Talk:U.S. territorial sovereignty

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Merger proposal (merge from Territories of the United States to U.S. territory

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'Reject merging of article(s) as per No Consensus. Non-Administrative closure-- GenQuest ^{"Talk to Me"} 14:34, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Notice of a person's merge proposal with Pro/Con Positions:

Formal request has been received to merge: Territories of the United States into U.S. territory; dated: February 10, 2020. Proposer's rationale: I'm not sure if these articles should be merged, but the article's descriptions seem to overlap. Pinging proposer @Interstellarity: discuss below. Richard3120 (talk) 15:43, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Richard3120: Thank you for creating the discussion. Interstellarity (talk) 16:26, 26 March 2020 (UTC)"[reply]

Oppose and Remedy Problem: Territories of the United States are one of a few sub-national administrative divisions within the United States then same way states and a federal district are, while the concept of U.S. territory on the other hand, outlines what the United States legally holds under its sovereign jurisdiction. For example, The State of Maryland is a state and is thus part of U.S. territorial sovereignty but it is not a Territory of the United States while the United States Virgin Islands is a Territory of the United States which automatically makes it part of U.S. territor(ial sovereignty). In the same way U.S. navel ship are part of U.S. territory but are not Territories of the United States. The Best way to remedy this confusing ambiguous problem is to rename the page U.S. territory to the new name "U.S. territorial sovereignty," but keep in mind that Territories of the United States and U.S. territory are two different things. Llakew18 (talk) 20:57, 7 April 2020 (UTC) Llakew18[reply]

This is taken from the Talk:U.S. territory Merger proposal Discuss. Llakew18 (talk) 04:12, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Llakew18. These are distinct concepts. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 06:10, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Sorry, but both articles are actually long enough. I was originally thinking remove most of the content in Territories of the United States and just rename it "List of United States territories", but then I realized that wouldn't work. Anyway, I oppose the merge. Kori (@) 19:13, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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