Talk:Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

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See Talk:Indianapolis 500 for discussions of the previous page-name.

New page name
I transfered the entire page over to this one, for the reasons of 1) clarity of event (someone actually asked why it was called "Indianapolis 500"), and 2) actual name. Though the name has been different at times in previous eras, Indianapolis 500-Mile Race is its actual current title, and thus more accurate. --Chr.K. 00:36, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * "Indianapolis 500-Mile Race" is in fact NOT the name of the race. Please check the race's official website that nowhere includes "-Mile Race" in any of its logos, titles, or press information. -Drdisque 00:58, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Whichever it is, you shouldn't have copied it. One should be a redirect for the other. Recury 14:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The name's official title has been the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race since 1981, when it was changed from the previous 500-Mile International Sweepstakes Race. Indianapolis 500 is a shortened term, like the even shorter Indy 500, whether you accept it or not.  On the second point, I agree.  Indianapolis 500 should redirect to Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. --4.224.201.195 05:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If that is so then please provide some sort of documentation. -Drdisque 03:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * On televised media, Paul Page would introduce the ABC Sports broadcast of the race with the official/technical name, often with a 'flair for the dramatic', i.e. 1990's "Live, and for the first time in stereophonic sound (new technology being introduced that broadcast, apparently), ABC Sports presents: the 74th running of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race." Mike King, the current Voice of the 500, has used the phrase as well, on numerous occasions when the "longer phrase" is called for.
 * Links to the official name of the race, by "peer-reviewable" organizations:
 * 500 Festival, Indianapolis 500 to "Celebrate the Spectacle", bottom of left window
 * Unique Motor Books company (United Kingdom) giving its name in books about its history
 * IndyCar.com site (officially sanctioned) calling it by that name immediately after the 2003 race's conclusion
 * A site with the name, though unfortunately with the hyphen again missing, and the front header not capitalizing the words like the written sentence does
 * The section of the site "What's in a name?", giving reference to the change made after 1980
 * Sportswriter Ed Hinton remembering his first 500 covered in 1975...with official name at top of page
 * Racingone.com reporting on Pat Flaherty, and here his victory in the 1956 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race (hyphen included this time)
 * Example of site calling it by both names, with the Indianapolis 500 name first at top, but later, in 1998 500 reference in article, using the whole name for description of '98 race being dedicated to Mary Fendrich Hulman, Tony Hulman's then-newly late wife
 * FastMachines.com - "Indianapolis 500-Mile Race"
 * IndyCar.com again, referencing the 90th running of the Indianapolis-500 Mile Race (official site now giving all the 'particularities' of the name, capitals to all words and the hyphen
 * I will continue if desired. --Chr.K. 08:46, 12 May 2006 (UTC)