Talk:Great Company (German)
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Requested move: withdrawn[edit]
- The Great Company (German) → Great Company — Uses definite article in title, unnecessary disambiguator, destination already redirects there, "Great Company" generally refers only to this entity in English. — Srnec (talk) 20:02, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
- There are and have been many great companies. A more descriptive article name is needed. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:31, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
- The above was copied from WP:Requested moves. Please continue the discussion below this comment. Thank you.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 03:16, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- The Hudson's Bay Company, for one. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. older ≠ wiser 03:33, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- Was this a formal name? Is it commonly used today? I think a hatnote would suffice. Either way, the definite article must be removed from this title. Srnec (talk) 03:53, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- It wasn't a formal name (although it is the title of a book about the company). I agree that the article The is unnecessary. older ≠ wiser 03:57, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- I think the relevance of the Bay Company comes down to this: is anybody going to look for it under "Great Company"? Will anybody be surprised to find another Great Company occupying that articlespace? Srnec (talk) 03:58, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- Hard to say. I'm not convinced that we can assume anyone typing in "Great Company" is actually expecting the German mercenaries. According to this source, there appear to have been a number of bands of mercenaries known as "The Great Company" of one variety or another. older ≠ wiser 04:31, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- I think the relevance of the Bay Company comes down to this: is anybody going to look for it under "Great Company"? Will anybody be surprised to find another Great Company occupying that articlespace? Srnec (talk) 03:58, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- It wasn't a formal name (although it is the title of a book about the company). I agree that the article The is unnecessary. older ≠ wiser 03:57, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Most of this is one sided bullshit, how about an account by a German on the activities of this Free Company in Italia!?[edit]
12:54, 26 April 2019 (UTC). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:7950:B900:9886:B4CC:7EE2:191 (talk)
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