Talk:History of the Jews in Algeria

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I can see the argument for consistency, but at the same time this article clearly deals with more than just the history. I think the old title is more appropriate in many respects, but I'm not going to insist... Anyone else have any thoughts? - Mustafaa 18:42, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Despite agitating for the name change, I am also ambivalent about the current naming convention, although I think I have created over a dozen articles of History of the Jews in ______ over the past six months. In any case, if we are going to change the naming convention, lets change it for all the articles, since they all follow the same format, covering history and present situations. The only exception is the United States, which covers contemporary Jewish culture in the Jewish American article, and history in the History of the Jews in the United States article. So, should we rename every article to be Jews in ___? I vote a weak "no," but I am open to thoughts. --Goodoldpolonius2 18:52, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

The articles discuss more than history, and also discuss near-contemporary events, so "History" is not accurate. "History" also tends to imply that these article are all about now-defunct communities, when this is clearly not always the case. I think the articles in general should be named "Jews in Algeria", "Jews in Tunisia", "Jews in the United States", "Jews in Canada", etc., and each should have a History section. If any History section gets too large, it can be placed in its own sub-article (as with the United States). Jayjg ^(talk) 19:30, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

If we decide to do this, much work must be done, as there are many crosslinks to these articles, outside of the Jew template, the Jewish History articles, and the Jewish population pages. --Goodoldpolonius2 19:38, 25 May 2005 (UTC)