Talk:Peters Colony
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Latest comment: 7 months ago by Favonian in topic Requested move 1 December 2025
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| On 1 December 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from Peter's Colony to Peters Colony. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 1 December 2025
[edit]- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. Favonian (talk) 17:29, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
Peter's Colony → Peters Colony – Most secondary sources that I have seen, including those cited in the article, refer to this area as "Peters Colony," with no apostrophe. There are some that use the form with an apostrophe, however. (See, e.g., , , and ). My guess is that "Peters Colony" is probably the more common name. But I think there should be a discussion about what title our article should have given the inconsistency in the sources. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 22:44, 1 December 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 06:41, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: Apparently this was named after someone with the surname "Peters", not "Peter". So the possessive form would be "Peters' " or "Peters's" (MOS:'S), not "Peter's". — BarrelProof (talk) 23:46, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Support. Ngrams appear to corroborate the nominator's claim that "Peters Colony" is the WP:COMMONNAME. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 15:52, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
