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:Oh, and by the way, I just read naming conventions, and there doesn't seem to be anything applicable except the comment on disambiguating names. However, what are we disambiguating it with here? |
:Oh, and by the way, I just read naming conventions, and there doesn't seem to be anything applicable except the comment on disambiguating names. However, what are we disambiguating it with here? |
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With the simple fact that "Williams" more often means some person's last name. Except for some people in Australia, it seems (remember, this is an international 'pedia), nobody is going to expect to find an article about the Williams racing team under "Williams" as an exact title, and to someone familiar with the family name and not with the racing team, it sounds really weird. |
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Anyway, this isn't the first time we've come across this sort of problem. It's solved by making the problematically-titled page a links page. So you'd put a bunch of links to people like [[Roger Williams]] on the [[Williams]] page, as well as a link to [[Williams racing team]]. I'm not sure if the latter is what you'd want to use, but I'll assume so (you can redirect like writing this at the top of the page: #REDIRECT [[pagename]]). --[[LMS]] |
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Revision as of 21:34, 15 January 2002
Formula One racing team formed and run by Frank Williams. The team was highly successful throughout the 1980's and 1990's.
Umm, no. "Williams" is a family name. Hardly anyone who uses the name means "Frank Williams' racing team" by it. Please see naming conventions. --LMS
- Hardly anyone in the US, maybe. That's what the team is called - same as Ferrari, or to take an example you might be familiar with, Penske. To anybody with a casual interest in F1, the name is unambiguous. What other article could conceivably go here? But, anyway, what do you suggest - call it Williams racing team?
- Oh, and by the way, I just read naming conventions, and there doesn't seem to be anything applicable except the comment on disambiguating names. However, what are we disambiguating it with here?
With the simple fact that "Williams" more often means some person's last name. Except for some people in Australia, it seems (remember, this is an international 'pedia), nobody is going to expect to find an article about the Williams racing team under "Williams" as an exact title, and to someone familiar with the family name and not with the racing team, it sounds really weird.
Anyway, this isn't the first time we've come across this sort of problem. It's solved by making the problematically-titled page a links page. So you'd put a bunch of links to people like Roger Williams on the Williams page, as well as a link to Williams racing team. I'm not sure if the latter is what you'd want to use, but I'll assume so (you can redirect like writing this at the top of the page: #REDIRECT pagename). --LMS