Category talk:Navy of the Dominican Republic
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Themightyquill
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- Should be plural, rename Category:Navies by country.
- Rename sub-cat "Navy of country" cats which cover multiple organizations (e.g. Germany) to "Navies of country"
- Rename sub-cat "Navy of country" cats which really refer to a single navy (e.g. Guatemala) to their proper name. Josh (talk) 16:39, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
Closed (no objections) Josh (talk) 17:23, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
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Move to Category:Navy of the Dominican Republic for clarity. Dominica currently has no standing military, but perhaps they once had a navy? Either way it's unnecessarily ambiguous. Themightyquill (talk) 07:23, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- Surely. Pibwl (talk) 11:44, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
Keep "Dominican Navy" is the official name of the Dominican Republic's navy.There is only one "Dominican Navy". Since Dominica does not have/has not had one, there is nothing to confuse it with. In the case where someone thinks the Dominican Navy belongs to Dominica, the {{Wikidata Infobox}} makes it clear. @Themightyquill and Pibwl: If Dominica ever does create a navy or we get material to that effect, we can worry about it then, but for now, there is not enough cause to use a neologism in place of the official title. Josh (talk) 20:06, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
- In principle, that's fine, but where are you getting "Dominican Navy" as the official name? It seems to be "Armada de Republica Dominicana" not "Armada Dominicana". - Themightyquill (talk) 08:40, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
Support @Themightyquill: Excellent point. I have some books that refer to it as the "Dominican Navy" or "Marina de Guerra Dominicana" but these are dated. However, the official website is unambiguous in using "Armada de Republica Dominicana", at least now. I don't know if it changed recently or it is just a matter of smaller country, smaller navy, little hard data on 'official' designations. Either way it does not matter, we should use the current name, and that would definitely mean renaming to Category:Navy of the Dominican Republic. Thank you for prompting some more research. Josh (talk) 07:53, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Moved to Category:Navy of the Dominican Republic. - Themightyquill (talk) 23:56, 21 November 2019 (UTC)