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[edit] Springfield, Manitoba =

By the way, while it may have the most people, there are certainly other Mb Rms that are much larger......Piney, Reynolds, etc..205.200.189.2 20:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)mt.

This article refers to a town of Springfield, Manitoba. I don't believe that such a spot exists. There is a Rural Municipality of Springfield created before the new naming convention came into use. It is in the Eastman Region, Manitoba. There is no town of Springfield in the RM either. There appears to be confusion in some other articles about RMs as well. I will wait to see if this naming thing is resolved before trying any serious editing. Stormbay 04:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

This article was created by User:Batboy, from their contributions they appear to be a Simpsons fan. So I would guess that they simply got confused and called it a town. So I would say you can go ahead and merge the two articles.

As for the naming conventions how do you feel about this: communites and RMs are located at "<name>, Manitoba", if a community and RM have the same name then we disambiguate by adding "(town)", "(rural municipality)", "(village)", "(community)", etc. For cases where confusion might occur (I think you mentioned Clanwilliam) then "<name>, Manitoba" becomes a disambiguation page that points out the two things with the same name that could be confused, mentions the difference, and links to the proper page for each thing. Furthermore, redirects can be created for RMs to be located at "Rural Municipality of <name>" so that people searching by the more traditional name can find the RMs. (Some of these might have to be disambiguation pages if there are RMs of the same name in other provinces.) Qutezuce 04:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Springfield, Manitoba

I think that a rediect from the above article to the RM heading would be more appropriate. We still have other situations that become confused by this naming convention that could be dabbed. (i.e: Clanwilliam, Manitoba). This title would correctly refer to a hamlet/unincorporated village in the RM of Minto. The Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam is a different entity. Does this make sense? Stormbay 17:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't follow what you are suggesting. Didn't we establish that there is only one thing called "Springfield" located in Manitoba? So redirects and disambiguating shouldn't be too hard for this RM. Qutezuce 23:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I was just making the point of calling an RM what most people would search for: ie; Rural Municipality of Springfield for example. The article would be there. If they type in Springfield, Manitoba, the would be redirected to the Rural Municipality of Springfield. Also, it bcomes more confusing in the Clanwilliam, Manitoba scenario where that particular community is not in the Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam. I know it sounds picky but accuracy must count for something. I feel obliged to point out these points since I lived in both RMs mentioned above. (I carry on too much). The Rural Municipality of Cartier is another example. There is no Cartier, Manitoba even if it makes a good naming convention. Maybe it's just me! I don't intend to make a fuss about it and am certainly not angry or anything. I just made the point again when I saw the recent move. Cheers! Stormbay 03:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Simpsons

What, no references to the show in the article at all? Breezer 15:11 7 November 2006 (UTC)