Talk:Administrative counties of Ireland
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Laurel Lodged in topic County Borough of Londonderry
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The County of Longford has been omitted in error
editIt appears that County Longford has been omitted in error from this article on Administrative Counties as well as from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898 The administrative County of Longford was established by the 1898 Act and should be included in this article. Source: http://www.longfordcoco.ie/about_us.html Irl32csc (talk) 15:26, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
County Borough of Londonderry
editThroughout its entire existence, the borough was known as Londonderry. At its abolition, it still carried that name. It was replaced by a District. The district has the alternative name of Derry. So I think that we should use Londonderry. Laurel Lodged (talk) 17:25, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- The districts name is still Londonderry, even if we use another, it is as the IP pointed out, not inline with WP:DERRY. Is that an actual article on the specific name? Or is it covered in the Derry article? Just found Londonderry County Borough is a re-direct, that would be better, no? Murry1975 (talk) 21:38, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- But WP:Derry specifically says, "but where an entity uses a particular name, regardless of whether it is Derry or Londonderry, use that name for the entity; thus County Derry Post (newspaper), High Sheriff of County Londonderry". The entity that was the "County Borough of Londonderry" used that as its name, just like the example cited of "High Sheriff of County Londonderry". So I think a pipelink is best. Laurel Lodged (talk) 10:35, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Using the actual name and letting it redirect would be compliant with both MOS and WP:DERRY. As per WP:DERRY, the entity used "Londonderry County Borough" not Londonderry. Murry1975 (talk) 12:35, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Isn't it better to avoid re-directs? What about a pipe like this: "Derry|Londonderry County Borough"? Laurel Lodged (talk) 13:30, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Using the actual name and letting it redirect would be compliant with both MOS and WP:DERRY. As per WP:DERRY, the entity used "Londonderry County Borough" not Londonderry. Murry1975 (talk) 12:35, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- But WP:Derry specifically says, "but where an entity uses a particular name, regardless of whether it is Derry or Londonderry, use that name for the entity; thus County Derry Post (newspaper), High Sheriff of County Londonderry". The entity that was the "County Borough of Londonderry" used that as its name, just like the example cited of "High Sheriff of County Londonderry". So I think a pipelink is best. Laurel Lodged (talk) 10:35, 13 April 2016 (UTC)