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I need to stress yet again: at no point in history was there ever any political or geographical entity called Dutch Acadie. Can somebody honestly address why a neologistic name for a colony that only ever existed on paper, and was never under actual Dutch control, somehow needs a separate article from the one on Jurriaen Aernoutsz, the military commander who was actually in charge of the incursion? The whole thing was basically a minor historical footnote. Nobody's suggesting that the information should be deleted from Wikipedia, certainly, but the fact that you have to invent a name for it is a pretty clear indication of how little effect this actually had on the course of history — which is why Jurriaen Aernoutsz should be the primary article on the subject, not some invented geographical name. Bearcat (talk) 07:44, 11 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
Actually one correction, it was barely a paper colony because they attacked two forts and claimed the whoel area. Also they called it New Holland, not Dutch Acadie and Acadie is the french name for Acadia, so it should be Dutch Acadia for an english article from the start, but it shouldn't be an article. -Kirkoconnell (talk) 05:42, 12 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
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