Talk:HMS Hood (disambiguation)

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[edit] Spelling changes

I don't understand why someone changed "armour" to "armor". If it's a technical point about how it is spelt in this particular usage, then fine. If on the other hand it is just that you prefer the US spelling, I don't think that is correct in an article about a UK subject. Minor I know but diversity of spelling is interesting and should be preserved. I would not try to make articles on US subjects compliant with UK spelling either! :) Nevilley 11:46 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

They are just spelling variants. Nobody should change one to the other, and I don't think it matters whether "UK subjects" use "UK spelling" or not.

I don't really think they should change things either, though we still don't know why someone did. The wikipedia manual of style vaguely agrees with the idea that "armour" was appropriate here, however. It says this:

"It is in no way a requirement, but it probably reads better to use American spellings in articles on American subjects and English spelling in articles on English subjects. A reference to "the American labour movement" (with a U) or to "Anglicization" (with a Z) may be jarring."

- which, some might feel, is the same as "armor" is an article about a British boat. Though to be fair I would never expect an American to write "armour" in original material on any subject, that seems silly. But to change it away from an alreayd correct spelling also seems weird. 194.117.133.118 22:54 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Disambig?

Given that most references to "HMS Hood" will be to the battlecruiser sunk by the Bismarck, should this page be moved to HMS Hood (disambiguation) and the current title redirect to HMS Hood (51)? MartinMcCann 17:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Page moved. MartinMcCann 16:53, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

You don't fancy cleaning up those pages that do link to HMS Hood in general, eg from Admiral Hood himself, do you?GraemeLeggett 09:23, 19 January 2007 (UTC)