Talk:List of advertising slogans

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I'm moving this list back to "List of advertising slogans" from "List of English advertising slogans" where it was recently moved.

If folks think it should be moved to somewhere like "List of English language advertising slogans" I would have no objection, but please let's have a little discussion first. "English advertising slogans" is a bad title (as many are not from England) and no pages link to that title. -- Infrogmation 16:39, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Also, should we have a seperate list of only English language slogans and another more general list? Or should we restrict ourself to only discussing English language slogans? -- Infrogmation 16:43, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)

• TBH I think that this page should contain only the language selected, for example the en.wikipedia should list English language slogans and de.wikipedia German slogans. A note could be made to highlight this fact. This does assume that people will be willing to make the other language articles though! :) violet/riga 18:51, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Merge "List of advertising slogans" with "Advertising slogan" 2 Have removed the merger notice from Wikipedia:Duplicate articles 3 Other slogans 4 ABC Order?

[edit] Merge "List of advertising slogans" with "Advertising slogan"

This list of advertising slogans should be merged with the article Advertising slogan as it is part of the article which describes what advertising slogans actually are. How ever long the article may turn out to be the list is inherent to the defining article and merely gives examples of them. Dieter Simon 23:31, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I don't think it is a question of it being encyclopedic, Simonp, it is a question of it being separate. However, it should be part of the article "Advertising slogan", as a list would complete that article and give readers an idea how advertising slogans work out in practice. Dieter Simon

I disagree. The advertising slogan article does not need such a huge list; it should contain examples only. There is, to my mind, quite a lot of room for improvement for that article and to bombard it with all this content would be pointless. I think virtually all lists should be separate from the main article. violet/riga (t) 23:40, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yes, Violetriga,you do have a point. We don't have to have every slogan that has ever been run in order to give an idea what they are about. Just a sample collection would probably be sufficient. Dieter Simon 23:53, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

You have entered a dispute merger prompt, Violetriga. Do you really think there should be two separate articles on advertising slogans in one way or the other? I can't imagine you believe that. They are referring to one and the same thing, surely, and be combined for that reason? Dieter Simon 00:25, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I also think that there should be two separate articles, and this is the normal practice for when lists become too long. National anthem is split from list of national anthems; Music video is split from list of music videos; and Prime Minister of Canada is separate from List of Canadian Prime Ministers. - SimonP 01:06, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)

As SimonP says, and Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists). violet/riga (t) 01:16, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I vote to keep the two articles separate. One of the advantages of online publication is that related articles are just a single click away. If this was a paper encyclopedia, I would agree that the two related articles should be combined into one long article, but in the electronic world shorter articles with multiple links to related topics is the way to go. mydogategodshat 03:16, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I agree. Leave them seperate, IMO much more appropriate as is. -- Infrogmation 06:43, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Concur on separation. Standard Wikipedia practices include avoiding long lists inside articles and permitting reasonable list-only articles. The consequence of these two principles is a standard separation of Item and List of items articles for all topics with substantial lists. A very short sample of the list in the topic article is optional but typically useful (as long as people know to add new contributions to the list article, not the topic article). — Jeff Q 10:35, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

In case my opinion is actually needed, I think that these should obviously be separated. A few examples is all that is needed at advertising slogan. ✏ OvenFresh☺ 16:06, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Have removed the merger notice from Wikipedia:Duplicate articles

I had originally submitted my query whether to merge both articles to Wikipedia:Duplicate articles, but ever since deleted it from there bowing to the overwhelming majority. As far as I am concerned, yes, I take the poinbt of all those in favour of keeping the articles separately. So I think there is probably nothing more to be said. Dieter Simon 21:05, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Other slogans

Doubtless we could make a list a few dozen pages long, but, if we limit ourselves to big ones (as seems here), I'd add the Buick "American Highway" campaign (if I could get it right). What about a list of slogans from failed comapnies? (Or does that violate the "big ones" implicitly?) Or famous adlines that weren't slogans? Like the '60s VW "Lemon" ad, or the c'98-9 "UFO" ad for New Beetle, or Sube's fabulous "You'll drive so fast you'll get so many tickets you'll lose your licence." (And while we're at that, mention the ad agencies coming up with these gems!) Whatsay? Trekphiler 06:07, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ABC Order?

Should the slogans be in ABC order? I noticed that the first ones are but then thay just start to be in no order at all. User:Jgeszvain