Talk:Galactic Empire (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

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I'm pretty sure that the name "Imperatala Galacticon" is not used anywhere in the HHGG books or radio show. I'm not sure this article should even exist, but I certainly don't think it should have this title. Is that screenshot the only source for the name? Robin Johnson 20:57, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is. However, the Star Wars Galactic Empire is probably better known by that name. The only alternative I could suggest would be Galactic Empire (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). --JohnDBuell 22:30, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I do think Galactic Empire (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) is better. Wikipedia:Naming conventions says that "article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature", and Imperatala Galacticon doesn't qualify under either of those points. If you didn't pause the video at the right moment, you've never even heard the name. Robin Johnson 22:22, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Page moved, and prose changed accordingly. --JohnDBuell 00:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Robin Johnson 19:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)