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@Dbachmann:: Magna Germania already redirects to Germania. Merging into that article seems appropriate, turning this title into a redirect here or to the author of the book by the same title (in which case a hatnote would be needed). P Aculeius (talk) 02:06, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I totally disagree with the merge. Germania inferior & Germania superior articles on these roman provinces exist....why this (well documented) province that EXISTED and lasted nearly two decades cannot exist ONLY in the en. Wikipedia? In the Italian and in other Wikipedias there are well written articles related to this province!.... BD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.1.171.43 (talk) 15:07, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I have not been able to find other articles concerning Germania Antigua (google "Germania Antiqua" site:wikipedia.org -site:en.wikipedia.org). A similar search (google "Germania Antiqua" -site:wikipedia.org) seems to document the term 'Germania Antiqua' to have been extremely popular amongst 19th century cartographers. But I do not know of any academic source that also reach this conclusion. This seems to be a stale discussion, so I maybe just should realise the proposal, as a merge with only Germania. The text is not so full, and I suggest(/think about) adding to sections Germania#Geography and Germania#History, but have to admit I know very little about the subject. I trust the information but oppose the chosen article topic. Actually calling this a province seems a little far-fetched, when the information about the time frame of 16 years holds true. I think it is too short as a credible timespan for effectuating a province. Sechinsic (talk) 10:20, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Perhaps someone can come up with a new way of constructing and sourcing such an article so that it adds something which is not better handled in other articles such as Germania, but I am not seeing it so far. Being devil's advocate, it looks a bit like a quiet corner of WP where a specific academic proposal is being promoted without mention of the fact that not all academics see it the same way? BTW the topic was recently discussed in a few threads on Germanic peoples, e.g. (in archives already): [1],[2].--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 15:38, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
