative 13:41, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)
- Still, one spelling needs to be the article title, the other the redirect. Wikipedia custom seems to take the most common usage/spelling as the title name. Given that both are represented in the encyclopedia, I think it is as even-handed as possible. --- hike395 02:40, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Coachella valley preserve
Tim Shell, I appreciate your fine photography recently added to this article. However, with all due respect, according to my own personal knowledge (and after checking around some other intenet sites) it's actually located in the Colorado Desert aka Low Desert in the Palm Springs area. Would you like to place your photo in one of those locations (I'd recommend Colorado Desert) before too long? I'll wait for your reply before taking any action. Thanks! --avnative 13:41, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)
- Go ahead and move it where you think it belongs - since I'm apparently not sure. User:TimShell