Talk:List of distilleries in Scotland

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[edit] Title of the article

Shouldn't this article be named either List of distilleries in Scotland or List of distilleries of scotch whisky? With the capitalisation of Scotch in the current title it's unclear which sense is meant. If Scotch is meant to mean of Scotland please see Scotch as to why this is contrary to normal modern usage. If Scotch refers to the drink, then it shouldn't be capitalised. I doubt that distilleries should be capitalised in either eventuality. The German article from which it was partly translated is literally called List of Scottish distilleries but I believe English Wikipedia prefers the formulation ...distilleries in Scotland to one with an adjectival form of a country name. Valiantis 19:02, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Well Scotch the drink appears to be capitalized (Scotch whisky) throughout the article. I think the idea of the page isnt so much the country of origin but the style of whisky. So, based on your suggestions, I think the most appropriate title is List of Scotch distilleries. What do you think? - grubber 07:15, 2005 August 24 (UTC)

Personally I'd query the capitalisation of Scotch in Scotch whisky, but having checked a couple of dictionaries, I suspect mine is very much the minority view (or wrong if you prefer :) ), so I'm happy to yield on that one. Your suggestion of List of Scotch distilleries solves the minor issue re: capitalisation of distilleries, but doesn't resolve the ambiguity issue. What about List of Scotch whisky distilleries or List of whisky distilleries in Scotland? Scotch is by definition whisky made in Scotland, the "style" and the country of origin are in this case the same thing.

I've no ardent passion for changing the title, if you're certain List of Scotch distilleries is the best title, then I'll leave well alone. Valiantis 19:48, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

The German original from which this was translated was definitely a list of distilleries in Scotland, without prejudice as to what kind of whisky was being made. I'm being bold and moving it to List of distilleries in Scotland. Angr/talk 12:54, 2 February 2006 (UTC)