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The result of the proposal was no concensus Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:08, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
For "George Town"
- George Town - Andrew Yong 19:05, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
- According to the CIA World Factbook , it's George Town - Kriskhaira 05:39, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- is it Georgetown or George Town? - __earth 07:14, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
- Looks like a case of popularity (Georgetown) versus formality (George Town) - Kriskhaira 05:42, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- I have come across several pre-Internet-age sources stating that the formal name is George Town. For instance in "Penang - Past and Present, 1786-1963 - A historical account of the City of George Town since 1786" published in 1966. The preface is written by Mayor C. Y. Choy and he uses "George Town". This is also the spelling used throughout the book. I recall that in an article in the Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) newsletter some 10-15 years ago exactly this question was raised - and the author stated that the formal name is "George Town" (I think it had to do with Queen Elizabeth II elevating the Municipality to the status of a City on Jan 1, 1957, but I'm not sure). It is possible that the City Council and other government bodies use "Georgetown" nowadays but IMHO this might be due to the fact that the spelling "Georgetown" is more popular or intuitive than "George Town" (especially in search engines). But "more popular" does not always mean "more correct"... Lcm121 (talk) 12:55, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- It appears that the question has been raised again, and for understandable reasons – Google searches yield numerous hits for both forms. However, this may be a case of unchecked common usage of the form which appears to have propagated through the internet. A sampling of non-internet sources, and possibly internet sources that have pre-internet origins appears to provide reliable evidence of the "George Town" form.
For "Georgetown"
- I found most of the contents from Penang State Government website using "Georgetown" instead of "George Town". Can someone double check the name? --Aniweni 01:39, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Check out this article by the Health Ministry Malaysia and also this Google Fight - Kriskhaira 05:33, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- Georgetown is already widely used in Malaysia, in posting letter or mail or something, Penangites used "Georgetown" instead of "George Town". Try to buy a Malaysian created book or atlas or somewhat, it used "Georgetown", not "George Town". It is not a matter of "popularity", in Malaysia there is no city named as "George Town", they only knew "Georgetown" and they spelled it like that, even the government bodies. Georgetown is also widely used in the internet, except for in the wikipedia (as of on the date I posted this). Feel free to visit www.google.com.my, try to key in "George Town, Penang", surely this sentence will prompt at the top: Did you mean: Georgetown , Penang. I demand changes. Changes also should be made to wikipedia in other languages, wikipedia de, es, fr, nl, pl, tr & sv. Arteyu Talk to me. 08:44, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Why do people keep changing it again? It should be "Georgetown". If you're still not satisfied with my claim as stated above please feel free to go to the Malaysian tourism ministy official site. You can also view it here , also you would like to download the Georgetown map from the Tourism Malaysia Official site (in PDF). . With this, I hope that this matter will not reoccur. Thank you Arteyu ? Blame it on me ! 18:22, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
- If the Malay government uses "Georgetown", it probably should be listed under "Georgetown". mynameinc 01:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Further discussion
File:PenangSign1.jpgFile:PenangSign2.jpgThis is a very interesting case. A complicating factor is that George Town/Georgetown doesn't really exist any more — it's part of Penang Municipality which covers the whole island (See Municipal Council of Penang Island: City status for some details.) Post is addressed as "Pulau Pinang" or "Penang" plus the postal code. The name George Town/Georgetown just doesn't show up in official settings that much.
Non-internet usage is mixed. The standard Malaysian blue road signs almost always use "George Town" but a few do read "Georgetown." However, English print materials are more mixed with both spellings used. For example, the standard Malaysian Road Atlas from World Express Mapping uses "Georgetown."
I would tend toward keeping the page at "George Town" since that was the name when it was a city and it's still one of two common spellings but hope for more insight from others. — AjaxSmack 05:23, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
But I would like to point out that people that lives in this city themselves is more familiar with the usage of "Georgetown" instead of "George Town". Arteyu ? Blame it on me ! 11:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Second largest?
Shouldn't there be something in the lead section of this article about how George Town is one of the top three largest cities in Malaysia? The lead just seems to violate NPOV, babbling on and not telling us very much about the demographics of this city like other articles on places do... Lady ★ Galaxy 04:
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