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Requested move 1 March 2017

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved. Nominator makes a compelling case and has logically refuted the opposition. Jenks24 (talk) 12:22, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

– As can be seen from various discussions about population figures at Talk:Inverness, the city seems to have no formal boundary, so whether or not several outlying areas — Balloch, Culloden, Smithton and Westhill — are classed as parts of Inverness varies according to different definitions. The Scotland's Census website classes them as part of the Inverness "settlement", which is analogous to Greater Glasgow, but as separate "localities", localities being generally supposed to equate to traditionally defined towns and villages. Whereas disambiguating by city only satisfies one of these definitions, doing so by council area would satisfy either, as well as being consistent with Balloch, Highland and Culloden, Highland. Jellyman (talk) 18:29, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Both the Balloch/Culloden precedents and the Inverness-lacking-formal-boundaries analysis are compelling. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 22:55, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose both, see discussion. Or Smithton, Scotland could be a possibility, see Smithton. But IMO, instead of this move, the two suburbs cited as examples of the Highland disambiguator should both be moved to the Inverness disambiguator. Andrewa (talk) 19:36, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, these areas are indeed geographically close to central Inverness, as you outlined below. I fully agree that they can be classified as part of Inverness, following a certain interpretation. My argument is that, by a different but equally valid interpretation, it can be said they are not part of Inverness. Can you explain why you see disambiguating in a way which may or may not be considered correct according to interpretation is preferable to disambiguating by council area, where there is no argument over correctness? Jellyman (talk) 11:51, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Note that all four suburbs are approximately at the crossroads shown (in green) on the coast at the top right on the map of the Inverness city management area, shown at right. The furthest from the city centre is only a few km away from it. Andrewa (talk) 19:36, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Note that a history swap was required in order to preserve the attribution history of the target page. Jenks24 (talk) 12:28, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]