Talk:County of Artois

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Merge proposal

We have two articles on Artois : Artois as the historic French province prior to the revolution and County of Artois as, well, the county in a slightly broader scope. While I can easily see why articles such as those for Flanders should be kept separate due to its division between France & Belgium, this isn't the case for Artois, the province and county are one and the same, same history, same everything. I propose a merge as County of Artois (since the title is broader in scope than the French province Artois). Equendil Talk 12:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support

Strong support for merge. It is the same geographic area. These articles are not so lengthy that it needs to be split over 2 articles. Since Artois is unambiguous, the merge should however go the other way: County of Artois → Artois. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 14:32, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Surely - "County" has a modern meaning which is not a meaningful translation of the original "compte" - if that's what Artois was? To my ear, "County of Artois" is a nonsense, hence my vote. "Region", "area", "part", "province" or whatever would be acceptable, but not "County."

BenM. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.152.202.130 (talk) 22:28, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

Other

I'm moving this page to History of Artois, and Artois will stay as is. This discussion is 3 years old, so I'm being bold. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 05:18, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]