Talk:East London
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[edit] Primary use?
A large number (100+) of links relating to East London, England are now pointing to this page. This is not the first time this has built up. Perhaps we should reconsider the primary use of this naming and relocate East London, England to East London and move the disambiguation page to East London (disambiguation). If there is support I will request a move. MRSC • Talk 16:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- I am going to disagree as East London is also a major city. Also, not all of the links are necessarily referring to the East of London. Simply south (talk) 17:06, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
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- No, I don't think it should be moved either as East London is the name of the South African city, while the eastern part of London is simply an amorphous term, much as any settlement can have a geographical North, South, East or West. If we had an article on South Georgia it would be about the island in the South Atlantic, not the southern part of the US state or the Caucasian country. If we had an article about West Virginia, it would be about the US state, not the western part of the south African town. Booshank (talk) 21:40, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- I just started moving the damn things - a handful represent the SA city - nearly 200 reference the geographic amorphity ... (ironic) thanks for all the hard work you put in on this decision. Kbthompson (talk) 00:27, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
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- I'm very much in favour of making East London, England the primary link. My reasons: the relative quantity of internal links; the relative populations of the 'major' SA city and the 'geographic amorphity' (1:3); the fact that one is significantly older than the other; and the fact that one is clearly named after the other. 86.2.48.247 (talk) 14:21, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
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- See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for guidelines. Arguments about the number of internal links are irrelevant, this reflects the existing systemic bias. Generally, if there's not consensus about which is the primary topic, none should be chosen. In this case, I'd go for the city as the primary topic, but the 'geographic amorphity' usage is common-enough term to warrant a disambig page. Greenman (talk) 15:07, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
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