Talk:Wardrobe

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[edit] Name of page

  • Wouldn't Armoire be a better name for this page? I shall accede to the majority and agree that Wardrobe is an acceptable name. At least we get rid of the parenthesis. At worst the article ends up being UK centric, but my original proposal would leave us French and USA centric. Titles with parenthesis are weak in nature. Secondly, it will be easier to avoid disambiguation. Nevertheless note that most of the incoming links are through Armoire not Wardrobe. Decoratrix 21:09, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • yeh. I'd agree with that ! 220.233.88.228 01:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Reject. Here in Britain I have never heard of an armoire in my 64 years. We in Britain always call it a wardrobe. Anthony Appleyard 05:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Reject. — For one thing, Wardrobe has other applications such as Wardrobe Supervisor, (a theatrical occupation). Armoire seems obscure in that respect, with no such other applications AFAIK. Perhaps its a Commonwealth English/US English difference, in which case the article should stay as first-named according to my understanding of WP policy. Perhaps there are other advantages to changing the name , but I dont know of any. — Newbyguesses - Talk 06:06, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • No, I can't speak for other countries, but wardrobe has common useage in the UK. If anything this article should be moved to Wardrobe, as it's clearly the primary topic. The reason you've got more incoming links on this page via Armoire is because most for Wardrobe are going to the dab page. PC78 06:51, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rename this article Wardrobe

Having regard to the issues and indications raised by User:PC78 above, the proper solution that now suggests itself to me is — to

  • rename current page Wardrobe to wardrobe (disambiguation) perhaps with some later cleanup
  • rename current page Wardrobe (furniture) as simply Wardrobe, and
  • fix any links, redirects etc
  • ensure correct links and text are in place in the article cabinet (furniture)
  • above actions predicated on
  1. a consensus for action (or a bold editor) and
  2. an editor experienced in move/rename actions to care to follow up the required action of the consensus ((or a bold editor)).

—Newbyguesses - Talk 11:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Consensus seems to exist at this time (thank you for bringing this up, User:Decoratrix) to do these above renames; (within a reasonable time, to allow for further users to have a say). Watch this space! Keeping Page Histories intact is a priority when re-naming articles. –Newbyguesses - Talk 14:58, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I have made the disambig page and requested an admin to move Wardrobe (furniture) to Wardrobe per above agreement. Decoratrix 04:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC)