Editing Talk:Fogo Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) (section)

== Merge proposal ==

I do not see a reason why there are two separate pages: [[Fogo Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)]] and [[Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador]]. Fogo Island is an island, and that island is also a town. They are one and the same. In my opinion, this is like having a separate article about the [[Azores]] archipelago and the Azores region, or about the Island of [[Nauru]] and the Country of Nauru. Those don't exist because they are both exactly the same thing.

Now we have one page where the reader finds information about the history, toponymy and tourism of Fogo Island, and a wholly separate page where the reader finds information about the population, government, climate and culture of Fogo Island. It is just logical that someone who wants to read about Fogo Island finds it all in one place instead of having to put pieces of a puzzle together like this.

That's why I would like to propose to merge both into one single page. [[User:Ycleymans|Ycleymans]] ([[User talk:Ycleymans|talk]]) 10:44, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
:The [https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=AAHEK island] and the [https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=ACTKC town] do indeed appear to occupy the same geography. [[User:Magnolia677|Magnolia677]] ([[User talk:Magnolia677|talk]]) 16:24, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
::If there is a merge, we should merge into [[Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador]] instead of the other way around. [[User:Hwy43|Hwy43]] ([[User talk:Hwy43|talk]]) 18:01, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
:::Could you please give your reasoning? Thank you. [[User:Ycleymans|Ycleymans]] ([[User talk:Ycleymans|talk]]) 18:49, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
::::[[WP:CANPLACE]]. [[User:Hwy43|Hwy43]] ([[User talk:Hwy43|talk]]) 02:26, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::As of today, some 40 days after the original proposal, I would say the general proposal has one person being against and three being in favor and/or having no general objection. 
:::::Concerning ''Hwy43'''s point of changing the direction in which the merge would go: it's fine by me to merge into ''Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador'' (other way around). So I will change the proposal's 'merging direction' if no one comments any remarks against this in the coming days. [[User:Ycleymans|Ycleymans]] ([[User talk:Ycleymans|talk]]) 15:51, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
*'''Oppose'''{{snd}}The above comparisons to the Azores and Nauru would only make sense if the Town of Fogo Island encompassed the entirety of Fogo Island, which it does not. For example, [[Stag Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador|Stag Harbour]] is a [[designated place]] on Fogo Island, but it is not part of the Town of Fogo Island. ''[[User:Yue|<span style="color:#595959;">Yue</span>]]''🌙 ([[User talk:Yue|talk]]) 03:22, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
*:Stag Harbour is part of the town of Fogo Island, even though it is a DPL. Statistics Canada sometimes lets places amalgamated into municipalities retain their DPL status, in order to ensure statistical continuity with past censuses.
*:[https://www.assembly.nl.ca/Legislation/sr/regulations/rc110003.htm Here] you can find the law which officialy created the Town of Fogo Island. Under Article 5 of said law, it is stipulated that the "''boundaries of the Town of Fogo Island are inclusive of the island of Fogo''", meaning the town equals the entire island.
*:See [https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2021/PDF/CSS_Community_2021.pdf here] as well on page 20, section 8N. All communities on the island have their census data still separately gathered, even though they all fall under the town. [[User:Ycleymans|Ycleymans]] ([[User talk:Ycleymans|talk]]) 15:30, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
*::Ycleymans is correct. [[Designated place]]s are sub-municipal areas. They are not municipalities. [[User:Hwy43|Hwy43]] ([[User talk:Hwy43|talk]]) 04:01, 6 February 2026 (UTC)