Talk:Cherbourg-Octeville

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[edit] Battle of Cherbourg

Could someone please write a few lines about the Battle of Cherbourg during the Normandy campaign in World War II? Thanks. --dmakatra 16:54, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

There is an article about it in the German Wikipedia, at [1]. olivier 07:30, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Could someone translate it then? At least parts of it?--dmakatra 16:56, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Amazingly, there doesn't seem to be an article about the Battle of Cherbourg, one of the most important battles in the latter stages of WWII, at all in EN Wikipedia. I'll notify the military history Wiki-project and maybe someone will volunteer (maybe I'll do it when I have time).--Caliga10 12:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger Proposal

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In the absence of contrary views I have merged the articles. Euryalus (talk) 00:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I propose that Cherbourg Harbour Project be merged into this article, for the following reasons:
  • Notability - The Cherbourg Harbour Project article relates to a single infrastructure work in the history of Cherbourg. It is worth noting as part of a larger article on the town, but has too little notability for a standalone page;
  • Length - The Cherbourg Harbour Project article has existed for two years as a two-line stub which links to this article and no others.
  • Context - the Harbour Project article has no context as a standalone page. Readers would have to also read this page to understand the relevance of the article, and even then it is not especially clear.
  • Usefulness to readers - A merge would help centralise information on Cherbourg in a single page, improving the utility of Wikipedia for readers. As neither article is very long the merge would not result in an unwieldy page.
Views and opinions of others would be welcome. Euryalus (talk) 08:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
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