[Wikipedia-l] what was the eventual decision on citynames?

Mon Sep 2 18:47:05 UTC 2002

Tesla Coil wrote:

>Which, if any, is the ideal form among these examples?
>
>1). [[Madrid]] redirects to [[Madrid, Spain]].  For other uses, 
>    see [[Madrid (disambiguation)]]
>
>2). [[Paris, France]] redirects to [[Paris]].  For other uses, 
>    see [[Paris (disambiguation)]]
>
>3). [[Athens, Greece]] redirects to [[Athens]]; disambiguation at
>    the bottom of the page.  (A note of irony here: Athens, Greece
>    has received a less substantial article than [[Athens, Ohio]]).
>
Number 2 appears to be the standard, although many would still argue for 
Number 1.  

Number 3 appears to have been set up before the recent debate, and 
should be upgraded.  With that article still being quite short it's not 
a big problem for now.  The argument for a disambiguation block at the 
"top" of the article is that it lets people know right away that they 
could or should be somewhere else.
Eclecticology