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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was don't move. —Nightst a llion (?) 08:56, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

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Battle of Lorraine → Lorraine Offensive Battle of Loraine doesnt sound very good because a battle would be more a battle over a hamlet, village etc. while offensive is used to refer to a region. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WarFreak (talk • contribs) 16:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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strongly oppose the move, which ignores normal usage in both world wars, for names like the Battle of Britain, for strategic-level conflicts. Septentrionalis 19:24, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Oppose for for now for the same reason as Septentrionalis, but what is the common name for this battle? --Philip Baird Shearer 22:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Oppose. It's the Battle of Lorraine. Kafziel 23:07, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

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There doesn't seem to be one common name for this battle. It is sometimes referred to as the "Battle of Morhange-Sarrebourg" (David Stevenson's 1914-1918 and Correlli Barnett's The Swordbearers). The Dictionary of the First World War calls it the "Invasion of Lorraine". Neither Keegan nor Tuchman seem to call it anything in particular. "Lorraine Offensive" is probably as good as any if there is a compelling reason to change. Gsl 08:29, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

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