Talk:Bâle

Basel
Per. Bâle is either likely to be confused with or a mistype of Bale in which case it should redirect to that page, or Basel is the only reasonable target, in which case it doesn't need a hatnote. Redirecting readers from Bâle to Basel as a primary topic then hatnoting to a disambiguation page is an action we only reserve for special cases where there's likely to be a lot of traffic on the alternative name. For minor terms we don't set up hatnotes, otherwise articles could get top heavy with trivial detail. Basilea also redirects to Basel, which is fine, but we don't set up a hatnote telling folks not to confuse it with Basilea Pharmaceutica. Nor do we set up a hatnote for possible confusion with Basil. If you think there's likely to be some readers who are typing in Bâle when they want Bale, let's redirect Bâle to Bale, where it is listed. If you feel that it's not likely to be confused, let's have it redirect to Basel, but remove the hatnote. Because Bâle only gets one pageview a day compared to Basel's 1,255, putting a hatnote on the Basel article is not worth it.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  11:35, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

moved from my talk page. -- ZH8000 (talk) 09:24, 17 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Well, you make one iportant error: Bâle IS the correct French term for Basel (Basel sits just on the French border). And I can hardly imagine that somebody who looks for Bale types it as Bâle, not even by mistake. And finally, the hatnote is not about Bâle, but Bale! Obviously, you don't make the distinction, but there is one, a major one indeed. So yes, the redirect of Bâle to Basel and the hatnote to Bale are absolutely reasonable. Especially for the few ones who do not make this small, but important distinction! -- ZH8000 (talk) 09:24, 17 September 2016 (UTC)