Is there any reason not to make this a redirect to Great Britain?
- not as far as I can see Tarquin
- shouldn't it be a redirect to Britain? or maybe United Kingdom, since it's mostly used for citizens of that country?
Look at the links for this page the vast majority of them are using British to indicate a citizen of the UK. I think this page should be redirected to United Kingdom instead of Great Britain Mintguy 03:35 Dec 20, 2002 (UTC)
- Agreed. Done. -- Tarquin
- I disagree - I just cannot stand to see the UK and Britain conflated. It's probably true that the majority of links to British refer to a UK citizen - that's probably because someone who is British is necessarily a UK citizen. There's nothing wrong with that - they're British too. But what happens when somebody says that George I was a British king, and clicking on British takes us to United Kingdom, which didn't exist at that time? I mean, why should somebody who makes a link to British want it to go to United Kingdom? Honestly, this change seems very bizarre to me. I'm changing it back so the redirect goes to Great Britain - if people are making links incorrectly, it's the links that need to be changed, not this redirect. --Camembert
My Red Dice, look at the links to this page. There's no need to disambiguate. Mintguy
- Sorry, didn't see this discussion page (wasn't expecting to see one on a redirect page, duh) - reverted now. -MRD
I've just realised I've taken both positions up there. My, that makes me look flighty! Given that many, many writers (from all over the word, including the Brits) will misues this word, maybe we should have this page as a disambiguation, that briefly explains what "British" SHOULD actually be used for. -- Tarquin 13:35 Dec 28, 2002 (UTC)
- This is an interminable discussion: one round finishes and the redirection is set up in such a way, then a few months later someone will reopen the issue by changing it to how they think it should be. Personally I think British should redirect to Britain, since the two words are related. See Talk:Britain.