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[edit] Requested move
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the proposal was Move Parsecboy (talk) 14:34, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Lockheed Martin RATTLRS → RATTLRS — Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) supported by Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden of evidence (most references in article do not routinely use <manufacturer> <missile name>). Also other missiles on Wikipedia do not seem to use this format most of the time e.g. other pages in Category:Guided missile stubs. —Callmederek (talk) 21:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Survey
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*'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
- Oppose - Some missles do use the manufacturer name, and some use their military designation. I think the manufacturer here ought to be used, as it is a normall convention in WP:AIR. - BillCJ (talk) 01:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Oppose all missile articles should have the maufacturer as a prefix. 70.55.84.42 (talk) 03:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- Support. Closest naming convention I can find for a missile is WP:WEAPON#Naming conventions which does not demand a manufacturer. More importantly it is not referred to as "Lockheed RATTLRS" in most of the sources either in the article or elsewhere.Global ecurity, Defensetech.org, Deagel.com, and Popular Mechanics, so probably for WP:COMMONNAME reasons as well. Llamasharmafarmerdrama (talk) 05:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Support. Even Lockheed Martin does not call it a "Lockheed Martin RATTLRS".[1] Horsesforcorses (talk) 18:07, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Mild support. The guidelines of WP:AIR and WP:WEAPON seem to be in conflict here. In that case I would defer to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) as per nom, esp. given evidence in links provided by User:Llamas above. Whydontyoucallme dantheman (talk) 22:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion
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