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Is the Diaoyu Islands really any more neutral from an international perspective? Ultimately, Japan controls the islands, so imo its easiest to stick with the current name. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:34, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that Japan administers the islands is the reason their name is on the article. If that changes in the future, then the name on the article will change to reflect that. --WashuOtaku (talk) 16:27, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, according to you if we should use the name used by which ever country administers the island, how about we start with renaming the Paracel islands to Xisha islands. Since you have suggested that we should name islands according to which country administers the island, you can start renaming all the articles of disputed territories to the name used by the countries administering them.
I agree Senkaku is not neutral, and seems to give connotations that these islands belong to Japan, when this is actually a disputed territory. This should be renamed to something more neutral regardless if it being occupied by Japan or not. 62.30.14.17 (talk) 17:28, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that Japan administers the islands is not in dispute. As for disputed territory, that exists all over the world, but there is typically someone that administers it regardless; it is exceptionally rare when there is disputed territory and nobody administers it, like the Bir Tawil. --WashuOtaku (talk) 18:04, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is not only because the actual rulers of the islands, a more important reason is that "Senkaku Islands" has long been the common name for these islands in the English-speaking world, well before China first made its sovereignty claim over them in 1971. In fact, the Chinese government itself officially referred to them as the Senkaku Islands prior to the 1970s. Symantec2000 (talk) 14:01, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose, looking at the graph more carefully [1], it's pretty spiky and not currently demonstrative of a long term trend. It's also not clear what type of media is being represented here.The islands still also remain under Japanese sovereignty and control, which also counts against changing the name. Hemiauchenia (talk) 02:21, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose i skeptical regarding the name change, because unless a nominator quoting Chinese media, most media sources whenever in Japan or overseas, still calling it "Senkaku Islands" in respect of Japanese control of islands. 103.111.100.82 (talk) 03:40, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Google Ngrams results are not definitive, but even if they were, the trend is too recent and close. If you adjust the smoothing to 20 and beyond, Senkaku once again overtakes Diaoyu. Yue🌙21:27, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
