Template talk:Capital cities of European Union member states

Local names

I changed Warsaw from the Polish to the English because, 1) few people know the Polish name, and 2) none of the other cities (Rome, Vienna, Athens, etc.) is on the list under its local name.

Bucharest and Sofia

Until Romania and Bulgaria have joined the EU, which they will do on 1st January, Bucharest and Sofia are not capital cities within the EU. One new user insists on adding them since there are only 30 days left until they accede. However, there is no window of opportunity here. Nothing will happen to this template to prevent editing it after the accession of Romania and Bulgaria. Hence, they can be added when it's true, not when it's convenient to do so. Besides, there will be hundreds of Romanians and Bulgarians happy to add them on the stroke of midnight. Bastin 14:53, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Bastin, your revertion is rather unnecessary. Most EU-related articles are already being updated to reflect the changes due in roughly 70 hours. Kroum 05:12, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fortunately, you don't have long to wait. Only 60 hours left. If you (and others; the 'discussion' above was deleted for no apparent reason) want to predict the future, you might enjoy claiming that Saddam Hussein is dead. After all, he's going to die pretty soon (sooner than the New Year, if this military source is to be believed). That, of course, just means that we have little to lose by waiting just a few short hours until he's actually doing the Tyburn jig. Or Romania and Bulgaria join the EU. Bastin 13:41, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

The comparison to Saddam's execution is silly, but have it your way. Kroum 16:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh

I am unsure as to whether these city's should be on this list as Wales, NI and Scotland are constituents of the UK whose capital is London. The UK as a whole is a member state of the EU, Wales, NI and Scotland are not. Johnskitt 01:05, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're right; they shouldn't have been included. Only countries' capitals are supposed to be included. I have reverted this. Bastin 01:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Erm don't know how good your english is ... Scotland, Wales and England are countries. What you mean is sovereign independent states, which is just one of several meanings given to the word country. The word was about long before the world got neatly divided into sovereign states. Anyways, as the template just says Capital cities of the European Union, the definition is open enough to include cities such as Edinburgh and Cardiff. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 04:41, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, and the next time I add 16 capitals of German Bundesländer plus Barcelona! Stop your unbased edits. Lear 21 22:59, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure it's very common in English to refer to the 16 cities which function as capitals of the German Bundesländer as "capitals", since these aren't normally regarded - rightly or wrongly - as "countries" in English. As long as the template says "Capital cities of the European Union", there's no reason not to add Cardiff and Edinburgh ... or Belfast; not sure about Barcelona, but if you can find it being referred to commonly as a "capital", then feel free to add it. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 23:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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