Talk:The Majors

Discussion
"The Majors" could undoubtedly equally refer to Major League Baseball. Uncapitalised it could also refer to a multitude of other things. As such this page should properly be a either a disambiguation page or even more likely a redirect to Major (disambiguation). wjemather bigissue 18:23, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - (changed mind after argument) According to WP:PRIME this should redirect to men's major golf championships, but with a disambiguation note at the top. Similar to how "The Open" can refer to many things in context, but only has one thing in general use. Starwrath (talk) 18:33, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The golf tournaments are not primary usage. In fact a simple google search shows more results with baseball than golf appended. And that is not to mention the band or other things that could be meant. wjemather bigissue 18:40, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Major League Baseball never uses the term the majors in the entire article. If it's so commonly referred to as "the majors" that the golf major's wouldn't be the primary topic, how come that is never mentioned? Starwrath (talk) 18:43, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't have to use the term, but it probably should. This has been mentioned before. In fact I brought it up somewhere but got little response, can't remember where or when though – probably a project talk page. wjemather bigissue 18:49, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Either way, going through the Google results there are many baseball articles shortening to "the majors" so I can agree. However, I think the term "the majors" should have a separate disambiguation page because the items it refers to are clearly different than what the general term "major" refers to.  Or at the very least, there should be a separate section in the current Major (disambiguation) article. Starwrath (talk) 18:54, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Since I was the only one opposed and did the reverts, do you want to make the change now or wait to see if others oppose? Starwrath (talk) 18:59, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It is generally best to lump the singular and plural together since there is no real need to separate them, and dab pages are easier to navigate when arranged by topic. wjemather bigissue 23:26, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * While I agree, I meant that the term "the majors" can refers to different things that the term "Major" does. E.g., MLB is referred to as "the majors" and not just "major" by itself, in contrast to the military rank. Maybe it's just me, but I would never except the golf tournaments to be listed under the term "Major". Starwrath (talk) 03:20, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't see why. They are already listed on that dab page anyway. And it saves maintaining two pages when one will suffice. wjemather bigissue 08:06, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Service to readers. Someone looking for "The Majors" is almost certainly looking for something sports related; why make her scroll through the military and other meanings when we can just give them to her in a more compact format?  Powers T 14:10, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with LtPowers on this. Starwrath (talk) 04:43, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * WP:PLURAL. The only exception I can see would be for the band The Majors (band). wjemather bigissue 15:18, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not the plurality that's the problem. It's the "the" appended that makes the meaning different. Starwrath (talk) 16:26, 17 October 2010 (UTC)