Talk:Inverness (boundaries)

Proposed merger
Merged, duplicate page. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 18:17, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Clearly some of the Inverness-shire material is duplicated in the boundaries article, which has a wider scope. However, Inverness-shire is part of the historic county 'series' and in numerous lists relating to that series. The information in the latter of the two articles is not relevant to those larger collections. What would be the reason for the merger? Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  07:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

What is there in Inverness-shire which is not covered by Inverness (boundaries), apart from tags, categories? Laurel Bush (talk) 10:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC).

That's not the point. Snow Leopard is in the category Felines. If someone creates the article 'Feline' they put it in the category Feline, but don't add it to a list of Leopards. Similarly, Inverness-shire is in the List of pre-1975 counties of Scotland and all the associated lists, but Inverness (boundaries) is not and should not be in those lists as it refers to a different level of categorisation. Just to make it clear I am opposed to this proposed merger. Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  18:43, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Ben Macdui. Inverness-shire is linked to many many village and town articles. It would be rather a shame if all those links were lost, while other historic counties like Ross-shire and Sutherland are correct. Imagine a reader clicking on an Inverness-shire link and finding the boundaries article. Its not right. I am opposed to the merger. scope_creep (talk) 22:42, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

An examination of the Sutherland ancient county article would suggest that boundary information re: Inverness (boundaries) for Sutherland, has been included into the Sutherland article, as originally written, without twin articles. Therefore, if anything, the Inverness (boundaries) article should be merged into the Inverness-shire article, and any duplicate info de-duped. scope_creep (talk) 22:47, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I oppose this change. The 1974 reorganisation of Scottish local authority names and boundaries was purely administrative and merging this into another page would serve to lose the sense of old cultural identities felt by citizens of the former Scottish counties. I'm from Banffshire and fiercely proud of the fact. I would hate to think that sometime in the future this would be subsumed into articles about Moray or Aberdeenshire (where the former county town Banff is now situated!!). 57vintage (talk) 10:17, 23 June 2009 (UTC)