Talk:Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building

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I agree with Sarek here. NRHP frequently makes spelling and naming errors and never corrects them. This is not the only NRHP listing which mangles the official name of the structure. Yworo (talk) 01:44, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * From WP:Article title: "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it prefers to use the name that is most frequently used to refer to the subject in English-language reliable sources. This includes usage in the sources used as references for the article."... in other words we don't give more weight to the "official" name because it is "official'; Nor do we give the name used by the NRHP more weight because it is used by the NRHP. Both are simply one more usage to be counted along with all the other usages that are out there.
 * So... what name do other sources use when referring to this building? Blueboar (talk) 13:41, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The History page that's linked in the references calls it the "Girls Domestic Science Building". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly article calls it "Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building". http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/publications/schools/schools_nw.aspx calls it "Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building".-- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:34, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The current name of the building is "Old Art Building", as shown at http://www.atu.edu/map/docs/CampusMap.pdf, so "Old Art Building (Arkansas Tech University)" might be a better name, but it seems like the older name is what it's historically known as. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:27, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the current title is fine. Unless we need to disambiguate, no need to add "Arkansas Tech University". That's standard disambiguation rules. We don't include book subtitles in articles about books either. Similar situation really. Doesn't need disambiguating. Yworo (talk) 20:32, 26 November 2011 (UTC)