User talk:Afernand74/Archives/2014/January

Antwerp
Thanks for looking over the article, I wondered why Liège was spelled Liége in the Official History and not on Wikipaedia. Is that why all the place names I copied from it are wrong too? (I expect that Battle of Liège is littered with them.) RegardsKeith-264 (talk) 20:09, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, it was my pleasure. Very interesting articles. Belgian city names often come in three flavors in history books: Dutch, French, English and some time even German. For example: Gent, Gand, Ghent; Brussel, Bruxelles, Brussels; Ieper, Ypres, Ypres; ... One is not better than other. It is just a question of personal preference and more importantly consistency across the article and proper wikilinking. A person not familiar with Belgium may think "Tienen" and "Tirlemont" are two different cities while it is the very same one.
 * The case of Liège (F; Luik in Dutch) is different. The French spelling was changed by law in 1946 to adjust its spelling to the most common pronunciation at the time. The grave accent in Liège was to be used over the acute from Liége. As a consequence, all pre-1946 history books spell Liège "Liége": eg 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on "Liége". Regards Alberto Fernández Fernández (talk) 08:48, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I noticed that with Dendermonde, which mysteriously changed name in Belgian maps.;O) Piron's done an excellent job linking things which I wouldn't have known were linkable and your fresh pair of eyes has been great help. Glad you like our work.Keith-264 (talk) 13:43, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

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Wells
Hi. Is it possible to approximately express the "hide" in modern units? That would help the reader.Anythingyouwant (talk) 14:18, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I guess if it varied from county to county then that makes it difficult, but surely there was a limited range of variationAnythingyouwant (talk) 15:56, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I could not find any link between a "hide" and a modern unit. In fact, from what I understand, a five-hide unit was a unit of taxation that was not linked to an actual surface or extension. A "hide" is more a measure of income and wealth than surface. Eleven hides are therefore to be compared to the typical five-hide unit used by the administration. Alberto Fernández Fernández (talk) 12:31, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks.Anythingyouwant (talk) 15:41, 20 January 2014 (UTC)