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On need for expansion

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This article could be improved by talking more about the populace of the Free State.--Wowaconia 15:20, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category renaming

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Article name

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Observation: Though it is perhaps true that this province is the only entity in the world that has the official name "Free State", I don't think it can be said that the SA province is particularly more well-known worldwide than many other "Free State" entities historically (Irish Free State, Congo Free State, Free State of Saxony, etc.). As such it is probably more appropriate that the Free State be a disamiguation page and the SA province article be named something like Free State, South Africa.

--Mcorazao (talk) 03:47, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am ambivalent about such a move, but if you are going to propose a move it should be to Free State (South African province), for consistency with North West (South African province). - htonl (talk) 12:37, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Stolen content?

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http://www.franklinview.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=96 --Jefo (talk) 17:16, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Page moved. Note that this was where it started in 2006. Vegaswikian (talk) 04:58, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Free StateFree State (South African province)‎ – because per Free state (disambiguation), the term "Free State" is highly ambiguous. As well as the generic concept of Free state (government), "Free State" is part of the name of 14 former states. Several of those, such as the Irish Free State, were abbreviated in local common usage simply as the "Free State". The suggested disambiguator is as used for North West (South African province).
If this article is moved, then Free State should be redirected to the disambiguation page at Free state. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why not? It certainly distinguishes it from the philosophical concept. There's no time a grammatically correct sentence would use that meaning in a manner that would send a link here or use this province in such a way to send a link there.
The only problem is the other Free States. They do deserve a disambig, but an appropriate one of their own here, separate from the philosophical concept. — LlywelynII 15:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Move

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Move to Free State because (province) is just a redundant title. 2A02:C7D:3FB0:300:C4E8:3E1:EC75:F51 (talk) 17:46, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Free State" listed at Redirects for discussion

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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Free State. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 June 8#Free State until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 07:34, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]