Forum:Renaming vehicle pages

Well I've started noticing a trend, which has actually been around for a while. It's been brought up before, yet nothing has been done about it. Basically, rather than using the in-game name, vehicle pages get special treatment and have their full, written name, IE Mi-17 Hip, and F-15E Strike Eagle.

Now, this is bad for three reasons. First, it's inconsistent. On weapon pages, and some other pages, we use the "lowest common denominator," so to speak, and use the in-game name that is most common in Battlefield. And at that, we put each individual in-game name in their respective sections.

Secondly, the more common name for a vehicle (ie F-15 rather than F-15E Strike Eagle) is not usually a redirect. I've gone ahead and given Mi-17 a redirect to the right article, but before today people might search "Mi-17" and find nothing.

Finally, there are explicit names given to these vehicles by the devs, so it's contrary to what they decided to call the vehicle (for instance, the UH-1 Iroqious is never referred to as that in any of the Battlefield games). IMO, we should be more consistent with naming, and use the in-game name rather than the real-life name of the vehicle. I also think that the Article policy should be amended to include vehicles, and change the "character" naming convention to explicity state that ranks should not be used under any circumstances.

And I know that sometimes the real-life name is used in-game, ie AH-1G HueyCobra.

Thoughts? Йура 16:55, July 29, 2011 (UTC)