Talk:Aromata

Requested move 7 November 2019[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved as non-controversial because the article should never have been created at that longstanding redirect to begin with. (closed by non-admin page mover) Srnec (talk) 02:44, 8 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Aromatics → Aromata – Aromatics is an Anglicised rendering. However, it seems even English sources seem to prefer the term "Aromata" example 92.9.145.71 (talk) 10:12, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Solely a city[edit]

I added a tag because the intro as well as the rest of the article seems to describe this topic in the rathewr narrow context of a port city. Other sources seem to give it a broader context, i.e. [1], [2] etc. 92.10.226.199 (talk) 22:20, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The lead states pretty clearly that there was a market-city "of Spices" and a promontory "of Spices". The last paragraph says there was a land "of Spices". Srnec (talk) 00:04, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 February 2020[edit]

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The result of the move request was: No consensus. (non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:10, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Aromata → Aromatic Coast – The content of the article is broader than solely the Aromatic port. Furthermore, the economy section refers to the adjacent regions. 92.9.159.178 (talk) 07:20, 3 February 2020 (UTC)—Relisting. DannyS712 (talk) 18:55, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are three sources that refer to a place called the port/promontory/land of spices/aromatics (i.e., aromata). We cannot be sure the last (the Monumentum via Cosmas) is referring to the same place as the others (Periplus, Ptolemy). Both the port (emporion) and the promontory (akron) are equally aromaton ("of spices"). I don't think Aromata, used as a proper name, as scholars do, can be said to refer exclusively to either the port, the cape or a wider area. If there are other sources than the three mentioned in the article, I haven't found them. The article could perhaps make this clearer—in fact, I reverted your changes to the layout because I think they obscured precisely this. Certainly the lead could be reworked, but neither requires a change in title. I am not wedded to the current title (which was not my idea), but "Aromatic Coast" is not common enough next to Aromata. Srnec (talk) 00:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per Srnec. — Amakuru (talk) 09:46, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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