Talk:Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales

Merge proposal
I don't agree that this article should be merged with England Gazetteers. This article is about a work which covers both England and Wales and so should be linked from England Gazetteers and Wales Gazetteers, and it is significant enough to warrant it's own article. --Steve 13:34, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

If this article were merged into the England Gazetteers page that would require it to also be merged into the Wales Gazetteers article. It would make both of the England and Wales articles longer. Longer articles seem to less user friendly, especially for beginners. I think the existing article should be retained and with a few additions it could be a candidate for a featured article. Darris G. Williams 15:07, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I wrote my reply yesterday and now it is gone. How could it just disappear like that. Anyway back to this article. This article is very short and I'm not sure how it can expand. The England Gazetteers talks about what gazetteers are. I do not know why the 'Imperial Gazetteer' is not a section on the England Gazetteer page if it is so important. Currently it is in the section: Finding Place-Names in the Family History Library Catalog. I also notice that there is a page, A Topographical Dictionary of England that is quite short. I went online and found another gazetteer call the 'Parlimentary Gazetteer of England' It seems to me that if they are not going to be expanded on the England Gazetteer page then we should put all the online gazetteers on one page. It makes me think that the England Gazetteer page needs to be redrawn. The most important gazetteers should have there own section especially when there so short. It talks about the Family history Library when in fact all these gazetteers are online where they are easy to view and copy. Does anybody pull a gazetteer off the shelf anymore even if you happen to be in the library? Donjgen 17:48, 8 February 2012 (UTC)