Talk:Sunday River (Maine)

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The name of this article is confusing since it implies it is about the Sunday River of Maine rather than the ski resort. There seem to be a number of pages linking here that intend to link to Sunday River (Androscoggin River). Wouldn't it be clearer to rename this page to something like "Sunday River Ski Reort (Maine)"? The resort's webpage uses just "Sunday River" on its main page, but "Sunday River Resort" and "Sunday River Ski Resort" on other pages. The page http://www.sundayriver.com/ourresorts.html gives the address as "Sunday River Resort". Pfly 16:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Good point, though I'm not sure of the answer. The resort's brand indentity seems to be simply "Sunday River"; that's what they use in all of their promotional material. I could make the argument that, in terms of existing public consciousness (among skiers and non-skiers alike), people are more likely to automatically associate "Sunday River" with the name of a ski resort, wheras the namesake river is relatively obscure; both in Maine and nationally/internationally. How about having some kind of disclaimer at the top, similar to what I've seen on other articles, stating something like "This page is about the ski resort in Maine. For the Androscoggin River tributary, see Sunday River (Androscoggin River)." Ripogenus77 16:33, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

A disclaimer kinda thing sounds good, I'll add it.. unless I get derailed by Real Life. For what it's worth, I'm a skier and have never heard of Sunday River. Admittedly I'm from the western US and don't ski very much. The river Sunday River is apparently popular for canoeing, having good whitewater, so it may not be an entirely obscure river. Pfly 19:05, 1 October 2006 (UTC)