User talk:Uniondepot

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Saint Paul Union Depot
Hello again. Can you go to the article talk page and discuss changes to the name, and your reasons? Typically these matters are resolved by discussion.

Also, if you have a connection to the depot or its management, please disclose that. You do not need to disclose your name, but should disclose the nature of any connection. Wikipedia has policies which may come into play.

Best wishes, Kablammo (talk) 19:45, 17 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I apologize, I do not really know how to use Wikipedia. I am new to this. Yes, I work for the owners of Union Depot which is Ramsey County. When used in historical reference we will talk about it as Saint Paul Union Depot, but after the $243 Million renovation 2011-2012 it was reopened solely as Union Depot and St. Paul is strictly used as reference to the location. So yes, while John Diers' book is called St. Paul Union Depot. That is a book on it's history, so the use of the name is correct. (67.50.232.178 (talk) 19:52, 17 December 2013 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.50.232.178 (talk) 19:51, 17 December 2013 (UTC)


 * There is no need to apologize; everyone was new here once. Even though you work for the county, that does not mean that you have a conflict of interest.  Look at the policy on conflicts WP:COI and decide for yourself whether your connection to the depot (not just the county) is so strong that you may have a conflict.  And even if you do, you still could participate in the naming discussion at Talk:Saint Paul Union Depot.
 * On the issue: This likely is a question where both alternatives are correct.  "Union Depot" may be the current preferred name, while "Saint Paul Union Depot" is the most common historical name.  There likely are two questions here:  (1) what is the best name for the article, and (2) what should the facility be called in the first sentence.
 * (1)As to the the article name: The only choices likely are either "Saint Paul Union Depot" or "Union Depot (Saint Paul)".  The article is not likely to be named "Union Depot" as there are too many of them, and Union Depot is now a disambiguation page, linking to some of those other uses.
 * (2)   On the bold title in the lead:  Typically that is the name of the article, but that does not seem to be an iron-clad rule.  Perhaps we could keep the article at the present name, and start the lead with "Union Depot, historically known as Saint Paul Union Depot . . ."   Would that be acceptable to you?  Kablammo (talk) 14:27, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

I do not believe that I am a conflict of interest. In my position I am responsible for making sure that the correct information is out there about Union Depot. I have requested that the name of the article be changed to Union Depot (St. Paul) as I was informed by Wikipedia that there are too many "Union Depot". I am fine with that. I would be fine with the first sentence as you stated above. Uniondepot (talk) 22:35, 18 December 2013 (UTC)