Talk:Questar Corporation

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[edit] Page needs moving?

There is nothing named "Questar Telescope". There is a Questar Corporation and that company makes a maksutov model called the Questar (Sometimes the "Questar 31/2" and the "Questar 7" though those names seem to be un-oficial). This page should probably be moved to Questar Corporation and re-writen to describe that corporation and the models produced there in. Halfblue 20:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questar is Questar Telescope

Among astronomers, amateurs and professionals, the Questar is referred to as a Questar, much the same as a Rolls Royce is referred to as a Rolls Royce and not a car. There was already an article named Questar, so that is why I called it Questar Telescope. I'm open to suggestions, but the article is really about the telescope, not the corporation. Thanks :) Wmpittendreigh

The title it self is odd phasing since it seems to list it as an official title with two capitalized words. As I said the company is not called "Questar Telescope" and the model it self is called the "Questar". I have seen a lot of "Celestrons" being used... if you look up "Celestron" on Wikipedia it gives you the company. That gives you a president that Questar should probably be the same way, a page about the company listing their products --> "Questar Corporation". "Rolls Royce" takes you to Rolls-Royce Limited, the company name which again gives you a president. That would also separate it from the cartoon character. Their flagship product, the Questar 3.5", could have its own sub-heading on the page listing its attributes. Subheadings can be linked on Wikipedia via using the markup language Questar Corporation#The Questar 3.5 (BTW I used to work with a bunch of ex-Questar guys and even tore a few Questars apart. Don't think the bits and pieces i have will make a good photo but I think an advert photo can be used under fair-use. Will look into it.) Halfblue 03:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

All that really has to be done is to rename the page to "Questar (Telescope)." This follows established Wikipedia practice. See Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages#How_to_rename_a_page for information on how to rename a page. algocu 21:18, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

That would work except for one problem. "Questar" is not a telescope, it’s a brand name. And they make more than just telescopes (although most of their devices are "telescopic"). And the thing in (parentheses) should be descriptive of the item as well as a way to separate pages. If we were to name it what it really is that would be Maksutov (Telescope), but as you can see that page already exists. Halfblue 02:45, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moves and edits

Re-arranged information on the page and added some content. Edited writing to reflect a more neutral point of view WP:NPOV. Moved page to better reflect content since it covers both one telescope design and the company as a whole (A company page could have been made but it would have been a candidate for merger almost immediately). Halfblue 03:22, 4 October 2006 (UTC)