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!

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzMEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Agreed. We could change the name to to Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara instead, which will also help identify the sub for visitors or folks who aren’t familiar with the Te Reo name.

    • Ozymati@lemmy.nzEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I like this but suggest Wellington NZ because there’s a lot of Wellingtons out there. I agree including both names or Maori variant of regional name because students and visitors don’t necessarily know the Maori name yet.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzMEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Yes, for federated sites like Lemmy, think of it like email. The community is not “wellington” but [email protected] - the “!” helps us understand it’s not an email address.

            If you are on another Lemmy instance and search for Wellington, it will show the full “[email protected]” probably along with others.