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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 12:55, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Amorebieta-Etxano

 * ... that the municipality of Amorebieta-Etxano was formed in 1951 by the merger of two very unequal-sized communities?


 * Reviewed: Rosamind Julius

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 05:41, 16 October 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg · Article size and expansion is fine, and the article is appropriately referenced. Hook is neutral and interesting enough. The merge in 1951 has inline citation, and is verified in online reference. The "two very unequal-sized communities" part of the hook seems unclear to me. "Size" is ambigious (area or population?), and while the area of Amorebieta and Etxano is not mentioned at all, the difference in population seems to be based on the 2014 census (which is cited, but the linked url returned only emptiness), not at the time of the merge. Spot checks did not reveal close paraphrasing. QPQ done. Oceanh (talk) 12:13, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The figures can be got from the INE database (ref 4) by putting the required location into the search box. The 2014 figures are way over to the right on my screen. The hook is not very exciting, but I guess the town is largely a dormitory town for Bilbao. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:57, 23 October 2015 (UTC)


 * ALT1 ... that the municipality of Amorebieta-Etxano was formed in 1951 by the merger of two communities, one of which had nearly 17,000 inhabitants by 2014 while the other had just 221?
 * Thank you for the ALT1 hook. I still have problems with the numbers, though. The History section says, "In the 2014 census, Amorebieta had a population of 16,907 while that of Etxano was 221." 16,907+221=17,128. The infobox says the population is 18,579 (in 2014), while the lead says " the population of the municipality was about 19,000". Why do the numbers add up differently? Are some of the figures wrong, or are there some non-mentioned districts that account for the difference? By the way, I still can not access the 2014 census. Oceanh (talk) 13:24, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I guess there are some outlying villages. The source that I can access has all the three figures on the same page. I have altered the lead figures to agree with the source. The 19,000 figure was there before I started editing the article. I apologize for making a mess of this one. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:23, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg · Population figures in the article are now consistent. AGF on inaccessible source for the 2014 cencus. A side comment: according to the 1950 census, Amorebieta had 6,216 inhabitants, and Etxano had 1,107 inhabitants then, if I understand the figures correctly. Oceanh (talk) 21:39, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Not so unequal in 1950 then, - I hadn't found that source. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:42, 24 October 2015 (UTC)