User talk:Hfxgov

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Navigation aids should point to the titles of the articles in question
Greetings! I see you edited a navigational header in the Halifax, Nova Scotia article today. However, your edit changed the pointer from the article in question to a redirect to it. Since the navigational headers help users find their way around Wikipedia, the title of the article in question should be used. That's why I changed it back.

I wasn't involved in the discussions, but it looks like about a year ago, there was a shakeup in how the history of Halifax was covered, with the dissolution of the city and formation of the regional municipality being a dividing point. The history of the city, pre-merger, is now covered at History of Halifax (former city). I am surprised that there is not some kind of disambiguator at the History of Halifax title pointing toward the other pre-merger cities' histories and (if one has been written) the history of the HRM. However, given that the current situation came out of discussions involving multiple editors, I personally would not go in and make the change directly—I would open discussion (probably at Talk:Halifax, Nova Scotia to see if there's consensus for the change. —C.Fred (talk) 14:22, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Halifax, Nova Scotia (former city)
C.Fred. I do indeed work for the municipality of Halifax. Two weekends ago Facebook started using (former city) in the location for Halifax, Nova Scotia. There was speculation it might be being pulled from Wikipedia? I think it more likely it is from Google Maps? I have contacted Facebook to see about getting it removed but thus far have been unsuccessful. I thought maybe I could try to change it here in Wikipedia and see if it had any effect. You are obviously way more versed in Wikipedia than I so any insight you can provide in our to remedy this (former city) issue would be much appreicated. Our Deputy Mayor is quite concerned. Thanks Hfxgov (talk) 15:33, 6 April 2016 (UTC) hfxgov