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[edit]- The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: page moved. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 20:58, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid Vilayet → Vilayet of the Archipelago – per WP:COMMONNAME and Wikipedia:USEENGLISH
- "Vilayet of the Archipelago" -Llc 30results
- "Vilayet of the Archipelago" -Llc (1960-2011) 9 results
- "Archipelago Vilayet" -Llc 25 results
- "Archipelago Vilayet" -Llc (1960-2011) 3 results
- "Vilayet of Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid" -Llc 1 result
- "Vilayet of Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid" -Llc (1960-2011) 1 result
-- Takabeg (talk) 21:46, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Move and make sure there is a redirect at Vilayet of the Archipelago D O N D E groovily Talk to me 03:58, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
- I agree. I prefer the format of "Vilayet of X", but hesitated to chose it, because I saw titles of other article related with vilayet. Actually the format of "Vilayet of X" is major in sources. Takabeg (talk) 23:07, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
- 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. No further edits should be made to this section.
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[edit]So is this really the most common English translation? It seems pretty infelicitous, given that the "White Sea" was the Mediterranean, not the Aegean, and the province included Cyprus. — LlywelynII 19:28, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
- Fwiw, "Vilayet of the Islands of the White Sea" -Llc returns 23 results, including ones from the period. — LlywelynII 19:31, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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