Talk:JA Prestwich Industries Ltd

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Wouldn't this be better under something like JAP (engine manufacturer) or similar. I don't ever recall it being spelt J.A.P. with full stops. This is of some interest to me since I'd like to link, eg, Cooper-JAP cars from the hillclimbing articles. Loganberry (Talk) 15:34, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

A valid idea right up the point I added extra info about the cinema side of things, just link to JAP#motorcycles for the moment, any name change will pick up the redirect. GraemeLeggett 15:49, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Or rather, J.A.P.#motorcycles; those full stops were rather the point! ;) Loganberry (Talk) 15:51, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] J.A.P. Engines

I am pasting this back here for discusion.. "JA Prestwich Industries Ltd, founded by the engineer John Alfred Prestwich (hence J.A.P), produced internal combustion engines and other examples of precision engineering. " The letters J.A.P. appeared on a chain coverplate between the engine and the Magneto on the single cylinder JAP engine fitted to the Howard Rotovator Gem. That is the only JAP engine I have ever seen personally.. Gregorydavid 07:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. See the updates and references I have inserted into the article - you will see that they did much more than just engines, and Villiers used them as a specilaist engineering concern in their latter days. I think a better debate is what the artcile is filed as - JAP (with or without dots), JA Prestwich Industries, etc. Rgds, - Trident13 11:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I would say JAP engines and similar redirected to article.. (on engines) Gregorydavid 15:59, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I think I would probably agree - what do the Google rankings say? I had a debate a week ago with a guy on encyclopedic correctness versus SEO optimisation. As Wiki is subscription funded, and in light of the previous debate, I would probably agree to reduce the encyclopedia correctness and move to that which is most SEO'd - Rgds, - Trident13 16:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)