Talk:Locke

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Locke needs to redirect to John Locke. 99.9% of people who type Locke are looking for John Locke. Those seeking info on obscure politicians from Nova Scotia should use a disambiguation page.

That's likely true. I don't know what the "policy" is on surname redirects are so I'll ask an admin. <<-armon->> 07:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

(Admin summoned by Armon) My feeling is that there are enough different articles called Locke that this should stay as a disambiguation page. If we had statistics that 99.9% of people who came to this article then clicked on the philosopher, that would change my mind, but we don't. How many New Zealanders, or Canadians, or jazz fans, or LOST fans come here? I suspect it's a lot more than 0.1%, but I can't prove it.

Incidentally, admins (ideally) don't make policy, or interpret it, or mediate disputes; we just get to carry the big stick. It's the community who do all the rest. In short, my thoughts are just an opinion, not law. Admins tend to have been around longer than most and have more experience with Wikipedia process, which is probably why you called on me, so I'll give some advice on how to proceed. You could hold a straw poll on what to do. You should advertise the poll; I think that by following Current surveys, you'll find that Requests for comment/Biographies is the place to advertise it.-gadfium 08:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)