A fact from Góra Świętej Anny (hill) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 May 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Annaberg hill (Góra Świętej Anny) in Silesia has a pilgrimage church that remained popular despite Nazi efforts to draw attention away with an open-air theatre and a heroes' mausoleum?
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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the proposal was move. Cúchullaint/c 20:49, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Annaberg (hill) → Góra Świętej Anny (hill) – The current name is in German, though the mountain is located in Poland. Most of the sources in the article are in German as well. Annaberg is a historical German name, also used by German minority there, but the convention on WP is to use the official geographical names. Darwinek (talk) 18:51, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It's Góra Świętej Anny. You don't call London Londinium any more.Xx236 (talk) 08:34, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Most English-language sources use the Annaberg name, partly because it's mainly known for the Battle of the Annaberg. The article does have a redirect from the current official name, and lists it in bold at the start of the lede (where it is also stated that it is within the settlement of the same Polish name). Silesia has been much fought over, and as the article shows, this hill has been important to both German-speaking and Polish-speaking Silesians; I felt that the most common English name, and the name associated with the memorable event there, was therefore best. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:24, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Well according to standard naming conventions we usually use the name of the place that is used in a particular country, unless there is some strong reasons to do otherwise ("Warsaw" being an obvious example). Btw, I saw this awhile back and thought about proposing a move, but Yngvadottir was doing such a good job on the article that I didn't want to distract him. Now that the RM's here might as well opine, but still wanted to thank you for the excellent work.VolunteerMarek 18:36, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. per GeoNames. The New York Times says "Gora Swietej Anny, formerly Annaberg". The town is already at Góra Świętej Anny. Those who know the hill from the 1921 incident will not be surprised to learn that it now has a Polish name. Kauffner (talk) 02:14, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: that NY Times sentence refers to the village. I don't believe this is analogous to Gdansk or London; the hill is known in English for its history. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:15, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
