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Excuse me a minute, but isn't it a bit thick to put the geometrical object pentagon aside for a building bearing its shape? Most people in this world will not associate the word "Pentagon" with a building, even though most USA-citizens probably do.

The thing that is on pentagon (shape) should be moved here, and the things here to pentagon (building). Need opinions about this before I do it.

-- Jörgen Nixdorf

Agreed. I thought the same as soon as I saw it. I was going to rename the articles pentagon and The Pentagon. In fact, it seems that articles with those names exist, so your work is half done. -- Heron

There I did it. Nixdorf 07:12 May 13, 2003 (UTC)

I fixed them. All of them. Nixdorf 10:44 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
Whew! Nicely done. -- Minesweeper

What is a "no salute, no cover" area? - Montréalais

"Cover" is military jargon for "hat". Normally a US serviceman must salute his superior officers whenever he (the subordinate) is wearing a cover, or is indoors, and must not do so otherwise. Covers are not usually worn indoors. Outdoors, a "no salute, no cover" area is one where you are not required to wear military millinery, and therefore not required to salute your superiors. --Heron

Thanks. If I weren't 10 minutes late for school I'd try to think of a graceful way of putting this into the article. - Montréalais

Done, but not gracefully. --Heron

[edit] Disambiguation

I think that there should be a disambiguation for the term "Pentagon". I searched for it, expecting to find results on the building, and was brought to the shape. As Jörgen Nixdorf said, many USA citizens associate this word with the building, and so expect results on the building. But, of course the shape is also an important article. Typing "the pentagon" instead of "pentagon" is something that not a lot of people would consider doing. In short, I think this term needs an disambiguation with links to The Pentagon and Pentagon. I would do it myself, but I don't know how.

Actually, I think if I were going to look for info on the building, I would probably search for "the pentagon", and expect "pentagon" to lead to the shape. Even if not, only one extra click is needed to reach The Pentagon. If there were a disambig, you would need an extra click to arrive at either page, and the article about the shape would need an awkward name like Pentagon (shape). Also bear in mind that the building is named after the shape (I assume). Bistromathic 12:26, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
There is already a Pentagon (disambiguation) page. This article links to it in the intro, and also to The Pentagon for the US government building. It all looks fine to me . -- Steelpillow 21:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)