Actually I was wondering if the redirect should go in the other direction. The general pattern for countries is to use their short names, ie China, Britain, Korea, India, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Mongolia, and so on and so on. Turtle Fan 06:12, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- Hrm, fair enough. Wanna do the honors? :) Elefuntboy 17:28, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- We might also want the title Versailles open in case HT ever does an interwar AH.
- I could. Turtle Fan 18:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Done. Something came up about not being able to move the talk page because this one exists. The message said "Contact an administrator but do not jusyt copy and paste the contents." Leaving aside for the moment the fact that I am an administrator, I took the challenge to heart. Let them try and stop me. Turtle Fan 18:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- Grin. Always the rebel, aren't we? :) Elefuntboy 00:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
If it's a kingdom, why is it ruled by a duke? Is he a sovereign duke, or is he a regent or steward or some such? Turtle Fan 18:51, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I was equally confused by that. In the book he is listed as Duke Raoul, but it is called the Kingdom of Versailles. Elefuntboy 19:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
- Perhaps fodder for the inconsistencies page? Unless someone can think of a kingdom ruled by a duke? TR 19:31, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
When Dukes are sovereign heads of state, their nations are duchies. A kingdom ruled by a duke is like a cow calling itself a horse. I suppose it's remotely possible he's got a duchy and a kingdom and chose to use the duke title, but I can't believe that even as I suggest it. As I said it's always possible that he's a regent, steward, administrator or otherwise a placeholder. But if he's the sovereign monarch, this is definitely Inconsistent. Elefunt's the point man on this story so I'd suggest we let him do the honors. Turtle Fan 20:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
- I bought the book as a hope I could use it for summer reading for my students--but it was too broad for that--I'll look tonight and doublecheck on it when I get home. :) Elefuntboy 22:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
- AH is tough if you don't discover it on your own, but at least you got a pleasant read for yourself out of it. Turtle Fan 03:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
- I was thinking the same thing, Turtle. At least I managed to find only *one* reference to King Charles. Sheesh. Elefuntboy 00:47, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'm glad this issue was resolved. :) TR 05:33, 1 March 2008 (UTC)