Talk:Nassau

The descriptions (and a couple red-links) could use some help from someone knowledgable about the history of Germany, Netherlands, and/or Prussia (esp 17th century). Niteowlneils 00:21, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Requested move
So that Nassau, Bahamas, can be moved here: the capital city of a present-day independent nation should get primary topic disambiguation. Please discuss on Talk:Nassau, Bahamas. –Hajor 01:18, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I can see your point. However I oppose to rename the Nassau in Bahamas because when I hear "Nassau" the Bahamas is certainly not the first or second or even third thing that enters my mind. However I would support a move to rename it to "Nassau (disambiguation)" but only with the "Nassau" leading to this disamb. and not as the capital of Bahamas. Gryffindor  01:39, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Where are you from Gryffindor, so I can figure out your reaction to Naasau? --Commander Keane 05:59, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I think it's silly to have an article called "X (disambiguation)" if plain "X" redirects there. I don't think either Nassau, Bahamas or Nassau, Germany is sufficiently dominant to allow it to be called Nassau alone. --Angr/undefined 11:18, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it to be moved.

This is a very old problem, when two cities with the same name are: 1) very old (like the ancient German town) and 2) very prominent (like the capital city). I think Nassau is the Bahamian capital for everybody but Germans and residents of New York (which have Nassau County) nearby. When you see "Nassau" on T-shirts, Postcards etc it is always the Bahamian capital however, so on the page this should be listed first, not way down... Sadly Wikipedia is not democratic at all, a location in a large, wealthy western country will always be treated better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.205.251.181 (talk) 11:06, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * well one is (indirectly) named after the other one. The German Nassau is the original one. and btw i think many people don't know any of them178.210.114.106 (talk) 18:08, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Of all the many places named Nassau, the original Nassau after which all the others (with the exception of a small eastern German town) are named, is the most prominent by far, having given its name to a significant historical and geographical region in today's Germany, a sovereign state (until 1866), a modern administrative district, one of Europe's most prominent royal houses, and countless other entities in Germany and around the world. Several hundred thousand people live within the geographical region and former state in modern Germany called Nassau. Of all the places named for the original German Nassau, Nassau County, New York (population: 1,3 million) is far more prominent than the small and fairly obscure city in the Carrribean (population: 200,000). The primary topic, if any, would be the larger geographical region and former independent state of Nassau, which includes and evolved from the original namesake. Tadeusz Nowak (talk) 19:33, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Placename list order
Shouldn't the most populous or most significant places named Nassau be given priority or highlighting near the top of the list? If I read an article about a place named Nassau but didn't know which one it might be referring to, and looked up "Nassau" on Wikipedia, this list is currently entirely unhelpful. It's great that all of them are named after Nassau, Germany, but it's population is not even 5000. -- Renesis (talk) 16:10, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * but since it is the original Nassau it can be argued that it is the most significant/important one.178.210.114.106 (talk) 18:11, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * and ordering them by their population does not seem that helpful either178.210.114.106 (talk) 18:14, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Nassau in Germany, that is, the geographical and historical region and former sovereign country, has several hundred thousand inhabitants. Tadeusz Nowak (talk) 19:44, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Nassau, Bahamas which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 03:14, 25 August 2014 (UTC)