Talk:Henricus

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See Henricopolis for duplicate article. What to do? MPS 14:00, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Page has now been merged into this one. (Unofficially; but I doubt anybody minded.) Please see that page's edit history for the genesis of some contents now incorporated here. Doops | talk 05:05, 3 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

No relation to William & Mary

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Thank you for declining to perpetuate the myth that the college proposed for Henricus is somehow related to William & Mary or represents its true beginning. There does not seem to be any evidence that the proposed college even operated (http://richmondthenandnow.com/Newspaper-Articles/Henricopolis.html), let alone that the existence of the proposal makes W&M older than Harvard, as W&M's website has suggested. --Editing 16:02, 27 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Actual location of Henricus is unknown - article is incorrect

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The actual location of Henricus is unknown. The article says it was found in the 1990's. Henricus Historical Park was founded during this time period, but not at the actual site. ---- Brandon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.125.208.48 (talk) 13:50, 29 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Are you sure about that? I thought everyone today agreed that the archaeology there (Farrar's Island) has proved it is indeed the original site. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 14:32, 29 November 2009 (UTC)Reply


Not agreed upon, there was a meeting there about a month ago (at the Henricus park) were it was recently debated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.110.187.39 (talk) 01:47, 30 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Requested move

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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. 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: not moved. Jenks24 (talk) 13:08, 2 April 2013 (UTC)Reply



– Is there some reason for this title to not match the format of almost every other American town, city, etc.? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 06:15, 24 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Or for Wolstenholme Towne not to? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 06:19, 24 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Oppose. There's plenty of reasons, here's just one. The actual reason is that we have always tried to keep titles as succinct as possible, and use additional disambiguating language in the title only where necessary, i.e. if there were another article that started out "Henricus". The same would apply to "Wostenholme Towne", but I'm uncertain whether it is proper to discuss that article on this talkpage. Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 13:53, 24 March 2013 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the link. It took me a while to decipher, but I finally found the footnote that explains why my Chicago example is a bad one, because WP goes by the AP stylebook where Chicago is listed as one of 30 cities that don't need a state name. But I still prefer Henricus because it existed prior to the establishment of the US. I still don't think we should decide what to do with Wostenholme Towne on this page either. Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 15:01, 24 March 2013 (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.