Talk:List of Walloon communes
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[edit] Requested move
Comment: I do not quite grasp the latest changes with respect to the articles Walloon Region and Wallonia. The first name used to redirect to the second title, which however had the content of the present 'Walloon Region'. I quite agree with that title, it corresponds in style to the names of both other regions of Belgium. But for now, the 'Wallonia' article does not describe a different concept, both describe the region whereas I might have expected perhaps a not entirely coinciding geographical and/or cultural or Walloon dialectal area. If there would indeed be any need for a separate article, I think 'Wallonia' might still better be a redirect because its primary meaning (in English) is the region; another meaning could be linked at top of the page 'Walloon Region' towards 'Wallonia (whatever-it-is)' in the style "Wallonia" redirects here. For the description of what it is, see [[Wallonia (whatever-it-is)]]. Compare e.g. Hara-Kiri.
The changes seem to be made by David Descamps, proposer of the current move request (from 'List of Walloon communes' to 'List of communes in the Walloon Region'), who also seems to have been replacing each occurrence of the term "municipality" by the term "commune" and asks this move again to that highly ambiguous term [just follow both former links to see the difference]. A municipality is a clearly and singularly defined entity, and βin Englishβ this is the only acceptable encyclopaedic term for that meaning (unless in a text avoiding repetition by thereunder using 'commune' once in a while when the meaning has already been made clear). Thus I would support to rename ('move' in Wiki lingo) 'List of Walloon communes' to 'List of municipalities in the Walloon Region' ("of the" is better replaced with "in the", as there is still the intermediate provincial level, it corresponds to List of municipalities in the Flemish Region to which 'List of municipalities of the Flemish Region' redirects). Ensure having a redirect also from 'List of municipalities in the Walloon region' and 'List of municipalities of the Walloon region' with small character 'r'. Obviously, there should be redirects from each of the above with 'communes' as well. β SomeHuman 1 Jan 2007 00:09-04:26 (UTC)
- This request is malformed. Consider having more of a discussion, rather than a large diatribe. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 15:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
