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Comment - I've moved the talk page to match the article. Whether we should add "List of" to the beginning of the title remains an open question. -
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So, one person, Gwillam Law, is dictating article names in the English Wikipedia? Shall I start a website? Or maybe, just email him?
Androoox (
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10:05, 12 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Oh, you mean the wiktionary that everyone can edit. "A local political division in many European countries." - Algeria is not a European country.
Androoox (
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10:02, 12 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Yeah, it's a little like Wikipedia, the encyclopedia everyone can edit. However, other dictionaries agree. Oxford:
"commune" 2.1"a territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries."; Merriam-Webster:
2commune 1"the smallest administrative district of many countries especially in Europe."; Cambridge:
"commune" (2)"in some countries, a unit of local government." It's English. Get over it. —
AjaxSmack03:38, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Get over it yourself. Algeria is in Africa and other dictionaries do not agree. Furthermore, if "commune" is only a unit in some countries, then this is not a correct usage here, but the correct usage is "municipality" which is a unit in many many countries. The sole official language is Arabic, it is
baladiyah.
Androoox (
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09:00, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Although I generally support reversion of undiscussed moves, I'm not really concerned about the motives for a series of various moves 5 years ago. "Commune" is an English word as I've demonstrated above and it is used for numerous countries both inside and outside of Europe. I did look carefully through the Google Books results for both of the terms before making a decision. I agree with you about the false positive hits for
commune algeria -wikipedia. However, there seem to be just as many for
municipality algeria -wikipedia. For example, the very first result reads "the municipality [of
Saint-Denis in France] hosted a reception to honor new conscripts, boldly asking the men to sign petitions against the 'war in Algeria'." Others include:
"Like Pantin, the municipality [of
Mantes-la-Jolie in France] is divided into..."
"The municipality [in Tunisia] was reorganized and a constitution was promulgated in 1861..."
"...in the tiny municipality of
Les Rousses in the Jura mountains [in France]."
"...a public-house which has had to be set aside by the Municipality [of
Wiesbaden in Germany]."
11:11, 19 May 2008 Dr. Blofeld (talk | contribs) . . (33 bytes) (+33) . . (moved Municipalities of Algeria to Communes of Algeria: move to commune as this is officially recognised in French)
04:38, 2 August 2009 Bejnar (talk | contribs) m . . (112,527 bytes) (0) . . (moved List of communes of Algeria to List of municipalities of Algeria: as that is the English form, as opposed to the French, the Algerians use the word "baladiyah")
12:59, 13 September 2009 Rich Farmbrough (talk | contribs) m . . (112,577 bytes) (0) . . (moved List of municipalities of Algeria to Communes of Algeria: Per user request - correct name -problems,please use talk page to reach consnsus)
Oppose Per Brown Haired Girl. The official term is commune and it's what is most commonly used in reliable sources, I wouldn't look at what statoid does but what the Algerian government does. We use the name commune for many other African countries or comune for Italy etc too and should continue to do so.♦
Dr. Blofeld10:34, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
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