Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Town Destroyer

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The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 20:17, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] TOWN DESTROYER

Can anyone verify this? Hoax? Was marked as speedy. - Mailer Diablo 21:02, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, verification comes from the font of all wisdom [1] Kappa 21:51, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, but fix the capitalization of the title. --Xcali 21:54, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Yeah, Google certainly returns a whole load of hits for that. In fact, it's already mentioned in the George Washington article; I think a simple redirect would be preferable here. -- Captain Disdain 22:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • That sounds like a bad idea, seems to endorse the POV concept, as well as being highly inconvenient for users. Kappa 23:02, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • For some semblance of sticking to naming conventions, I've redirected it to Town Destroyer. This might be temporary as the community will need to come to a consensus on the proper way to spell it (with or without a hyphen? or to redirect from the Iroquois spelling(s)?). --Jeffrey O. Gustafson 07:35, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• In at least one, possibly two, ways, this is at the very least the wrong title. First, someone's shift key appears to be stuck. Second, George Washington tells us that the name was in fact "Hanodaganears", which to everyone (of the bare handful that even mention the word) apart from Wikipedia and its mirrors apparently means "Destroyer of Towns". "Caunotaucarius" apparently means "Town Destroyer". "Hanadahguyus" apparently also means "Town Destroyer". Going by the Wikipedia:naming conventions a Rename to Town Destroyer (and possibly several redirects) seems to be in order. Uncle G 23:53, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)
• Keep and fix the capitalization. DS1953 02:08, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, do not redirect. Neutrality^talk 21:10, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: I'm not sure if this nickname is worthy of an article itself, since almost every prominent white person of the era who dealt with American Indians received some sort of nickname like this. William Johnson (1715-1774), for example, was Warraghiyagey, "one who does much business." But "Town Destroyer" does get mentioned (briefly) in a lot of books, and there is more to be said about the nickname -- including that it might have been originally applied to one of Washington's ancestors. All told, it might be expanded to maybe two paragraphs at most. Article worthy? --Kevin Myers 03:58, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

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