Talk:King County (disambiguation)

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Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 13:06, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

King County (disambiguation) → King County — The others in Category:County name disambiguation pages don't have "(disambiguation)". TakakaCounty (talk) 01:09, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Seems highly unlikely there's a primary topic here. Powers ^T 12:30, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the rationale for the existing arrangement appears to be that King County, Washington is the primary topic as it is a highly populated country, containing the city of Seattle, while King County, Texas is a sparsely populated rural area and King County, New South Wales is defunct (and also presumably sparsely populated). If this were a conversation about cities, there would certainly be one primary topic. This is less clear for counties, as they both have equal rank in the US geographical hierarchy. So I don't personally know the correct answer here. Muraho (talk) 14:44, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The one in NSW is not defunct. TakakaCounty (talk) 09:20, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - OK, 97.62% defunct. "The counties have little official function and are only now used for land titles and geographic surveying, and as an area of coverage within some industrial awards."

Oppose. Seems highly likely there's a primary topic here. i.e. King County, Washington with almost 2 million people vs. King County, Texas with 356 people (sic) and the defunct King County, New South Wales. Of course, one could argue ambiguity with Kings County... — AjaxSmack 00:34, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Likely is insufficient. TakakaCounty (talk) 09:18, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I too thought at first that there would not be a primary topic, but looking at the huge disparity in sizes I have to conclude that there is. PatGallacher (talk) 10:44, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment WP:PT is about knowing in advance which one is more important. After looking up you will find size disparities for everything. TakakaCounty (talk) 09:18, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - "WP:PT is about knowing in advance". Really? Why? I didn't see that part of WP:PT. But if it makes you fell better, I already knew that the King County in the USA was vastly more notable than the other two. — AjaxSmack 17:16, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, per nom. TakakaCounty (talk) 09:18, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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