About this time last year, I remember a lot of people arguing with me that
we must use the most common terminology when naming a page; has this convention
changed? Wik continues to revert my move of [[extermination camp]] to [[death
camp]] -- is there any usage of "death camp" which does not directly, or
indirectly, refer to the death camps of World War II? Google finds 6 times
as many death camp articles -- surely that makes it clear which is more common?!
Some would be mediators are trying to "compromise" by turning [[death
camp]] into a disambiguation where they note, "Some people call prisons with
execution chambers, as death camps" -- does not that very statement make it
clear that "death camp" is the most common usage. -- In any case, while "death
camp" is used to refer to non-death camps (such as the prison at Guantanamo) --
its really very clear that such comparisons are deragatory and not to be taken
literally. Furthermore, such comparisons are not expressed, "Guantanamo is an
extermination camp!"; I think its very clear that death camp is the most common
name.
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