Difference between revisions of "Talk:Southampton"

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Its not a good idea to change the article without discussing the changes here, and even then its not wise to do so until a consensus is reached, that goes for everyone. [[User:John|John]] 04:36, 6 September 2007 (GMT)
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Its not a good idea to change the article without discussing the changes here, and even then its not wise to do so until a consensus is reached, that goes for everyone. And just a note: "[having] several nations' Southamptons on this page" is not a viable option, its either change it to a pure disambig page or keep it as is with the other meanings link, in my view.[[User:John|John]] 04:36, 6 September 2007 (GMT)

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Considering this is a RL location and many could claim it, I'm taking the liberty to add sections for our individual nations. If you want an article of your own, create an article Southampton (Willink). Then I'm going to do the same for my nation and this page will become a disambig page. However, if it's all right with you to have several nations' Southamptons on this page, that'll safe a lot of work.

Um, no? I am the original creator of the page, ignoring the fact my Southampton far outsizes both yours, and Matt's (Whom I talked to about it moments ago), which, in turn stays in line with the importance policy of any encyclopedic entity (Why Toronto, on Wikipedia takes you to Toronto, Canada, rather than a disambiguation page or Toronto, Indiana). If you wish to create your own Southampton page, I will create a disambiguation page from which a link to yours will be provided. Willink 19:33, 4 September 2007 (GMT)

This is silly. Each city should have its own article (eg. Southampton_(Willink) Etc.) with a central disambiguation page like Willink says. There are several RL cities called "London" but you don't see all their articles on the same page. Praetonia 19:37, 4 September 2007 (GMT)

I don't know what Matt said, but I do know, at least on Wikipedia, when there's three or more possible pages to link to, the basic page becomes a disambiguation page, unless there's something that far outclasses the rest (see galaxy for an example of a dablink in that vein).

I know, at least, that Willink's city outclasses Eastasia's and Legalese's, but I don't know about the size of Questers' city. If Willink's Southampton remains the most important, stick a This article is about the city in Willink. For other uses, see Southampton (disambiguation). on the top. If Questers' and Willink's cities are roughly the same in importance, I think the page should become a disambiguation page. Blast 19:55, 4 September 2007 (GMT)


I agree somewhat with Blast, but in the interest of maintaining NPOV, I think turning this page into a disambiguation page is the best solution to this dispute. The other meanings tag would be more appropriate if there were, for example, a NS nation called Southampton, which would then clearly override the importance of of a city's article, no matter how long the articles may or may not be. John 20:31, 4 September 2007 (GMT)


Its not a good idea to change the article without discussing the changes here, and even then its not wise to do so until a consensus is reached, that goes for everyone. And just a note: "[having] several nations' Southamptons on this page" is not a viable option, its either change it to a pure disambig page or keep it as is with the other meanings link, in my view.John 04:36, 6 September 2007 (GMT)