Talk:GNU (disambiguation)

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[edit] Requested move

Am I the only who finds it really annoying when talk pages are deleted just because the associated page has been deleted or become a redirect? It is unnecessary (is it supposed to save space or something?) and means the original discussion about why things were moved in the first place is lost so other editors move stuff back not knowing about previous consensus. Talk pages contents could at least be merged with the article the old one redirects to.

Anyway, on topic, I think the article should be moved to Gnu (disambiguation) (in line with the normal practice of making letters that could be lower or upper case in DP titles lower case), particularly if we keep The Gnu entry in there, which I'm not clear really needs disambiguating since I don't think anyone just calls it Gnu without the definite article, but, I guess, as it is arguable, it might as well be left.

Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 03:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

• Weak support (as the nominator) —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 03:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose. gnu redirects to wildebeest. People looking for The Gnu may be unlikely to come here as you say. Most users here are probably looking for something written GNU with capitals. The example in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)#Introductory line says:

"AU may refer to" is preferable over "AU, au, Au or A-U may refer to".

Wikipedia:Disambiguation and abbreviations also has the AU example, and also says:

Usually, there should be just one page for all cases (upper- or lower-case), e.g. MB for MB, mB, mb, Mb.

I rarely edit disambiguation pages. Is there any documentation for your statement "normal practice of making letters that could be lower or upper case in DP titles lower case"? If you feel for it then talk pages of my citations may be a better place to discuss it. PrimeHunter 00:24, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose, as per above. – Marco79 13:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it be moved. --Stemonitis 06:19, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

In case this changes the situation, another entry for something called Gnu (in lower case) has been added, namely the brand of snowboard (although it is sometimes capitalised particularly in model numbers--I don't think it is an acronym though).

Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 22:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)