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I support the suggestion for the merger.Cosal 12:30, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gneisenau and Scharnhorst: BB vs. BC

I personally agree that these ships should be labelled as battleships, but the actual articles themselves are Gneisenau class battlecruiser, German battlecruiser Gneisenau, and German battlecruiser Scharnhorst. The consensus at those articles is to use the term "battlecruiser", given the sources (Jane's, etc.) that label them as such. Therefore, should we not have some uniformity in the matter, even if we don't agree with the decision? Parsecboy 17:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any reason to. The articles could only have one name: they had to be called either battlecruisers or battleships with a redirect from the other. However, there's no technical issue with listing them both here and on a hypothetical List of battlecruisers of Germany. Note that the class category is listed in both the battleship and battlecruiser structures. People who consider them battlecruisers and people who consider them battleships should have an equal opportunity to find the information they need without hunting in multiple places because of someone's POV. TomTheHand 19:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

That seems reasonable. Thanks for your reply. Parsecboy 19:23, 8 September 2007 (UTC)