Talk:Irian Jaya

Background
The Indonesian part of New Guinea is covered in several articles:
 * Western New Guinea mostly covers the region and history pre-2002
 * Papua (province) new name adopted in 2002, mostly covers present government
 * West Papua (province) created from Papua in 2003, mostly covers present government

Each articles lists several former names, most of which have redirects:


 * Western New Guinea
 * Netherlands New Guinea used pre-1962, is a separate article
 * West New Guinea used 62-63, redirects here
 * West Irian used 63-73, redirects here
 * Irian Barat alt used 63-73, redirects here
 * Irian Jaya used 73-01, redirects to Papua (province)
 * Papua used 02-03, is a DAB page


 * Papua (province) (Created 2002)
 * Irian Jaya used 73-01, redirects here
 * West Irian used 63-73, redirects to Western New Guinea
 * Irian Barat used 63-73, redirects to Western New Guinea


 * West Papua (province) (created 2003)
 * West Irian Jaya used 03-07, redirects here
 * Irian Jaya Barat used 03-07, redirects here

Conclusion
Former names should redirect to the article that most prominently covers the area at the time the name was used for the area. The above shows that prior names for Papua redirect to Western New Guinea, not Papua (province) with the exception of Irian Jaya. Therefore, Irian Jaya should redirect to Western New Guinea also. MB 03:21, 2 March 2017 (UTC)