[Mediawiki-l] Changing a page title

[Hínandil]

Tim Whitehouse wrote:

> I believe the following is a case for a title that is different then the 
> page name. In the bird area of Wikipedia the page name for each bird is 
> the common name of the bird. Common names are different in various parts 
> of the world but they still refer to the same bird so there shouldn't be 
> separate pages for it. North Americans want to see Common Loon while in 
> the UK they want to see Great Northern Diver and not only in the title 
> but also in the content. And no, common names shouldn't be made 
> universal by making them correspond to the binomial (scientific) name as 
> there is great value in keeping them separate and meaningful to a local 
> user. This value is described in the "Common names" page in Wikipedia. 
> Currently this is treated by including some text like "This bird is also 
> known as the Common Loon." That does not make it very easy to use for 
> those in other parts of the world.

Sounds to me more like a good case for redirect pages.

Hínandil