Talk:Provinces of Angola

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The town of Jamba in Huila province was not the HQ of UNITA. UNITA's Jamba was in Cuando Cubango province.

Naming

The reasons aren't included in the article history, sadly. But the move log has my reasoning - I didn't just want to say "Zaire (province)" because there could still be confusion with the old country of Zaire; is this article about a province of Zaire? With (Angolan province), there is complete context in the title to answer any questions. Likewise with Huila; there is a Huila department in Colombia, and I didn't want articles named "Huila (province)" and "Huila (department)", since the province and department are functionally similar, this may not provice enough information. (Likewise, why I'm trying to move Punjab (Pakistan) and Punjab, India, to Punjab (Pakistani province) and Punjab (Indian state)). --Golbez 05:18, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

• object.
  • There are hundred thousand functionaly similiar things in the area of subnational entities. But if there is only one province than this is fine. The entities in Angola are not called department and those in Colombia not province.
  • An article about one or more of the provinces of Zaire would never be at Zaire (province) as long as there is no province with that name in Zaire. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 14:54, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Response to the first: Not in the first-level, and some people may easily be confused. Someone in Colombia may not understand that a province is different, and vice versa.

Response to the second: Again, this is to minimize confusion. --Golbez 20:20, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

I renamed the province articles so they match the category names.

1. name like corresponding category
2. WP:NC:CS
3. make it easier to link from written text in articles, without redirect
4. saw no activity
5. the corresponding Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa seems to be occupied with article tagging and with Uganda, so I was bold.
6. Also it seems that User:Thomas.macmillan supports this naming http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malanje_Province&diff=226711829&oldid=226709944

TopoCode (talk) 18:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)