Talk:Tromsø Airport

Requested move

This page should be moved to 'Tromsø Airport, which is the airports official name. Ref the Avinor webpage at http://www.avinor.no/English/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicOpen;ID=1237 . The name was changed from "Tromsø Airport, Langnes" a few years back. The old name is very rarely used anymore. Geanixx 13:07, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Agree. Arsenikk 16:47, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

• Support - The toponym is an appendage. Reginmund 23:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
• Support. Use the current official name, not the former name. – Marco79 13:44, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

This article has been renamed from Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Tromsø Airport as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 20:49, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Requested revert back to Tromsø Airport, Langnes

Both the airport homepage[1] and the AIP[2] use name Tromsø Airport, Langnes, so it seems to be the correct, official name (again?). We should rename the article to Tromsø Airport, Langnes. That would also be in accordance with naming other Norwegian airports (Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Trondheim Airport, Værnes, Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen etc.) ––Apalsola ^{t • c} 15:03, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

I would support this motion. The official name includes Langnes per this list, as well as the above-mentioned AIP. Avinor's naming use is at best inconsistent. Arsenikk ^(talk) 21:47, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 10 May 2022

Tromsø Airport, Langnes → Tromsø Airport – Official name as per Avinor's website and the convensional name. ᴛʜᴇMᴀɴLK ^(Talk) 10:40, 10 May 2022 (UTC) — Relisting.  ASUKITE 14:57, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

• Note - please see other related moves: (links lazily copied from URL to save time)

• Talk:Stavanger_Airport,_Sola#Requested_move_10_May_2022
• Talk:Molde_Airport,_Årø#Requested_move_10_May_2022
• Talk:Kristiansund_Airport,_Kvernberget#Requested_move_10_May_2022
• Talk:Haugesund_Airport,_Karmøy#Requested_move_10_May_2022
• Talk:Harstad/Narvik_Airport,_Evenes#Requested_move_10_May_2022
• Talk:Bergen_Airport,_Flesland#Requested_move_10_May_2022
• Talk:Ålesund_Airport,_Vigra#Requested_move_10_May_2022
• Talk:Oslo_Airport,_Gardermoen#Requested_move_10_May_2022 (this one does have some discussion as of now) Now resolved. (Steelpillow, 07:35, 30 May 2022 (UTC))
• Talk:Trondheim_Airport,_Værnes#Requested_move_10_May_2022 (late addition to this discussion — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 13:14, 26 May 2022 (UTC))

Note: WikiProject Aviation has been notified of this discussion. ASUKITE 14:59, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Norway has been notified of this discussion. ASUKITE 15:00, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Airports has been notified of this discussion. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 15:58, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

• Move all except Oslo Airport, Gardermoen: I am not a member of WikiProject Airports, but most of these moves look sensible to me. However Oslo does need disambiguating, see this discussion. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 16:00, 18 May 2022 (UTC) [Updated 13:48, 26 May 2022 (UTC)]
• Move I always wondered why the Norwegian aiports had the location included in the title when the rest had not.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 18:49, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

  There is some discussion about that at Talk:Oslo_Airport,_Gardermoen#Requested_move_10_May_2022, as listed above. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 13:16, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

• Move all Don't think the place name after the comma is necessary. Reywas92^Talk 13:06, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose all The current names were the official format until recently and the names of the actual locations of the airports (rather than just the big(ger) cities they're connected to is still very much a WP:COMMONNAME of them all. It also serves to distinguish them from historic or alternative airports closely connected to the same, big city. I believe staying with today's consistent format across all Norwegian Avinor airports is preferrable.  Ved havet 🌊 (talk)  11:22, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

  We should disregard official usage, per WP:OFFICIAL, and stick with a common name. The argument for keeping the precise locations is essentially one of disambiguating them from others nearby. So far, only Oslo Airport has been shown to need this. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 12:44, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

  Indeed, we should disregard official usage. My point is that the previous official names clearly influenced today's common names. "Sola", "Flesland", "Evenes", these are all (in my view) just as common as "Stavanger", "Bergen" and "Harstad/Narvik", and thus I believe both should stay.  Ved havet 🌊 (talk)  12:13, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

  @Ved havet: Aren't these just different names for the same airport? If so then a redirect page from the old name is more appropriate. We only need to disambiguate where there is more than one airport serving the named location. If you know of any second airports that need disambiguating, please post them here. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 12:04, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  I don't view it as a disambiguation. People quite literally say "Oslo lufthavn Gardermoen" and "Bergen lufthavn Flesland". In some cases like Evenes, I much more often hear people call it just Evenes than Hardstad/Narvik.  Ved havet 🌊 (talk)  18:09, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  You are right in that what you describe just now is not disambiguation. However that is not the point. What really does matter is that Oslo has several airports, which do need disambiguation. I cannot impress hard enough on you how important it is to see what I mean here. Oslo has several airports, so we keep the local name of each in order to disambiguate them. Do any of the others have multiple airports? Does Bergen have more than one? Does Haugesund? etc. etc. If one does, then we may want to keep its local name after all. So this is the really important question. I hope this is becoming clearer to you. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 18:47, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  I understood your question, but I don't think it matters. I don't know what areas has multiple airports and not, not difficult to research if one does think it matters.  Ved havet 🌊 (talk)  19:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Move Unless there is more than one location going by these names, the local place name is redundant and makes it harder, not easier to find the page. It also means almost every link would need to be piped to remove it. If there are more than one, then the bare name should be the current or most recent location. Always, simplest is best with page names. - NiD.29 (talk) 11:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC)