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Why is the community of Sackville not mentioned in regards to the history and status of the HRM? Last time I checked, it's a part of the HRM, and has been since the HRM was formed in 1996. It looks like it may have been incorrectly lumped in with Bedford. Sackville and Bedford are two distinct communities, and are commonly regarded as separate.
Someone should update this page to reflect the inclusion of Sackville, in the proper format, and with the proper history. 142.177.154.74 ( talk) 03:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
Lots of good content here but a little too war-dominated. Even though Halifax has been an important military base, there are lots of important non-military periods and themes that should be noted. Dan Conlin ( talk) 19:36, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
This may be controversial, but hear me out. I propose that Halifax (former city) be merged into History of Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality for the following reasons:
I expect the counter-argument to be that with the 1996 municipal amalgamation, the communities that comprised the former city of Halifax did not cease to exist. But those communities will still have a presence on Wikipedia in the form of articles such as North End, Halifax, Halifax Peninsula, Fairview, etc. The specific communities that comprised the former city can easily be listed in the History of Halifax and/or Communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality articles. Upon merging, I propose that the Halifax (former city) link then redirect to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Citobun ( talk) 04:33, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
NO. While largely out of the debate on these issues, I have to say I think this would be a mistake. There were four municipal units that were amalgamated, Halifax City did not annex the other three. HRM is a new government of which the former city is a part only. WayeMason ( talk) 14:08, 9 August 2015 (UTC) Let me add after thinking about it that I perhaps all the HRM wide articles could be merged into the main Halifax, NS page and all the city of Halifax articles could be merged. Maybe have a History of Halifax (City) page and put all the historic ones in there? WayeMason ( talk) 22:09, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Subject | Article | Content |
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The history of the former city of Halifax | History of Halifax (former city) | New article formed from merger between Halifax (former city) and History of Halifax |
The history of Dartmouth | History of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | Article already exists |
The history of Bedford | n/a | Accommodated within Bedford, Nova Scotia |
The history of Halifax County | n/a | Accommodated within Halifax County, Nova Scotia |
The history of HRM | n/a | Owing to relatively short history of HRM, can be accommodated within Halifax, Nova Scotia |
The result of the move request was: moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mello hi! ( 投稿) 17:40, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
Community of Halifax, Nova Scotia → History of Halifax, Nova Scotia – Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:PRECISION. To my knowledge, there is no formally defined entity named the "Community of Halifax, Nova Scotia", and almost the entire page concerns the history of the former city and the present Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). It makes little sense to name this page after an undefined "community" when it is in fact a history article about two clearly identifiable municipalities. I know there is a political and semantic dispute over historical outlying communities within the HRM getting short shrift (both on Wikipedia and in real life), but Wikipedia is meant to make sense to the general (uninformed) public, not just to make the locals happy. Carguychris ( talk) 16:54, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
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History of Halifax, Nova Scotia article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
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![]() | The contents of the Halifax (former city) page were merged into History of Halifax, Nova Scotia on 29 September 2015. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
![]() | On 18 October 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Community of Halifax, Nova Scotia to History of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Why is the community of Sackville not mentioned in regards to the history and status of the HRM? Last time I checked, it's a part of the HRM, and has been since the HRM was formed in 1996. It looks like it may have been incorrectly lumped in with Bedford. Sackville and Bedford are two distinct communities, and are commonly regarded as separate.
Someone should update this page to reflect the inclusion of Sackville, in the proper format, and with the proper history. 142.177.154.74 ( talk) 03:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
Lots of good content here but a little too war-dominated. Even though Halifax has been an important military base, there are lots of important non-military periods and themes that should be noted. Dan Conlin ( talk) 19:36, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
This may be controversial, but hear me out. I propose that Halifax (former city) be merged into History of Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality for the following reasons:
I expect the counter-argument to be that with the 1996 municipal amalgamation, the communities that comprised the former city of Halifax did not cease to exist. But those communities will still have a presence on Wikipedia in the form of articles such as North End, Halifax, Halifax Peninsula, Fairview, etc. The specific communities that comprised the former city can easily be listed in the History of Halifax and/or Communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality articles. Upon merging, I propose that the Halifax (former city) link then redirect to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Citobun ( talk) 04:33, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
NO. While largely out of the debate on these issues, I have to say I think this would be a mistake. There were four municipal units that were amalgamated, Halifax City did not annex the other three. HRM is a new government of which the former city is a part only. WayeMason ( talk) 14:08, 9 August 2015 (UTC) Let me add after thinking about it that I perhaps all the HRM wide articles could be merged into the main Halifax, NS page and all the city of Halifax articles could be merged. Maybe have a History of Halifax (City) page and put all the historic ones in there? WayeMason ( talk) 22:09, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Subject | Article | Content |
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The history of the former city of Halifax | History of Halifax (former city) | New article formed from merger between Halifax (former city) and History of Halifax |
The history of Dartmouth | History of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | Article already exists |
The history of Bedford | n/a | Accommodated within Bedford, Nova Scotia |
The history of Halifax County | n/a | Accommodated within Halifax County, Nova Scotia |
The history of HRM | n/a | Owing to relatively short history of HRM, can be accommodated within Halifax, Nova Scotia |
The result of the move request was: moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mello hi! ( 投稿) 17:40, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
Community of Halifax, Nova Scotia → History of Halifax, Nova Scotia – Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:PRECISION. To my knowledge, there is no formally defined entity named the "Community of Halifax, Nova Scotia", and almost the entire page concerns the history of the former city and the present Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). It makes little sense to name this page after an undefined "community" when it is in fact a history article about two clearly identifiable municipalities. I know there is a political and semantic dispute over historical outlying communities within the HRM getting short shrift (both on Wikipedia and in real life), but Wikipedia is meant to make sense to the general (uninformed) public, not just to make the locals happy. Carguychris ( talk) 16:54, 18 October 2022 (UTC)