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@RJJensen: Kingdom of the Ndl. is not Ndl. !
==Name for encyclopedia article==
==Name for encyclopedia article==
"The Kingdon of the Netherlands" is an English translation of the formal name. it is NOT the official name which is "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden". Our readers will be better served by the usual English name for the country, "Netherlands." For example if they are writing papers their teachers will want them to use "The Netherlands" and NOT use "The Kingdom..." variation. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 09:24, 5 January 2009 (EST)
"The Kingdon of the Netherlands" is an English translation of the formal name. it is NOT the official name which is "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden". Our readers will be better served by the usual English name for the country, "Netherlands." For example if they are writing papers their teachers will want them to use "The Netherlands" and NOT use "The Kingdom..." variation. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 09:24, 5 January 2009 (EST)
:I'm afraid, you're wrong. I elaborated this in the next section [[User:ClementB|Clement ♗]] 07:49, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
== The Kingdom of the Netherlands is not the Netherlands! ==
There is a not-too-subtle difference between ''The Netherlands'' and ''The Kingdom of the Netherlands'': The former are the European part of the latter. Actually, the Netherlands are just what is described in the article on [[The Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. '''The Kingdom of the Netherlands''' on the other hand consists from ''The Netherlands'', ''Aruba'' and the ''Netherlands Antilles''.
IMO, the existing article should be moved to '''The Netherlands''' and a new article should be created stating something like:
:'''The Kingdom of the Netherlands''' is as association of [[The Netherlands]], [[Aruba]] and the [[Netherlands Antilles]]. The responsibilities of the member states (Dutch: ''landen'') are described in the '' Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands''<ref>
http://www.minbzk.nl/aspx/download.aspx?file=/contents/pages/48365/thecharterforthekingdomofthenetherlands.pdf Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands</ref>.
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