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→South as a direction: in summary...
You're right 1990'sguy, and I wasn't ignoring it. Both suggestions are pretty good. I think South (region) a great candidate for a redirect, and perhaps South (American region) as well, so if someone types "South" into the search box, that will show. However, the south doesn't mean the same in Australia or any other country as it does here in the US. The problem becomes, how do title a page on a colloquial term for global use? It sounds like from this discussion, "The South" is the favored option, so that's what I'll probably do unless someone else objects or intervenes. To help patch up the aftermath, a few redirects will be in order, including one from South (region). --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 18:19, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
You're right 1990'sguy, and I wasn't ignoring it. Both suggestions are pretty good. I think South (region) a great candidate for a redirect, and perhaps South (American region) as well, so if someone types "South" into the search box, that will show. However, the south doesn't mean the same in Australia or any other country as it does here in the US. The problem becomes, how do title a page on a colloquial term for global use? It sounds like from this discussion, "The South" is the favored option, so that's what I'll probably do unless someone else objects or intervenes. To help patch up the aftermath, a few redirects will be in order, including one from South (region). --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 18:19, 5 November 2016 (EDT)
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So in summary of all that, the options seem to be:
*''The South'' - Somewhat easy to find and colloquially reasonable, but not very encyclopedic. Mr. Schlafly peviously moved the page from this title to here
*South (region) - Easy to find and slightly more accurate, but still ambiguous
*South (American region) - Easy to find and fairly accurate (though it could refer to South America), but clumsy
*American South - Not so easy to find, and not very accurate, but better than the present
*''Southern United States'' - Accurate and specific, but hard to find
The two in italics are already redirects, meaning than only an admin can more the page to theses. I don't know if I can (or should) do much here. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup><small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small></sup> 23:46, 8 November 2016 (EST)