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118464731 almost 4 years ago

Advice noted, thanks!

117744876 almost 4 years ago

Also, side note. Urdu Wikipedia is generally not reliable for names of places. Contributors try and translate names based on guessed pronunciation and transliteration, for the sake of publishing a page. It's the reason why I'm trying to localise the names in Urdu 😅

117744876 almost 4 years ago

I'm not sure about nearby areas, but since most Urdu speakers in the village are members of the Ahmadiyya community, I felt it would have been more appropriate to name it that. The actual name, actually refers to the centre on sheephatch lane, but the entire village is *generally known as Islamabad. Happy to have it reverted, if you feel it's better to leave it as "Tilford".

117744876 almost 4 years ago

*Who's members are primarily speakers of Urdu.

117744876 almost 4 years ago

Hi Jon. It does seem unusual but the Ahmadiyya community refers to this place as "Islamabad (Tilford)", as their headquarters are located here.

117588527 almost 4 years ago

Hi, I have been guilty of doing this in other cases too, but I will refrain from doing this now on.

Thanks!