Talk:ICE

Eliminating redirect

Since ICE now redirects to ICE (disambiguation) rather than InterCity Express, would there be any objection to moving the disambig content to ICE and deleting this page? slambo 17:23, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

I've reverted that change that was done without explanation. When I last checked, the ICE train was by far the most popular use of "ICE" we had. I'm not a priori opposed to such a change, but it needs to be explained first. --Joy [shallot] 21:05, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking we need ICE to point to the disambiguation page now, especially with the growing meme of In case of emergency; though I usually react to attempts to create email memes, this one (unlike most) seems useful (certainly more useful to the general class of English-speaking Wiki readers than InterCity Express). --jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 22:34, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm indifferent to where ICE points right now. When I started editing, I always thought the acronym referred to InterCity Express, and seeing the redirect point there only reinforced that idea. However, as an American and a native English speaker, I must say that I hadn't heard the In case of emergency meme yet (but that's not saying much since it took a User Friendly comic to alert me to Badger Badger Badger). I've already gone through the railroad-related links to point them to InterCity Express to avoid confusion there. slambo 23:16, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

Whoops, I undid the redirect, not realizing there was a discussion going on here. At least in the US, ICE is becoming a major topic of discussion, and it's about cell phone emergency numbers, not InterCity Express. I think the redirect to the disambig page is the way to go. Zoe 23:36, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

All relevant links to ICE meaning InterCity Express have been made to point directly to that page, so I condoned the change and indeed merged the two pages. --Joy [shallot] 00:12, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]