User:Adam Bishop/Gdansk vs. Danzig

I looked at all the Sun Media newspapers that are available in the electronic archives, going back to 1989 at the earliest. At least for this set of Canadian newspapers, Gdansk is always used for the current city, and Danzig is used only when referring to the city before 1945.

Another thing to note is that because these newspapers are all owned by the same company, they sometimes use the same articles, so there are some repeats that I haven't distinguished.

DANZIG

Toronto Sun (since 1989) - 79 results

• 28 references to Glenn Danzig or his band
• 25 references to a horse
• 12 references to Gdansk pre-1945 (two of which say "now Gdansk" or similar, one of which refers to Free City of Danzig)
• 6 references to a Danzig Street in Toronto
• 5 last names
• 1 unknown (but not referring to the city)

Winnipeg Sun (since 1999) - 15 results

• 11 references to Glenn Danzig or his band
• 4 references to a horse

Edmonton Sun (since 1997) - 14 results

• 12 references to Glenn Danzig or his band
• 1 first name
• 1 reference to Gdansk pre-1945 (says "now Gdansk" or similar)

Calgary Sun (since 1998) - 12 results

• 9 references to Glenn Danzig of his band
• 2 references to a horse
• 1 reference to Gdansk pre-1945 (says "now Gdansk" or similar)

London Free Press (since 1995) - 12 results

• 7 references to Gdansk pre-1945 (two of which say "now Gdansk" or similar, one of which refers to the Free State of Danzig, one of which is a reprint of a 1939 article)
• 4 references to a horse
• 1 last name

Hamilton Spectator (1999 only) - 4 results

• 1 last name
• 1 reference to Glenn Danzig or his band
• 1 reference to Gdansk pre-1945 (says "now Gdansk" or similar)
• 1 reference to Gunter Grass' Danzig Trilogy (this article also contains one of the references to pre-1945 Gdansk)

Brockville Recorder (since 1999) - 3 results

• 2 references to Gdansk pre-1945 (one of which says "now Gdansk" or similar)
• 1 reference to Gunter Grass' Danzig Trilogy (this article also contains one of the references to pre-1945 Gdansk)

Ottawa Sun (since 1997) - 3 results

• 1 reference to Gdansk pre-1945 (says "now Gdansk" or similar)
• 1 reference to "Gdansk (formerly Danzig)"
• 1 reference to a horse

Lloydminster Times (since 1999) - 2 results

• 2 references to Gdansk pre-1945 (both say "now Gdansk" or similar)

Grand Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune (since 1999) - 1 result

• 1 reference to Glenn Danzig or his band

Journal de Montreal (since 2003) - 1 result

• 1 reference to Glenn Danzig or his band

Stratford Beacon-Herald (since 2000) - 1 result

• 1 reference to Gdansk pre-1945 (says "now Gdansk" or similar)

GDANSK

Toronto Sun - 102 results

• 99 references to current city
• 3 references to "Danzig, now Gdansk" or similar

London Free Press - 41 results

• 39 references to current city
• 2 references to "Danzig, now Gdansk" or similar
• (note, also one reference to Torun, not Thorn)

Ottawa Sun - 20 results

• 19 references to current city
• 1 reference to "Danzig, now Gdansk" or similar

Edmonton Sun - 13 results

• 13 references to current city

Calgary Sun - 10 results

• 9 references to current city
• 1 reference to "Danzig, now Gdansk" or similar

Bowmanville (didn’t write down name of paper) - 7 results

• 6 references to current city
• 1 reference to "Danzig, now Gdansk" or similar

Hamilton Spectator - 6 results

• 6 references to current city

Grand Prairie Herald (since 1999) - 4 results)

• 4 references to current city

Winnipeg Sun - 4 results

• 4 references to current city

Fort McMurray Today (since 1999) - 3 results

• 3 references to current city

Lloydminster Times - 2 references

• 2 references to "Danzig, now Gdansk" or similar

Journal de Montreal - 1 result

• 1 reference to current city

Portage La Prairie Daily Graphic (since 2001) - 1 result

• 1 reference to current city

St. Thomas Times-Journal - 1 result

• 1 reference to current city

Straford Beacon-Herald - 1 result

• 1 reference to current city

I hope this is useful...I suppose I might want to post it somewhere more relevant as well... Adam Bishop 07:43, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

That's pretty consistent with what I've described as our usual practice: current name for current events, historical name at the time of historical events, mentioning the current name as necessary. It seems to be mostly zealots pushing a POV who want something else - and those seem not to be native English speakers. Jamesday 07:47, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)