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The renaming of Squaw Island as Unity Island is completely bogus. The Buffalo Common Council does not have the ability or authority to unilaterally rename an important geographical feature such as an island or to remove an historic place name which has been in use for over 200 years without any public input. There is an internationally recognized procedure already in place, see [[United States Board on Geographic Names]], which allows for public input to the process. This name change is not yet recognized by New York State, the federal government or any of its agencies as well as Canada and the rest of the world. Even if a legitimate attempt were to be made to rename Squaw Island, the replacement name Unity Island would be unlikely to survive the process, in my opinion. This web page should accurately reflect the current name of Squaw Island with a reference to the local renaming effort. If in fact, a legitimate effort to rename the island is undertaken at some point, then the page should also reflect that. [[User:GullyWalker|GullyWalker]] ([[User talk:GullyWalker|talk]]) 04:18, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
:Which is all well and good, as soon as you can provide a source stating such in direct relation to this topic. I have read what I believe to be all available sources regarding the name change and absolutely none of them mention anything such as you describe above, so that appears to be [[WP:OR|original research]] and not appropriate for the article. As it is completely owned by the city, I can't fathom why they wouldn't have the same ability to re-name it such as they would a city-owned street or park. And it's been a while since I've lived in the region, but last I knew Buffalo Common Council meetings were open to the public and therefor allowed public input to the process, in fact many of the articles quote statements made made by local residents at common council meetings regarding the issue (see [http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/riverside/farewell-squaw-island-hello-unity-island-20150623 here] for example). Bottom line, all sources say the change is official, none mention USBGN, until that changes the article should reflect what sources say. [[User:Antepenultimate|Antepenultimate]] ([[User talk:Antepenultimate|talk]]) 11:23, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
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