Talk:Play (UK magazine)

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[edit] Requested move

There is a US-based magazine called play magazine for which no Wikipedia article exists (that I can find, anyway). But in order to create such an article, there needs to be a place to put it. Currently, the disambig and redirect pages all seem to assume that the UK mag is the only one by that name. If I'm wrong, and the US mag does have a page, the meta pages need to be changed to reflect that. I may not have chosen the best new name for this article, but that is why I am requesting a move rather than bravely and stridently changing it myself. Krychek 16:23, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I think Play (UK magazine) is the usual format for what you are trying to achieve, but this change would only become necessary once a second article exists. Until then, the simpler disambiguation format is preferable. Even then, the difference between "Play Magazine" and "Play (magazine)" may be enough to separate the two articles. --Stemonitis 16:40, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Or just called the new article Play (US Magazine). Why should the UK version move for the US version? HyperBlossom 20:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I discovered this through WP:RM. Just a comment. Generally, in a case like this, it's best to wait until the article is started. And then have 3 articles. A disam page for Play magazine which has links for Play (US) and Play (UK). And move this article to Play (UK). It's how we usually handle situations like this. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 07:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Why move? To avoid confusion. Vegaswikian 23:12, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Stemonitis, having both "Play Magazine" and "Play (magazine)" sounds like a bad idea to me. The obvious solution, indeed, is to make Play (US magazine) and Play (UK magazine) (but first check the MoS to see what the style is for "U.S." in article titles; I'm not sure).
An even better idea would be to figure out what the magazines are about, and mention that: Play (theater magazine) and Play (gaming magazine), for example. Not only is this more help to the casual reader, it won't need to be re-thunk-out when Play (UK magazine) opens a New York office. (But if they're both gaming magazines, then this won't work.)
The UK version is about games for PlayStation only. The US version is about video games of all kinds, as well as anime. Krychek 14:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
And then, as Woohookitty says, it makes even more sense not to burn your bridges until you've crossed them. There's no need for disambiguation yet. --Quuxplusone 04:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, here's what I did. I created Play (U.S. magazine) (sorry, it's still a stub at this point). I created Play magazine (disambiguation) and redirected Play magazine --no parens-- there. (Play magazine --no parens-- used to redirect to the U.K. version.) Finally, I moved Play (magazine) --with parens-- to Play (UK magazine) and added "other uses" notes to both the U.S. and UK pages. I would not be surprise to hear that I've missed something, so please let me know. In particular, I'd like to know if the articles listed in What links here for Play (magazine) --with parens-- need to be manually updated, or if there's a bot that will take care of it for me? I would like for Play (magazine) --with parens-- to link to the disambig page as well, but I don't want to change it until the "links to" situation has been addressed. Thanks for all the feedback. Krychek 15:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)