Talk:Y Combinator

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I really don't think this article ought to redirect to Paul Graham, since most people searching for Y Combinator probably mean the same as Y combinator.

I think Y Combinator ought to redirect to Fixed Point Combinator just like y combinator does, and maybe have a separate Y Combinator (company) if it's really essential that the company have an article. As it stands, this redirect seems way too much like a vanity page for the company's founder -- after all, Microsoft doesn't redirect to Bill Gates.

If that doesn't sit well, it would seem appropriate to have a Y Combinator (disambiguaton) article to which both Y combinator and Y Combinator would point, with links to Paul Graham's company (NOT Paul Graham himself!) and Fixed point combinator as appropriate. It should absolutely NOT redirect (without disambiguation!) to an article that only tangentially refers to the company. In other words, if Y Combinator goes to something about the company, it needs a disambiguation link and the article needs to really be entirely about the company. If somebody wants to search for pages that mention the company but aren't about it, well, that's what search engines are for.

I'm going to go ahead and re-point it to Fixed point combinator. If that's a problem, revert it and we'll discuss further.

--bmills 01:51, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Sounds completely correct to me (hadn't noticed the original re-redirect until now). Though if a disambig is necessary, it should probably simply be at Y Combinator. (Not clear that is it.) Alai 04:17, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Looks like somebody really wants an article on Y Combinator (the company). I'll add a note differentiating the two. --bmills 18:09, 21 October 2005 (UTC)