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:Here we have a page for each vehicle. Even if it looks different, the Police car is still essentially the same vehicle for the same purpose. If we split it into [[Police car in GTA III]] etc, the information on all those pages would be almost identical. So instead we just have one page, and have a section on the different appearances, which makes sense when you think what people would be looking for. If we have a LOT to write about the different appearances, then we could split them up, but still have a central "Police Car" page to discuss the '''USE''' of police vehicles, and to describe the different renditions. I think [[Police Cruiser]] and [[Police Patrol]] are good examples of where the ''differences'' are on a separate page, but the ''similarities'' are still here on this central page. Perhaps you could make a new page for the GTA III era police cars? [[Police Car in GTA III Era]] is what we would usually call this, which is nicer than [[Police (GTA III era vehicle)]] or some daft wikipedia concoction like that.<br>As for naming it [[Police Car]] over [[Police (vehicle)]], the simple answer is simplicity. Brackets and mixed-cases are awkward to use, and makes the pages harder to find. It makes so much more sense to call the article "police car" than it does to call it something complicated. We use brackets when we have to, when there is no other option (when it saves us adding 5 additional words), but this will always use a disambig to make it easily findable. Technically the vehicle is called "Police", so technically it should be at [[Police]], but "Police Car" is closer (and more obvious) than "Police (vehicle)". I favour findability, usability and descriptiveness over minor awkward technical minutia. [[w:c:gta:User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] <sup>[[:w:c:gta:User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]</sup> 00:28, 18 April 2009 (UTC) | :Here we have a page for each vehicle. Even if it looks different, the Police car is still essentially the same vehicle for the same purpose. If we split it into [[Police car in GTA III]] etc, the information on all those pages would be almost identical. So instead we just have one page, and have a section on the different appearances, which makes sense when you think what people would be looking for. If we have a LOT to write about the different appearances, then we could split them up, but still have a central "Police Car" page to discuss the '''USE''' of police vehicles, and to describe the different renditions. I think [[Police Cruiser]] and [[Police Patrol]] are good examples of where the ''differences'' are on a separate page, but the ''similarities'' are still here on this central page. Perhaps you could make a new page for the GTA III era police cars? [[Police Car in GTA III Era]] is what we would usually call this, which is nicer than [[Police (GTA III era vehicle)]] or some daft wikipedia concoction like that.<br>As for naming it [[Police Car]] over [[Police (vehicle)]], the simple answer is simplicity. Brackets and mixed-cases are awkward to use, and makes the pages harder to find. It makes so much more sense to call the article "police car" than it does to call it something complicated. We use brackets when we have to, when there is no other option (when it saves us adding 5 additional words), but this will always use a disambig to make it easily findable. Technically the vehicle is called "Police", so technically it should be at [[Police]], but "Police Car" is closer (and more obvious) than "Police (vehicle)". I favour findability, usability and descriptiveness over minor awkward technical minutia. [[w:c:gta:User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] <sup>[[:w:c:gta:User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]</sup> 00:28, 18 April 2009 (UTC) | ||
::The least that can be done is creating a section dedicated to the various names of the car. I'm still bothered the Squad Car and Cop Car are still referred to as the "Police Car". Imagine the confusion if someone intends to locate these cars in vehicle lists or categories. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 17:45, 24 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
==White Police Car== | ==White Police Car== | ||