Talk:Repubbliche Marinare
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[edit] Name of article
Obviously this article should use whatever name is commonly used in English-language history books. I would guess that it would not be Repubbliche Marinare. (My limited bookshelves have failed in this instance.) In the absence of an existing term we should invent one: perhaps ‘Maritime Republics of Italy and Dalmatia’, though it’s a bit clumsy. If any decently sourced proposal to move the page is made, please copy the following into it:
- Support —Ian Spackman 19:55, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
If any poorly sourced proposal to move the page is made—even if an otherwise apparently sensible one—, please copy the following into it: Support strongly the standard English name is 'Italian maritime republics'. Ther'es no obvious reason to give this name in Italian when an English equivalent exists. The English name is used in other encyclopedias, in scholarly articles, and in other Wikipedia articles. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en-au&q=%22italian+maritime+republics%22&btnG=Search Searching Wikipedia itself gives 9 mentions http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%22Italian+maritime+republic%22&fulltext=Search It is counter-intuitive to use an Italian name in the English version of WIkipedia, and requires rather strange redirects to ensure that readers find the article. Moreover, there's no geographic desciptor in the current article name, except for readers who can recognise Italian. Alan 09:01, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose —Ian Spackman 19:55, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
;) —Ian Spackman 19:55, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Votes
- Oppose — Not for a precise reason, we should make a bit more international this too Anglophone encyclopedia.--Attilios 21:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Subject to Holy Roman Empire or Catholic Church
Are you sure all the rest of Europe was actually subjected to either the Empire or the Catholic Church ? I think for example of England, France, Sweden, Russia... and even Spain, Portugal or Hungary were quite free from them ! 150.237.47.3 13:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
