Talk:LP

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[edit] What's this about?

What is this page about? It's a bit confusing!?

It looks like it discusses LPs of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which links here. That material should probably get moved to the HHGG page. This could probably redirect to some other record page. -- Merphant
I'm going to redirect this page to vinyl record and just delete the content, since it's pov and imo not very useful. -- Merphant 10:57 Dec 5, 2002 (UTC)

[edit] Extra entry

Didn't know what to do with this:

--Commander Keane 13:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

This usage is very common in Taiwan. It's an English abbreviation of a Taiwanese word; as such I'm not sure whether or not it belongs in an English-language article. Pterodactyler 16:11, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
It seems like a dictionary defintion, if you agree then it doesn't belong on the dab, but perhaps in Wiktionary. --Commander Keane 17:01, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Linkin Park

Wondering why Linkin Park was added and removed?! I would've added it back but why waste my time & energy.

--Unbreakable_MJ 05:09, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

As to why it's not there anymore, you have to consider that this is a disambiguation page. It's not a listing of every LP acronym, it's here to help readers find their desired article. I think it's highly unlikely that someone will search for Linkin Park by typing in "LP". I also think it's high unlikely that someone will wikilink to LP expecting it to redirect to Linkin Park. That's why Linkin Park doesn't belong on this page.--Commander Keane 05:33, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
I see now. Thank you for replying. Still don't see clear rules about the subject since I can list many examples where no one removed the artists from the disambiguation pages. Quick examples:
And unlike the listed artists above, Linkin Park do use the two letters LP on their official records. So if someone wanted to fix this should they remove them all or should they add them all? So many articles contradict each other and that's where I'm confused. --Unbreakable_MJ 08:08, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Many disambiguation pages do contradict eachother, we are trying to work on it at WikiProject_Disambiguation but with 35,000 pages is it a big job! If someone wants to fix a dab page like MM you really have to think about each entry case-by-case, and descide if it belongs. If you are not sure you can just move it to the talk page with your concerns and no harm will be done. I'm afraid it's not an easy job, and I'm often ocnfused too.--Commander Keane 08:28, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Should LP do straight to album?

Found my way here via WikiProject_Disambiguation. It seems to me that the vast majority of links to this disabmig page mean to find studio album. Does anyone else like the idea of making this page go automatially to Album with a "for other uses of LP see LP (Disambiguation)" line at the top? Theheadhunter 10:35, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I will agree that most links will go to Album, but I have also seen a significant number of links that rightfully belong to Gramophone record, like when the format is specifically mentioned. It all depends on context. For instance, in a single information box, LP as Format seems to indicate that the link should go to Gramophone record. The same goes for when there is talk about CD, DVD and MC formats. So, in short, I think it's best kept the way it is. --Pekaje 21:22, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
I agree with Pekaje. Furthermore see the article EP/Extended play, which also is a league of its own. Brz7 11:28, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LP vs L.P.

There's also a disambiguation page at L.P.. If anyone has the time and knowlege, they should probably be merged. --WikiGnome 03:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposing some cleanup

This page (as well as L.P. is unruly and includes a lot of things which seem to belong in a dictionary but not wikipedia (which is not a dictionary)Does the Les Paul article even contain the abbreviation LP? Barely. Neither does light pollution WikiGnome 17:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)