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Requested move: withdrawn[edit]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)[reply]
- There are and have been many great companies. A more descriptive article name is needed. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:31, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Can you name another? GoogleBooks shows that this usage predominates for the singular "Great Company" (when the search is modified with "mercenaries" to weed out references to this or that great company). The Great Company is unambiguous. Srnec (talk) 02:20, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

The Hudson's Bay Company, for one. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. older ≠ wiser 03:33, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Alright, it looks as if Great Company could apply to another company of the same time period. I withdraw this move request, standardise this article's title, and create a dab page. Now somebody can create the English company's article... Srnec (talk) 05:35, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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)