Talk:McGill
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[edit] Rename to "McGill (disambiguation)"
If you search for Harvard, Yale, Cornell, etc... you do not go to disambiguos pages, but for McGill you do.. even though there are very few links. If noone opposes then I will make this into a redirect to McGill University and create a seperate disambigious page with the current content.—Preceding unsigned comment added by DFRussia (talk • contribs) 23:36, September 30, 2007 UTC
- There is certainly a pretty good case for the university to be the primary topic. But I'd suggest proposing the move on WP:RM, as there is an edit history on both pages, indicating there have been difference of opinion in the past. older ≠ wiser 01:49, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- Hey, I think you reverted my changes to this page. I was wondering what the justification for it was? I understand that whether this page should be called McGill disambig or McGill should be put up for discussion, but what was wrong with my content edits? I modeled it after Harvard disambig and many other disambigs for the content, by breaking things down into groups and linking to the largest article at the top --DFRussia 03:26, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- See WP:MOSDAB. There is a separate page listing people with the surname, so there is no point repeating any individual ones here. For a page that does not have many entries, it is not that helpful to break the list down with subheadings. What you call the "largest article" is in disambiguation lingo, the "primary topic". For a page like Harvard (disambiguation), where Harvard is a redirect to Harvard University, the school is considered the primary topic for the simple term "Harvard". So long as the simple term "McGill" is a disambiguation page, there is no primary topic. older ≠ wiser 11:57, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- Hmmm, if it is just the two of us that are concerned with this, can we just decide here without doing formalities like going to MOSDAD? Some of my reasons? Other than it is the largest and most edited page listen in the disambig... also when you search for "McGill". You get McGill University with 100% relevance, then the McGill Daily with 40-some% and then this page with 30-some%. I can't even see McGill,Nevada. If McGill University is 100% relevancy and nothing else on the disambig is not even close in relevance... then why not redirect directly to McGill University when you search for McGill? --DFRussia 01:19, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
- See WP:MOSDAB. There is a separate page listing people with the surname, so there is no point repeating any individual ones here. For a page that does not have many entries, it is not that helpful to break the list down with subheadings. What you call the "largest article" is in disambiguation lingo, the "primary topic". For a page like Harvard (disambiguation), where Harvard is a redirect to Harvard University, the school is considered the primary topic for the simple term "Harvard". So long as the simple term "McGill" is a disambiguation page, there is no primary topic. older ≠ wiser 11:57, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- Hey, I think you reverted my changes to this page. I was wondering what the justification for it was? I understand that whether this page should be called McGill disambig or McGill should be put up for discussion, but what was wrong with my content edits? I modeled it after Harvard disambig and many other disambigs for the content, by breaking things down into groups and linking to the largest article at the top --DFRussia 03:26, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
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- The Wikipedia search engine is notoriously bad -- can't really use it as the basis for making a determination. Some sort of Search engine test using Google or Yahoo can sometimes give better indications, but even there it is very easy to misinterpret results. Which is why it is often useful to ask for wider input--sometimes something that seems completely obvious from one perspective is merely overlooking other perspectives. Finally, there is an edit history at McGill (disambiguation), so you'd need an administrator to move the page--which is precisely one of the primary reasons for WP:RM. older ≠ wiser 01:39, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Please direct McGill to McGill University. Other McGill definitions are too trivial compared to McGill University. (such as McGill Nevada, as well as McGill station, this station was named McGill because of McGill University.) I think McGill University is more renowned in this case. Thus this page should be directed to McGill University. Ocikat (talk) 00:00, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed, McGill University certainly takes precedence here and the disambig. should be changed.AccuratEdit (talk) 22:52, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
