Talk:Baltistics

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It has been proposed in this section that Baltistics be renamed and moved to Baltic studiesBaltic studies.

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Baltistics → Baltic studiesBaltic studies – Per WP:COMMONNAME. Baltic studies is by far the most common name of this academic discipline in English, just as with many other European fields of study, such as German studies, Slavic studies, Romance studies, Balkan studies… See the sources cited in this article as well as Ngram. ~2026-51823-00 (talk) 12:41, 26 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Comment. In most Google search results and in some of the references, "Baltic Studies" is defined more broadly than here, encompassing also Estonia (Baltic states), or even the whole Baltic Sea region. "Baltistics" on the hand seems to be usually defined with a narrower scope, focused on the linguistic group. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 12:04, 27 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

This problem with varying scopes could be solved by using a fuzzier definition, unless we really want to consider Baltic Studies (broad) and Baltistics (narrow) different fields of study. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 12:13, 27 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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