Talk:Unterseeboot 691

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Wouldn't U-691 be a better title of this page? "Unterseeboot" is German, not English and is not used very often in English at all (and we do have a pesky naming convention on the use of English words). Simply saying "U-Number" is the most common usage and I don't see any ambiguity in using that format. I just hit preview, and of course the far more common U format isn't even a redirect here. Remember, one of the central ideas of our naming conventions is to preserve easy linking so long as ambiguity issues are not a problem. I just did a quick check, and most of the links to the U-boat articles are obscured like so [[Unterseeboot 691|U-691]]. Why not just have the article live at U-691? --maveric149

In a word, ambiguity issues. Is U-238 an isotope or a submarine? Is U-2 a boat, a band, or a submarine? Furthermore, the Wikipedia naming standard calls for spelling out acronyms unless the original meaning has been largely forgotten (eg, laser). The ship naming standard calls for spelling out "Unterseeboot." And finally, I've been creating Unterseeboot articles for a long time now and don't feel like changing.  ;-> --the Epopt

I don't say this often, but you convinced me right away. :) However, redirects for the less ambiguous ones would be nice. --maveric149

June 23, 2002, Events: maveric149 convinced right away ;->

You, in turn, have convinced me to create a mess o' redirects.