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Suggestion by Minoa (2026-04-11): Typo fixed.
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Since 8 April 2026, following a successful {{diff|Paris Metro#Requested move 1 April 2026|prev|1347788068|move request}} by {{u|Un assiolo}}, the system is once again called the "Paris Metro", without the accent. |
Since 8 April 2026, following a successful {{diff|Paris Metro#Requested move 1 April 2026|prev|1347788068|move request}} by {{u|Un assiolo}}, the system is once again called the "Paris Metro", without the accent. |
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Not sure if we should mention that the return to "Paris Metro" resulted in a large-scale move operation, with user {{u|Minoa}} doing most of the heavy work. If so, I (Minoa) can confirm that there are no plans to rename the SVG icons at the [[:commons:Category:Paris Metro icons|Wikimedia Commons]], because the Commons |
Not sure if we should mention that the return to "Paris Metro" resulted in a large-scale move operation, with user {{u|Minoa}} doing most of the heavy work. If so, I (Minoa) can confirm that there are no plans to rename the SVG icons at the [[:commons:Category:Paris Metro icons|Wikimedia Commons]], because the Commons is a multilingual project. |
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Looking back, it appears that the use of "Métro" (short for "Métropolitain") was motivated by the [[RATP Group|RATP]] using that term at the time ([https://web.archive.org/web/20030901000000/http://www.ratp.fr/ParisVisite/Eng/Actuas/accessibility/a_metro_rer.htm source]), but the successful move request discovered a [[Google Books Ngram Viewer|Google Books Ngram]] that showed a clear and consistent majority for "Paris Metro" over "Paris Métro" ([https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Paris+Métro%2CParis+Metro%2CParis+metro%2CParis+métro&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true source]). |
Looking back, it appears that the use of "Métro" (short for "Métropolitain") was motivated by the [[RATP Group|RATP]] using that term at the time ([https://web.archive.org/web/20030901000000/http://www.ratp.fr/ParisVisite/Eng/Actuas/accessibility/a_metro_rer.htm source]), but the successful move request discovered a [[Google Books Ngram Viewer|Google Books Ngram]] that showed a clear and consistent majority for "Paris Metro" over "Paris Métro" ([https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Paris+Métro%2CParis+Metro%2CParis+metro%2CParis+métro&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true source]). |
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