Hello! I am new here, and likely so are you.
It’s great to see local communities online - and a great time to shape how we’d like to go on.
I’d love to hear people’s thoughts on a display name change from Wellington to The Whanaganui-a-Tara.
This would not change the URL, or stop people finding us by searching Wellington.
Tell us what you think… Go!
Given that 95% of NZ speaks English, why not English first? Your one would cut off the actual name we’re looking for in shortened links etc. It’s also a bloody mouthful.
Every little bit helps to shift us towards bilingualism, which I think is great as we continue the slow, long overdue embrace the idea of a country run in partnership between Tangata Whenua and the rest of us folks
As @batwingnz@lemmy.nz mentioned, it’s about putting the names in front of us. Putting them second would contradict that purpose.
The community is !wellington@lemmy.nz. The displayed name is longer when you visit the community, but if you’re searching for or linking to it, !wellington@lemmy.nz is fine and is what will be prefilled by Lemmy (on the website, and maybe the app).