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::::It should be a case by case thing. Portland is also an historic port-city in Victoria, Australia. There is the famous [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]]. And so on. Click on [[Kingston]] - there are many many more towns and cities of that name around the world founded by Brits during the colonial era and named after their home town. I would mention the state unless you are sure it is unique. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 18:45, 25 September 2012 (EDT)

::::It should be a case by case thing. Portland is also an historic port-city in Victoria, Australia. There is the famous [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]]. And so on. Click on [[Kingston]] - there are many many more towns and cities of that name around the world founded by Brits during the colonial era and named after their home town. I would mention the state unless you are sure it is unique. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 18:45, 25 September 2012 (EDT)

:::::An example of what can happen. In March 2007 an edit to [[Archimedes]] mentioned the tyrant of Syracuse with a red link to Syracuse. In October 2007 an article was created for Syracuse New York, heading: [[Syracuse]] This enlivened the link in the Archimedes article to make it look (to the very ignorant) as if he lived in upstate New York. It's fixable but would not have happened if the American city had been headed "Syracuse N.Y." or similar. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 19:37, 25 September 2012 (EDT)

:::::An example of what can happen. In March 2007 an edit to [[Archimedes]] mentioned the tyrant of Syracuse with a red link to Syracuse. In October 2007 an article was created for Syracuse New York, heading: [[Syracuse]] This enlivened the link in the Archimedes article to make it look (to the very ignorant) as if he lived in upstate New York. It's fixable but would not have happened if the American city had been headed "Syracuse N.Y." or similar. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 19:37, 25 September 2012 (EDT)