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Dartmouth College gets its name from somewhere altogether more significant, the town of Dartmouth, England. This article's title, whilst unwitting, is a prime example of Cultural imperialism... sjc

Yes, most American's ignorance of British place names is a government inspired plan to reduce cultural dependence on the former colonial power. Not to mention to make for better crossword puzzles. --MichaelTinkler

Indeed. Perhaps, while we're at it, we should redirect Boston to Boston, Lincolnshire so to correct the injustice done this town of a bit more than 27,000. After all, being the first to be named, it's surely "altogether more significant" than the other Bostons around the world. Oh, and who would think about "marathon" as the name of a sport? The whole world wants to know every last detail about the 8,488 people who call Marathon, Greece home. Hey, let's get rid of disambiguation pages altogether! After all, it's Wikipedia's job to educate people on the proper cultural norms eminating from Europe, as nothing notable has been produced in the past 500 years -- particularly not from the uncouth savages of the New World.

London is calling. It would be "cultural imperialism" to fail to heed her call. -- SwissCelt 01:54, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dartmouth College does not get its name from the town of Dartmouth but from William Legge, the second earl of Dartmouth. The article is now titled "Dartmouth College" anyway, and a disambiguation page distinguishes it from the English town. --Edit07 17:20, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Dartmouth College?

Dartmouth College has 6000 students. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia has a population of 65000. Dartmouth, Massachusetts has a population of 30000 and Dartmouth, Devon has a population of 5000. Why should Dartmouth redirect to Dartmouth College? --unsigned edit by Q6637p

Google "Dartmouth" for starters. The top search results represent the destination of the majority of people who search for "Dartmouth,"and all of the top search results do lead to websites about "Dartmouth College." After Googling "Dartmouth," is the top Wikipedia result an article for "Dartmouth, MA" or "Dartmouth, Nova Scotia?" No, it is for "Dartmouth College," and hence this is what the majority of readers who Google "Dartmouth" want to see. Count de Chagny 15:19, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]