Talk:Durham (disambiguation)

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  • In favour of "primary topic" disambiguation
    • Mintguy, Nevilley (strongly!), mav, AN
    • UK Durham is historic, and what most think of. It should be primary topic just like London and France. Also, most inbound links are to UK Durham
  • In favour of "equal" or "hub" disambiguation
    • Martin, Eclecticology, nnn9245 (very strongly), Mmmstrawberries, (very strongly as well)
    • NC Durham is more populous, less historical, but more present in google - it's unclear, so hub is best. Durham is historic, but it's no London or France, more like a Lancaster.
    • Also the Durham, NC article seems to be much more extensive (this is probably a sign of something) and I would disagree with the assertion that most would think of the UK Durham, before Durham, NC, an important center of medicine and tobacco history.
  • Sitting on the fence...

See wikipedia:disambiguation to learn the different between "primary topic" and "equal" disambiguation. After some debate, it was decided to use "primary topic" disambiguation.

Removed now-irrelevant and near-hysterical rant from some hypersensitive ... ooops, it was me. Oh well. See para below. :) Nevilley 11:26 Feb 28, 2003 (UTC)

Nevilley, I have no intention of reopening the debate or of moving the page. My purpose was to clear up the talk:Durham page, and this talk page, by refactoring the content. I was wandering around meatball, and saw some advocacy of FixYourWiki and thought I'd apply it here. No need to panic. Martin

I am aware that adding lots of Durhams to this page opens me to the accusation of being a nerdy collector. However, I do think there is something interesting and significant about the growth of place names round the world, and what has been named after what, and I think an encyclopedia is a good place to see such a list even if articles for all entries on the list may well never exist. Nevilley 09:51 Dec 24, 2002 (UTC)

Having a complete collection is, IMO, a good thing. BTW, which Durham is the song "I'm gonna leave old Durham Town" about? -- SGBailey 10:46 Dec 24, 2002 (UTC)


How about at the top putting a short list of the most well known ones and then the full list. At present both Durham NC is quite far down the page. - Ams80 00:46 Feb 28, 2003 (UTC)

Please feel free to have a go but be aware that it is one way of opening a can of worms! On Wikipedia we seem to be particularly good at flame wars on the subject of what is famous or well-known in any field ... :) Nevilley 08:25 Feb 28, 2003 (UTC)
So far so good - nice one! :) Nevilley 08:59 Feb 28, 2003 (UTC)
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