Talk:Abyssinia (disambiguation)
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[edit] Abyssinia page or redirect
In my opinion this page should be kept because the Ethiopia page is talking about the modern country instead of the historical country. Abyssinia is a much more historical term. I would say this difference is similar to the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. --Merhawie 19:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Nobody's saying that a page shouldn't exist, but the primary page should be a redirect. Abyssinia (term) should be created to explain the situation, but most usage of the term "Abyssinia" is simply to Ethiopia. I don't think your comparison to the USSR and Russian Federation is accurate, however, as the most frequent references to Ethiopia as Abyssinia would have come during the 1890-1942 period (so the borders would be the same); the usage of "Abyssinia" dropped off sharply before then, and creating a dichotomy between Ethiopia and Eritrea for earlier (pre-1890) usage of the term (I know this is where you probably feel it is incorrect) is inaccurate. To do so would be to create a dichotomy in the term "Cathay" (an early term for China) with regards to Taiwan, which was also then part of "Cathay." — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 19:30, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Right...I still think my comparison is just as the USSR was an agglomeration of various smaller states and groups dominated by a dominant group or people...pretty much Ethiopia, but I digress...you created a REDIRECT of the page before creating the Abyssinia page, and from the way you did it, it did not look like you were going to. So either way I think this page (or change the name and have a disambiguation page) should be done. --Merhawie 19:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- I don't understand the second part of your comment. My edit summary could have been clearer, but what are you trying to say? I think that the top of the Ethiopia page should say that "Abyssinia" redirects here, for other uses see Abyssinia (disambiguation), or something like that (with Abyssinian redirecting to Habesha people or the cat???), with an brief explanation, and a link to Abyssinia (term), Abyssinian (cat), Habesha, and maybe Habeş (Ottoman province). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 19:58, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Right...I still think my comparison is just as the USSR was an agglomeration of various smaller states and groups dominated by a dominant group or people...pretty much Ethiopia, but I digress...you created a REDIRECT of the page before creating the Abyssinia page, and from the way you did it, it did not look like you were going to. So either way I think this page (or change the name and have a disambiguation page) should be done. --Merhawie 19:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
