Talk:Tesla
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The first sentence didn't seem grammatical, but it probaly needs checking to ensure that I haven't changed the intended meaning. jimfbleak 12:37 16 May 2003 (UTC)
All meanings derive from Nikola Tesla, so the lemma should redirect there and not to this disambig. It's not ambiguous at all.
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This page should redirect to Nikola Tesla, the the disambiguation at Tesla (disambiguation) J. D. Redding
- First, why is this so crucial? And second, if such a move is necessary, it should be done by actually moving the page, not switching content with copy/paste which breaks the page history. --Minderbinder 15:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
As stated in Talk:Tesla (disambiguation) ... by another user "query was directed to Nikola Tesla as all of the other links in this disambiguation are somehow derivitive of him". J. D. Redding 15:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
- That quote is incomplete. The full quote is: "I was wondering if there had been any discussion as to whether a search for tesla should come here (as it currently does) or whether it should go to Nikola Tesla. Personally I would prefer if the search query was directed to Nikola Tesla as all of the other links in this disambiguation are somehow derivitive of him." (emphasis added) This is one opinion of a user, not consensus, and there is no indication that the user actually made the proposed change. Natalie 15:55, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
It should be redirect.
It is perferable to redirect it to the Nikola Tesla.
I would suppose that the user didn't make the change because of editors that would do what is happening now.
J. D. Redding 16:41, 7 April 2007 (UTC) [PS., made a note of discussion to reverse this ill begotten decision not to redirect to Nikola Tesla, at the talk page there.]
- Discussion there is a good way to handle it. And if there is consensus to redirect Tesla to Nikola Tesla, the disambig that is currently at Tesla needs to be moved (actually moved, using the Move functionality of this site, NOT copy/pasted to another page) first. --Minderbinder 17:06, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I think if Tesla is going to redirect to any specific article it should be Tesla (unit) as that is a common noun whose full name is Tesla. Indeed, I believe it used to redirect there and I was surprised it doesn't still when I looked at that article. Maybe, per WP:DAB, if there isn't agreement on a target that is the overwhelmingly most common usage, that indicates that the disambiguation page is a good target. Having said that, if one redirects to a single target, one can include a link in the hatnote on that article to the other most common usage as well as the disambiguation page thereby ensuring the least number of clicks for the overwhelming majority of users.
Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 17:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
