On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:09 PM, David Goodman<[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps we should try using the titles for things that other people > use--not for g-rank, but as signs that we recognize that an > encyclopedia is made for the readers.
Eh— It's unsolvable in some cases... People frequently use multiple terms for the same thing. And what happens when one term is really common in Canada and one is really common in the US? Do we always use the US version because the US is more populous than Canada? It would be a fair decision by one reasonable metric, but deeply biased by other reasonable metrics. An alternative argument is that "When a 'more correct' name exists, we should use that because we're an encyclopaedia and we're supposed to educate people on these things". Perhaps you don't agree— but hopefully you can see why others can reasonably hold that position. The real answer to this problem is ALL names should work equally, and with redirects they do. Except, it seems, that search engines behaviour may be undermining this to some extent. ... but changing the naming in response to the symptom rather than a response to the real problem. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
