Could somebody please explain why [[Water chestnut]] is a disambiguation page (with, in my opinion, neither splitting article really doing a good job of describing the tuber that most English-speaking people are familiar with from either a grocery store can or their local Chinese restaurant), while [[Corn]] (which redirects to [[Maize]]) is a really nice article that talks about the corn we all know and love, while having a convenient, unobtrusive "disambig" flag at the top?
Doesn't the water chestnut deserve a little better than this confusing disambiguation page? It's a pretty common food. Does the Wikipedia community really expect users to find their way specifically to [[Eleocharis dulcis]] to get a half-decent write-up on the water chestnuts that many of their recipes call for?
On 22/01/07, Gregory Kohs thekohser@gmail.com wrote:
Doesn't the water chestnut deserve a little better than this confusing disambiguation page? It's a pretty common food. Does the Wikipedia community really expect users to find their way specifically to [[Eleocharis dulcis]] to get a half-decent write-up on the water chestnuts that many of their recipes call for?
Just some quick Google results: +"Water chestnut" +"Eleocharis dulcis" (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%2B%22Water+chestnut%22+%2B%22Eleocharis+du...) produces 807 results)
+"Water chestnut" +"Trapa natans" (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox&rls...) gives 25,700 results
Without searching further, wouldn't the page (were it not a disambiguation page) better point to T. natans, rather than E. dulcis as you suggest?
Could somebody please explain why [[Water chestnut]] is a disambiguation page (with, in my opinion, neither splitting article really doing a good job of describing the tuber that most English-speaking people are familiar with from either a grocery store can or their local Chinese restaurant), while [[Corn]] (which redirects to [[Maize]]) is a really nice article that talks about the corn we all know and love, while having a convenient, unobtrusive "disambig" flag at the top?
Doesn't the water chestnut deserve a little better than this confusing disambiguation page? It's a pretty common food. Does the Wikipedia community really expect users to find their way specifically to [[Eleocharis dulcis]] to get a half-decent write-up on the water chestnuts that many of their recipes call for?
It would appear that two different plants are known as "Water chestnut" and neither is significantly more important than the other, so we have a disambig page. It's standard practice. What would you have instead?
On 22/01/07, Gregory Kohs thekohser@gmail.com wrote:
Could somebody please explain why [[Water chestnut]] is a disambiguation page (with, in my opinion, neither splitting article really doing a good job of describing the tuber that most English-speaking people are familiar with from either a grocery store can or their local Chinese restaurant), while [[Corn]] (which redirects to [[Maize]]) is a really nice article that talks about the corn we all know and love, while having a convenient, unobtrusive "disambig" flag at the top?
Doesn't the water chestnut deserve a little better than this confusing disambiguation page? It's a pretty common food. Does the Wikipedia community really expect users to find their way specifically to [[Eleocharis dulcis]] to get a half-decent write-up on the water chestnuts that many of their recipes call for?
I think we expect them to be intelligent enough to open [[water chestnut]] and click on the appropriate link. (I would have no idea which one it is, but then I don't eat them)
What I want to know is... why does [[corn]], in much of the English-speaking world a generic term either for cereal crops in general or the locally-dominant crop specifically, and a term with several other distinct meanings, redirect to the specific footstuff called "corn" in America?
I find it amusing we have entirely opposite reactions to these two!
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:05:27 -0500, "Gregory Kohs" thekohser@gmail.com wrote:
Could somebody please explain why [[Water chestnut]] is a disambiguation page
Or why [[Raleigh]] is not. An entire nation and half a Commonwealth thinks Raleigh means first an explorer and second a bicycle manufacturer.
Guy (JzG)
On 1/22/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:05:27 -0500, "Gregory Kohs" thekohser@gmail.com wrote:
Could somebody please explain why [[Water chestnut]] is a disambiguation page
Or why [[Raleigh]] is not. An entire nation and half a Commonwealth thinks Raleigh means first an explorer and second a bicycle manufacturer.
Damn imperialistic Brits - what are you saying, that most of the English speaking world counts as "half a commonwealth" ;) But yeah, Raleigh was Sir Walter first, the bike second... and then I started applying to grad schools and then discovered that Raleigh was the address of an obscure American university.
Guy (JzG)
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