Talk:Washington state

The Washington article actually includes the phrase Washington state in bold as a common way to which the town is referred, to differentiate it from Washington, D.C.. The redirects should reflect this common usage. --BaronLarf 18:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


 * See User_talk:BaronLarf for the answer (at least until he archives his talk page [[image:smiley.png|20px]]). Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk? ) 00:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * (From my talk page, for posterity. --BaronLarf 01:42, 18 April 2006 (UTC))
 * 10 days ago, you fixed this redirect, and you appeared a bit perturbed (excusably) about it. Okay, I can clear up the confusion for you on why on earth this page (improperly) liked to the university. (The page history might help.)


 * Four years ago, the page was created to link to Washington. Then, two months ago, an ill-advised (probably East Coast [[image:smiley.png|20px]]) user attempted to move Washington to Washington State, and subsequently "fixed" the redirect. Problem is, Washington State (with the capital S) is not the state's actual page, and it redirects to the university, as well it should. A robot then "fixed" the double redirect, automatically assuming that the redirect wanted to go to the university. Finally, you walked in and solved the problem.


 * What boggles my mind is how this could have possibly gone on for two entire months before someone fixed it. (Due to the Washington State redirect, Washington State University did already have a disamb header on top of the page, which probably had something to do with it...) It's also stunning that in the week after the double redirect was created, nobody noticed it enough to fix it. But in any case, thank you very much for doing so, and I've now added the page to my watchlist, so problems like this probably won't happen again. Thanks again... and happy editing! Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk? ) 00:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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