Talk:Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Move Article?[edit]

It seems like this article would be better placed under a title like "Committee on Heraldry of the New England..." Surely there are other heraldic committees with which this one might be confused. Any thoughts? By the way, thanks for creating this article and making all the links to it.--Evadb 20:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Actually, to the best of my knowledge (and heraldry is my primary hobby) there is no other body with the name Committee on Heraldry. I tried entitling the article "Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society" and found it to be unwieldy, but I am relatively inexperienced with Wikipedia and leave the judgement call to you, if you would like to move it back.

BTW, their secretary and papers are all in Rhode Island, and they are financially independent of NEHGS, though the president of NEHGS serves ex officio on the committee.

Jonathan David Makepeace 23:39, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Jonathan. I, too, am relatively inexperienced with wikipedia. My main hobby is heraldry, as well, but I would leave the judgement call to you on this, as you know more about the NEGHS and their committee than I. It using the forms on your unofficial site that I was able to register my own arms with the Committee. As for other committees, I think that the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society has a Committee on Heraldry, though I've alternately seen it called the Heraldry Committee. I know a couple of the members of that committee, so I can ask what the "official" title is.--Evadb 05:59, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked their Website, and you are right. I had only seen "Heraldry Committee" before, but they are clearly known as a "Committee on Heraldry" at least some of the time. I'll let that sink in and move the page accordingly.--Jonathan David Makepeace 13:33, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps it would be better to turn Committee on Heraldry into a disambiguation page and then have links to Committee on Heraldry (NEHGS) and Committee on Heraldry (NYGBS). That would solve the really-long-article-title problem.--Evadb 13:49, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But the names wouldn't be descriptive, the main advantage of the long form, and there is no page for the NYGBS Committee on Heraldry. If someone creates one, I agree that Committee on Heraldry should become a disambiguation page.

Jonathan David Makepeace 17:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. If I ever get around to making a NYG&B CoH page, I'll make the disambig page. Until then, we ought to leave things like they are.--Evadb 19:27, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I've made a NYG&B, but not a NYG&B CoH page yet. Does the G&B page have any info about its CoH?--Eva ^db 14:19, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Date[edit]

Is there some significance in the date 10 February 1917, for arms - if it isn't arbitrary it should be explained. Alci12 12:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]