Talk:Northampton (disambiguation)

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Shouldn't Northampton page be the disambig? --71.224.19.29 16:47, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Nope. --Joshua Issac (talk) 15:43, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Ridiculous that Northampton isn't a disambig
Northampton, Massachusetts is as famous as the place to which you British people are routing queries... You've done this with other American/English/Canadian cities too, like Plymouth and Cambridge--both of which have American versions which are equally (at least,) if not more famous (at most.) Northampton, like the above mentioned, should be a disambig page--and it's silly hubris that it's not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.177.164 (talk) 13:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Status quo seems ok
Status quo is that main page for Northampton is for the town in England AND that the main page has a hatnote linking to the disambiguation page.

1. I assume that the reason that Northampton in England has the main page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northampton is that they created their article first.

2. Northampton, MA, USA is an important place in its own right, including age, population, historical events, etc.

3. It is a city and the County Seat of Hampshire County, thus roughly equivalent to Northampton, Northamptonshire (which is a County Town) in its geographic level of political division.

4. I searched for page popularity just now, and Northampton in England has about 2.5x more traffic (October 20, 2009 to October 23, 2010) than Northampton, MA, USA.

5. Northampton in England page has a hatnote to the Northampton (disambiguation) page. I believe that this is sufficient for most users who land at that page, to realize that it is not the page for Northampton, MA, and to navigate to the page they are looking for.--Nohoguy (talk) 01:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Deleted "Northampton, Maryland"
There are two areas in Maryland (one in Hartford County and one in Baltimore County) that are "populated places." I deleted Northampton, Maryland because neither had an article on Wikipedia, therefore had no reason to be on the Northampton disambiguation page.--Nohoguy (talk) 01:48, 25 October 2010 (UTC)