The Winds of  Edit Wars Ah that article is getting around I have been watching the move of List of metropolitan areas by population to List of metropolitan areas by population Forstall to List of metropolitan areas by population FGP and back along with a Gordian Knot of redirects with  detached  interest    Ive said it before I say it again This article is perverting Forstall The three gentlemen had a noble cause Why lists of major urban areas vary so greatly Then they made a mistake made their own list And before you know it it gets a Wikipedia article titled List of metropolitan areas by population  This title is disingenuous It tricks people into thinking that this is what it appears to be a list of metropolitan areas by population People are being fooled so much that they endlessly attempt to update a list that shouldnt be updated  Forstall et al may be worth to be treated as an artifact of history If possible the list should be edit blocked But the title must reflect what it is List of metropolitan areas by population according to Forstall Greene and Pick It is definitely not a  List of metropolitan areas by population  Everything else is just wrong It is also interesting that Wikipedias trite and true consensus is being invoked with nary a word on the discussion page   Triplespy whoever he may be had the right intentions That article needs the proper name List of metropolitan areas by population  does not reflect the source  If List of metropolitan areas by population Forstall  isnt  accepted how  about Ancient and outdated list of metropolitan areas by population produced after all other lists had failed Not good How about How to forestall the compilation of lists of metropolitan areas by population  once and for all   If you want consensus Triplespy has my vote