Talk:Scaling and root planing
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[edit] Merging Tooth scaling
- Support I'm not sure the best title is Scaling and root planing, however. WP:NAME suggests that the article name be one "the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity" and "[n]ames of Wikipedia articles should be optimized for readers over editors; and for a general audience over specialists." Tooth scaling may satisfy these criteria better than Scaling and root planing. Walter Siegmund (talk) 15:02, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
- I would have to disagree with that interpretation of the guideline; if that ragulation were to be implemented across the board, we'd end up with articles such as "dental cap" instead of "crown (dentistry)." This is, after all, an encyclopedia, and the existance of redirect pages allows the editors to steer readers who may not have the best vocabulary (or are not familiar with jargon) to still reach their goal. Scaling and root planing is the nomenclature used, and just as the article should not be entitled "deep cleaning," it should similarly not be entitled "tooth scaling." A simple redirect can take care of "optimization for readers." DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 19:55, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
