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Contents 1 another 2 Mostly Portuguese perspective? 3 Merge proposal (with Duero) 4 Merging the two articles in one 5 Why Douro?

[edit] another

I have added information from another article entitled the Douro River, which I have eliminated.Portcult 12:43, 19 Aug 2003 (UTC) I will be working on this article today. Portcult 12:43, 19 Aug 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Mostly Portuguese perspective?

I'm not too sure this article as it currently stands quite gets across the Spanish aspect of the river. I realise I must be slightly biased too to even make this comment which is why I think Duero should perhaps be a page of it's own and an automatic redirect to this article.

[edit] Merge proposal (with Duero)

As I stated on the talk page of Duero: I propose this article be merged with Douro or deleted. The Douro article, though it may have a Portuguese informational bias, is much more complete and is about the river's full course as it exists in Spain and Portugal. As far as I can tell, this article adds no information except to distinguish the spelling difference by setting it off in a separate and less complete article, despite that the Portuguese spelling is mentioned in the first line of the other article and if merged, can be made a redirect thereof. If more information on the Spanish portion of the Duero/Douro is needed, can't and shouldn't that be added to the other article?

I do see the above discussion, but again, I think if information is missing on the Spanish portion it can be added here. --Fuhghettaboutit 12:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merging the two articles in one

As proposed, I merged the Duero and Douro articles. In spite of being born and raised in Porto, I tried to reduce the "Portuguese perspective" as far as I could. I included every information in the former Duero article, a link to Spanish region of Castile-Leon, to it’s provinces and towns, as well as a reference and link to Ribera del Duero wine region. On the other hand, I reduced the size of the part related to Portugal, eliminating (in my opinion) not essential information. But, of course, this article can be further improved with more contributions. Regards, Manuel de Sousa --MSousa 00:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why Douro?

First thing would be to ascertain what English speakers actually say; however, it's quite unlikely that a significant number of them native speakers may be abe to use such authority. So the thing is: which name should we take? The Spanish or the Portuguese? I was born a Spaniard and have passed my summers in Aranda de Duero for many years... It strikes me then to see the name 'Douro' and that's why I ask what has been taken into account when naming it... The length it occupies in each country? The relevance of the cities it flows through? Ay... Wish we could all speak one language... 88.16.86.250 01:57, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Good point 88. Actually if you know any other names that could help (it may have prior names from history). I believe the way to go is to report the current names (greater and lesser known) and its previous names/spellings if any. AlanBarnet 03:41, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Traditionally the name Douro has been preferred to Duero in English language articles and books. As far as I know, this is neither due to the length the river occupies in each country, nor to the relevance of the cities it flows through. This is a consequence of the old involvement of the English in the port wine business. They used to live in Porto city and sailed up-river, to the Upper Douro, for their quintas, where the vineyards were located. So, the name Douro has been relatively familiar to the average Brit for more than two centuries now. - MSousa 23:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I have removed Valladolid as one of the cities through which Duero river passes, since it doesn't pass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.199.157.143 (talk) 22:23, 25 November 2007 (UTC)