Talk:Pittsburgh Gasometer Explosion

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This article was nominated for deletion on 2008-01-16. The result of the discussion was nomination withdrawn.

[edit] Article title

One point that came up on the AfD was that the current title of this article (Pittsburgh Gasometer Explosion) is less-than-ideal, and I would agree. As a minimum, it should be "Pittsburgh gasometer explosion" to comply with WP:MOS para 1.1. I also feel that adding the year would be beneficial, and it appears that the word "gasometer" is decidedly obsolete in the US. My suggestion would therefore be "Pittsburgh gas explosion (1927)". An alternative title, suggested by Pburka, is "Equitable Gas explosion", as this is apparently a common name for the incident. Any opinions are welcome. Tevildo (talk) 21:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I think your suggestion would probably be easiest to find through a search. From looking at Category:Gas explosions, though, I think that "1927 Pittsburgh gas explosion" might be more consistent with other article titles. Pburka (talk) 03:23, 19 January 2008 (UTC)