Talk:Pentapolis (North Africa)

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[edit] Merger

The article "Pentapolis" is a verbatim copy of most sections of the "Cyrenaica" article, and provides no new or specific information on the Pentapolis itself. As such, it is redundant. If no objection is noted or significant material added to the Pentapolis page, I'll turn it into a redirect page. Cplakidas 23:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

• I think that Pentapolis (North Africa) has information about a part of Cyrenaica and these are not included in the article Cyrenaica

Including the information you mentioned is important to explain relationship between Pentapolis (North Africa) and Cyrenaic.

The article Pentapolis (North Africa) is being developed to include information about the history of the Eparchy as part of both the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

I agree that context must be provided, but in this case, there is too little extra material. This article is, as I said, a verbatim copy of sections, without even removing some non-related material (e.g. the entire "Muslim and modern history" section)... However, if you intend to expand on it at a later date, OK, let's keep it, but restrict it on the Pentapolis, i.e. its original definition of the five major cities and the ecclesiastic eparchy. However, the way I understand it, although it retained the title "Pentapolis", the ecclesiastic province actually included all of the Cyrenaica, and not just the five cities. Thus, unless I got it wrong, it would be more appropriate to include it in the Cyrenaica article, in a Byzantine section right after the "Roman province". Regards, Cplakidas 17:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)