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Talk:The Devil's Nose

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The Devil's Nose also is the name of a mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee. With a crest elevation of more than 3,900 feet, the sandstone and shale peak offers a commanding view of the Rogersville, Tenn., area.

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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 no move. JPG-GR (talk) 20:19, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe this page should be moved to The Devils Nose which is now a redirect to this page. The official name The Devils Nose is found at U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: The Devils Nose. Also see USGS "National Mapping Program Technical Instructions" Part 2: Specifications: Appendix 2-F: Map Lettering Guidelines for guidelines concerning apostrophes..Thanks.--DRoll (talk) 20:37, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose. All the USGS attests to is that the Board on Geographic Names dislikes apostrophes. This is not the question; we know that. As WP:NCGN says:
The United States Board on Geographic Names determines official Federal nomenclature for the United States. Most often, actual American usage follows it, even in such points as the omission of apostrophes, as in St. Marys River. However, if colloquial usage does differ, we should prefer actual American to the official name.

How do actual people spell this? Our readers are actual people. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is going to be interesting. It seems to me that it is kind of like Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle. Somehow looking at the question is going to change reality. Anyway take a look at Apostrophe#Possessives in geographic names. So I guess we should not talk about "official" names but "formal" names. It is interesting that this has been going on since 1890. But to be serious: many places, people and things have variant names and an encyclopedia should strive to use the most accurate name where there is a way of determining accuracy. We have redirects and books have indexes to resolve variant names. I try to operate on this priciple: there is no absolute truth to be discovered nor should I rely on a polls for the truth. I just do the best I can and someone will come along and correct me if I mess up too bad. I try not to mess up. --DRoll (talk) 23:57, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This can be argued either way, but since both names are accommodated already, the move achieves nothing. --Una Smith (talk) 16:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as per Septentrionalis and Una Smith. Nothing gained, and something may be lost (the apostrophe). --Bejnar (talk) 22:28, 28 November 2008 (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.

Devil's Nose Error

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The Devil's nose is not in West virginia but in ecuador. I do not know much else about it. 65.31.83.16 (talk) 16:19, 2 January 2013 (UTC) Bob[reply]

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