Talk:Jaguars

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If someone wants information on the animal, they are probably going to simply type "jaguar". If someone types "jaguars", then probably they want information on the team, but perhaps don't know the geographic connection to the team, in this case, "Jacksonville". Furthermore, if someone wants to know about the team, but doesn't know the geographic connection, then they would have great difficulty finding the team, unless they can just type "jaguars". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.154.232.206 (talk • contribs) 17:59, 24 September 2006‎ (UTC)
 * Boy, this is trickier than I thought. I've made redirects before, but I've never changed one, and I can't figure out why this won't take.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.154.232.206 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 24 September 2006‎ (UTC)


 * Though the above point may be valid, it does not represent a worldwide perspective. This WikiProject helps explain some of the motivations.  If you disagree, see my talk page.  Nimur 06:11, 24 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I have reviewed the page you recommended and remain unconvinced. I recognize the need for a worldwide perspective, but I sometimes find the call for such to defy commonsense. (Yours, I will say, is not an entirely ridiculous suggestion.)  For example, I recently found someone adding a tag to the article on government cohabitation complaining that it lacked a worldwide perspective.  Given that the phenomenon is something that can pretty much only happen in a couple of countries, it was a silly—even ignorant—suggestion.  I pointed out that it made about as much sense to ask for a worldwide perspective on cohabitation as it did to ask for a worldwide perspective on the Seine.


 * The issue of the article on the jaguar, of course is nothing like this. I can see both sides of this argument.  But again, I remain unconvinced.  The arguments laid out above remain true:  someone looking for the animal is unlikely to type in the plural, and, even if they do, they can and most certainly would immediately rectify their error by typing in the singular.  The same cannot be said of someone looking for the team, for the reasons listed above.  We thus enhance the possibility of everyone finding the information that they are looking for, if we keep this particular redirect pointing at the team.


 * Maintaining a "worldwide perspective" does not mean that we cannot have redirects pointing to American-interest articles. It means maintaining a reasonable respect for the opinions of others.  Having this redirect point to the team is not disrepectful of the interest of other peoples across the globe, and serves the greater good. (God, I hate myself for ending with such a trite phrase.  But it's true!) Unschool 08:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)