Talk:Greater Johannesburg

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Merge with Witwatersrand[edit]

There seems to be a lot of overlap between the two articles. Either some way of differentiating them needs to be found or they should be merged. It seems that they both refer to the same area, but I could be mistaken. 168.209.98.35 14:08, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As per the discussion on Talk:Witwatersrand, I have removed the merge notice.168.209.98.35 15:13, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to make more sense to merge with City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality --NJR ZA (talk) 08:43, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality[edit]

The is no official area called Greater Johannesburg and the information contained here seems to belong in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. See the Municipal Demarcation Board for current municipal information. --NJR ZA (talk) 08:51, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do not merge[edit]

The Witwatersrand is an un-PC name for the Greater Jo'burg area, dummy. In any case, Greater Jo'burg is not just the CoJ metro municipality. That's why this page is here: Johannesburg's de facto contiguous metro area should include both the East and West Rand. Go bond with your map book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.54.202.102 (talk) 09:16, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Major rework to avoid deletion[edit]

Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion says improve the page if possible rather than deletion. This I have attempted, by rewriting only with statements backed by reliable sources. I hope that, by showing what the article can legitimately be, to inform the current AfD discussion. Anyone can help with this!

The following lists what I have removed, and why:

the map (File:Greater Johannesburg OpenStreetMap small.svg) - it was created from OpenStreetMap which doesn't recognise the name "Greater Johannesburg",
"see also ... Municipal Demarcation Board" - its website search finds nothing for Greater Johannesburg,
the 2007 Community Survey population figures - that survey didn't mention "Greater Johannesburg" (look eg here for the Gauteng report),
the Beavon paper "Nearer my Mall to Thee" - though mentioning "Greater Johannesburg", gives little insight into its definition other than also mentioning the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council.
the 10,267,700 figure including Ekurhuleni, the West Rand, etc - I doubt the now defunct source (looking4.co.za) counts as reliable.

Batternut (talk) 00:49, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]