User talk:Mtvernon74

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October 2020
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, articles should not be moved, as you did to The Everett Herald, without good reason. They should have a name that is both accurate and intuitive. Wikipedia has some guidelines in place to help with this. Generally, a page should only be moved to a new title if the current name doesn't follow these guidelines. Also, if a page move is being discussed, consensus needs to be reached before anybody moves the page. If you would like to experiment with page titles and moving, please use the test Wikipedia. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. ''Please read the common name guideline. As outside outlets refer to it as the Everett Herald, it should remain at that title.''  Sounder Bruce  00:30, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome! I'm going to address your comments in order just to keep it straight in my mind. "Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, articles should not be moved, as you did to The Everett Herald, without good reason." Not trying to be deliberatively confrontational, and in the hope you won't take it as such, I believe I have a very good reason for the move/edits: The name of the newspaper is not, and has never been, The Everett Herald. If the guidelines ask for accuracy, I don't know how you would argue that this isn't accurate. That said, if I moved out of turn without reaching consensus according to Wikipedia's guidelines, that's my fault through my own ignorance. "Generally, a page should only be moved to a new title if the current name doesn't follow these guidelines. Also, if a page move is being discussed, consensus needs to be reached before anybody moves the page." My mistake again, I apologize. I would like to discuss this if there are others who feel like you do. "As outside outlets refer to it as the Everett Herald, it should remain at that title." First, what outside outlets? Second, if they call it by the wrong name, why should that dictate the entry should follow suit? That doesn't make any sense to me. Why wouldn't the real name of a particular thing be the title of the page? I used to deliver The Daily Herald (It was called The Herald then), and I know it is colloquially called "The Everett Herald", but that isn't the name of the paper. Again, I don't know how this could be argued. Mtvernon74 (talk) 04:01, 21 October 2020 (UTC)