Talk:Althiburos

Merge discussion

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This appears to be on the same topic as that found at Altiburus. That article has some sourced content and six references that might need merging here, otherwise just a redirect. Mathglot (talk) 23:16, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Merge to Altiburus. Generally Roman-era towns should be under their Roman names, rather than what looks like an inauthentic 21st-century transliteration of a Greek or otherwise non-Latin name; unless there's some other persuasive reason for not using Altiburus, that spelling should be preferred. Both articles were created by the same editor about a year apart, so the difference is probably not significant. P Aculeius (talk) 00:33, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Merge to Althiburos. A ngram search shows that Altiburus is not a good option. Even the Altiburus article itself doesn't cite any reference supporting the title spelling. Said article was created Ten years later (not one year) than the Althiburos article, by a different editor.el.ziade (talkallam) 23:52, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

There are several references provided at "Altiburus", giving three different spellings: two French-language sources give "Althiburos", presumably the French rendering—Brill's New Pauly gives "Althiburus", with Latinate ending; two sources concerning the Catholic see give "Altiburus", presumably the Latin spelling, as "Althi-" does not look Latin. I'm sure other sources are available to substantiate the Roman name with or without this, but an ending in -os appears modern, not Roman.

The notion that this article was created ten years earlier is highly misleading: what was created at this title in 2006 was a redirect to a modern village in Tunisia—and it was altered once in 2016 to fix a double-redirect—before the current article was written in August, 2017 by D A R C 12345, who had previously written the article on Altiburus in December, 2016. So "Altiburus" is actually the older article; but priority is not really relevant.

The question is, "what was the Roman name of the town?" And if the answer is "Altiburus", then the articles should be merged under that title. If it's "Althiburus", then there. The one title that seems unlikely is "Althiburos", since at best that seems to be only the French rendering, and the article is about a Roman town. P Aculeius (talk) 13:36, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

• Merge two articles for same topic. Onceinawhile (talk) 14:39, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

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