Talk:Cape Colony

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[edit] Infobox update

This infobox should be replaced by {{Infobox Former Country}} Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 03:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Point taken. Done. --Ctatkinson 12:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge proposal

I think the information about the Colony's coat of arms would be more useful if included in this main article. Any comments? Madmedea 10:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

There are several reasons why there should be a separate article for the Coat of arms of Cape Colony. The Cape Colony is an article on a historical political entity comparable to a modern country that should have its own set of dependent but separate articles. Keeping the entry a separate separate also makes it easier to find with in the set of articles on heraldry. You may also have noticed that there is a sepatrate Flag of Cape Colony article, which is also proper.

Regarding structure however the parts about the Dutch colony should be split into a separate article, given its own infobox and have the links refering to the Dutch times redirected there. An appropriate name would be Dutch Cape Colony. -- Domino theory 22:14, 27 January 2007 (UTC)