Talk:North Church
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The redirect from North Church to Amsterdam's Noorderkerk seemed less useful than to the Old North Church in Boston, Mass. The Boston church is a US historical site. It was the landmark from which the lanterns warning of the British troops moving on Lexington and Concord were hung. According to the formerly linked article, Noorderkerk in Amsterdam is one of many so-named churches in Holland and, while lovely, is not otherwise remarkable or historically significant. Nor, for that matter, is it known as "North Church." That moniker is merely a translation of its name into English. Roregan (talk) 21:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well, we had a discussion about this latter point earlier. When I toured Amsterdam, the English tours never called it Noordekerk - only North Church. But I was overruled so the article was moved back. The same people, I imagine, wouldn't appreciate this redirect change you've made. You might want to make it a dab page, especially since I see nowhere in the article that even calls the Boston one "North Church" without "Old" in front of it. —Wknight94 (talk) 22:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Is there anything particularly interesting about the Amsterdam church other than that English tours include it on their itineraries? The article itself seems to indicate that there are quite a few Dutch towns that have north churches and other than hosting an organic market, the one in Amsterdam has no compelling claim to being the one that English speakers would mean when searching for "North Church." And Bostonians can be a laconic lot. Dropping the "old" in front of "North Church" is not remarkable. I had considered a disamb page for this one, but "Did you mean the American historical landmark or an Amsterdam neighborhood church?" seemed silly. If others feel differently, they can go ahead and create that page. Roregan (talk) 15:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
