Talk:Château Laurier

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[edit] Name Change

I propose to change the official title of this article to: Fairmont Château Laurier, as it is officially referred to by the chain. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gilles f. pirionne (talk • contribs) .

I would disagree. The naming conventions suggest using the most common name for the article title (Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names)), not necessarily the official name. The hotel has been known since its construction as the Château Laurier, and I would suggest that few people, if any (outside of the Fairmont marketing department), refer to it as the Fairmont Château Laurier. It is always referred to as the Château Laurier, or just "the Château". Fairmont Château Laurier is a redirect, in the off chance anyone does a search using the official name. I note that the article on the chain itself is called Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, rather than using the official corporate name of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Inc. I also note that most of the articles respecting Fairmont hotels in Canada do not use Fairmont in the article title -- the Royal York and Palliser being the obvious exceptions (and arguably, Fairmont should be removed from both those titles in accordance with the naming convention). Skeezix1000 11:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)