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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Result was move all but Canada, which should be discussed separately. RockMagnetist(talk) 01:36, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]



– The use of the preposition "in" implies these countries were in the war (as belligerent states) which they were not. Their citizens may have fought in the war and interesting bits of diplomatic relations may have occurred but the country itself was never in the War. Also for consistency with Australia and the American Civil War and United Kingdom and the American Civil War.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:48, 7 August 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 04:07, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

relevant results that showed the use of the conjunction were: Adam and Joe (a comedy duo); Show and tell (education) (where one thing works with another thing); Perth and Kinross (presenting two associated places; List of Parks and Recreation episodes (the closest parallel so far to the proposal); Yin and yang (opposites) and Victoria and Albert Museum (a reference to a married couple).
"And" is problematic though, arguably, not as problematic as "in". GregKaye 07:35, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support all. Srnec (talk) 16:32, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, though perhaps it would be better to discuss the Canadian article separately. I agree with the nom and Ebonelm. Clearly "in" is less than ideal because these countries did not participate in the conflict and "during" implies coverage of the entirety of what happened in that country during that period. Other articles happily use this format and there don't seem to be any problems there. I'd also be OK with Ebonelm's suggestion to add "The" for The Bahamas. Jenks24 (talk) 11:20, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, but alternatively recommend Merging into an existent Bahamian history article or sub-section. The present length suggests a lack of sufficient notable material for a stand-alone article.Froglich (talk) 19:00, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support all per nom. "in" is wrong. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:38, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.