On a similar note, "chihuahua mexico -dog" yields 183,000 results, while
"chihuahua -mexico dog" yields 65,200. We might dare to generalize: if
in doubt, place names take priority over things named for places -- if
the names are identical. If the names vary even slightly, do the right
thing: [[Dalmatia]] is a region of [[Croatia]], but [[Dalmatian]] is a
[[dog]].
-----Original Message-----
From: wikipedia-l-admin(a)nupedia.com
[mailto:wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com]On Behalf Of Daniel Mayer
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 12:31
To: wikipedia-l(a)nupedia.com
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: City, state convention
Hum, I just read the [[Shikoku, Japan]] article. I seemed to have
forgoten
from sixth grade geography that Shikoku is one of the islands of Japan.
It
therefore does not at all pertain to the city naming conventions.
I would personally prefer such a large geographic entity to be not
disambiguated, esp. in a way that makes it appear as if it were a city
(other
uses could be covered in a disambiguation block). Trouble is, which is
the
most widely used use of the word -- the dog breed, the island or
something
else I'm missing? Since there is no specific naming convention covering
this,
the standard give and take of general disambiguation will have to be
followed.
I just did a google search. <Shikoku Japan -dog -breed> got over 60,000
results and <Shikoku dog breed> got only 697 results (<Shikoku dog> got
less
than 10,000). Clearly [[Shikoku]] should be where the article on the
island
should be (as I hoped). A link to [[Shikoku (dog breed)]] can be in a
disambiguation block at [[Shikoku]] (is this breed of dog know by
anything
other than simply "Shikoku"? It would be a shame to have to needlessly
use
parenthetical disambiguation).
--maveric149
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