Talk:Motor launch (naval)

message: I have copied some information here about Fairmile B to Fairmile B motor launch--Geronimo20 06:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fairmile B 

message: The page for Launch (boat) has almost no information on launches other than the fact that they aren't necessarily British Navy vessels. I really think these two pages should be merged and one page be a subsection on the other. Jkar (talk) 15:29, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: MLs are a quite specific military type of launch, perhaps it would be better to expand the Launch (boat) page to include more types of launch?  --jmb (talk) 16:33, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Launch (boat) 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
* oppose all (although I'm unfamiliar with Steam Gun Boat). These are not the simple combinations of words as for aircraft carrier etc., but they are proper noun phrases, supported as such by the many relevant sources, and so should be treated and capitalised as such. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:05, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

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message: Motor launch redirects to Launch (boat), which as noted above has little overlap with Motor Launch.  If these really are different topics, it would be better to distinguish them by more than a capital letter.   If Motor Launch is about a particular class of military motor launches, then Motor launch (military boat) or something like that would make more sense.  If it's intended to be only about the British MLs, then something that indicates that.  Ideas? Dicklyon (talk) 00:47, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: But you already know this, yet you have zero interest in accuracy, rather than your own bias to strip capitalisation from every article. Andy Dingley (talk) 01:39, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: What I know is that distinguishing these topics by a dubious case distinction seems like a bad idea.  You have no better one? Dicklyon (talk) 02:39, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

text: * We should use the correct names. They are Motor Launch; also launch (boat) is reasonable, but motor launch might be preferred. Andy Dingley (talk) 03:06, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

text: That discussion is now archived, so I am going to comment here: On general principles of encyclopedic organization "Motor Launch" should be taken as a synonym for  Motor launch, i.e. a launch powered by a motor; so both titles should redirect to Launch (boat). To do otherwise is just confusing for non-expert readers. However, the phrase does refer to a distinct type of military vessel, and (I think, from a cursory scan) no one has argued that the existing article on that topic should be merged. Instead, I suggest renaming this article with a disambiguation, such as Motor Launch (Royal Navy), and retargeting the redirect Motor Launch after incoming links have been changed. Additionally "Motor Launch" in this article should be consistently capitalised, and mentions of police or other civilian "motor launches" removed as off topic. Hairy Dude (talk) 04:05, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two articles on motor launch?