Talk:Brighton Pier

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[edit] Theatre

It'd be nice to have a date for the removal of the theatre mentioned in the first paragraph. – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 23:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Correct Name

There are objections to Brighton Pier being the official name in favor of Palace Pier. Should the pier be moved to the new name or will a redirect do? Is the name the Brighton Marine Palace and Pier the correct Official name? --Paul E. Ester 16:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

"Should the pier be moved to the new name or will a redirect do?" – I'd say a redirect will do. The article is the place to go into the details, and chopping and changing the article name isn't the way to do it, unless we're absolutely certain of the correct name. And as you say, "there are objections"; or in other words, it's controversial.

Incidentally, a redirect is of low value unless you think people will actually add in "Palace Pier" to the end of a Wikipedia URL. If they search for it in the normal way, they'll get to the article. Then again, a redirect doesn't exactly consume a lot of resources.

To the best of the knowledge of the reference books I have, that long name ("The Brighton Marine Palace and Pier") is the original name, but that does not make it "official". The National Piers Society may not recognise the new name, but they don't own the pier. The owners have the right to call it whatever they like. Please note, I'm not sticking up for a commercial body for any biased reasons. In fact, I'm personally no fan at all of the Noble Organisation, and would rather lend my personal support to the NPS, and I always call it the "Palace Pier" myself, having been in Brighton on and off for some years. But that's utterly irrelevant to Wikipedia where we merely reflect facts. – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 16:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)