Talk:Russian Caucasus Army

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The result of the move request was: moved Peter Karlsen (talk) 23:29, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

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• Russian Caucasian Army → Russian Caucasus Army — This is a simple swap and should be uncontroversial. (An argument could be made regarding which is the best translation to be the main disambig page and which the redirect, but no such argument has arisen to my knowledge.) Herostratus (talk) 16:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

• Russian Caucasus Army → Russian Caucasian Army

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• Support much less confusing. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 04:46, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
  • It is less confusing, as "Caucasian" is often used in the racial sense. Herostratus (talk) 15:40, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
• Comment. As to the translation of the Russian word "Кавказская", this is debatable. In my opinion this can be translated as either "Caucasian" or "of the Caucaus" depending on context, and perhaps "Army of the Caucasus" is the best translation for "Кавказская армия"; but we haven't done this, and so the choice is between "Caucasian Army" or "Caucasus Army". In my opinion the latter is most in keeping with military parlance. If America had an army based in its eastern mountains, its formal name would probably be "Appalachia Army" rather than "Appalachian Army", although in informal conversation people would use the latter adjectival form. I think "Caucasian Army" has been used some on Wikipedia because "Кавказская армия" has been transliterated rather than properly translated. Herostratus (talk) 15:40, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support Aisha9152 (talk) 18:52, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

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