Talk:Point Reyes Lighthouse

message: Since this proposal was not brought to the attention of the other three projects interested in this article, I have just done so.  I saw that the Lighthouse project was previously alerted, so I did not repeat myself there.--Hjal (talk) 08:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is another example of a VERY PROMINENT lighthouse having its name changed at the whim of a small number of wiki editors who wished to arbitrarily impose a naming scheme on lighthouses in opposition to the common local name known by millions of people.  My objection was spurred by the arbitrary changing the name of the Montauk Point Lighthouse to Montauk Point Light.  If there is local usage by the lighthouse owner (e.g. the NPS at Point Reyes), then local usage should be recognized! Americasroof (talk) 11:47, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Although I don't agree with this proposed move, I don't think that it is arbitrary--most projects seem to seek to standardize the articles in their area of interest.  There are many lighthouses that are of less interest to local history buffs or tourists, most of which did not have WP articles until 2006 or 2007.  Introducing these articles took a considerable effort and it is no surprize that the participating editors would try to agree on a common style, especially when many of the articles were based on a common  source.  Point Reyes and Montauk Point are probably not the only articles that should stay with the most widely known names or the with the "official" name used by NRHP rather than the shorter form used by the Coast Guard, but we should not arbitrarily standardize on the name used by the current property owners either.--Hjal (talk) 15:36, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: For what it is worth, the NRHP program name for the site is Point Reyes Light Station.  And, in my experience in adding NRHP infoboxes and otherwise editing articles on sites listed in the NRHP, I find it is usually not worthwhile or helpful to insist that article names be changed to the NRHP naming system.  On the other hand, I do pretty much insist that the NRHP program name for a site be the title of the NRHP infobox, and I seek to include mention of the NRHP name as an alternative name for the site in the text of the article, as in "known also as Point Reyes Light Station".  Perhaps a combined Lighthouse / NRHP infobox could reflect the official US Coast Guard name for the site, and the "known also as" phrase could also include Point Reyes Light.  And then the article name itself doesn't matter as much.  Note, in WikiProject Lighthouse lists of lighthouses, they can use whatever consistent naming system they want to, but wikilink to whatever non-standardized name is used for each lighthouse article. doncram (talk) 16:12, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: First off even if I 100 percent disagree with calling all lighthouses light, I think the edits were done in good faith since there is a Coast Guard list.  But if you are going to use the Coast Guard as the standard, the Coast Guard is inconsistent also http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/USCGLightList.html .  Its intro article calls them "Light Stations" and then it proceeds to list them as "LIGHTHOUSES BY STATE OR TERRITORY"  The Coast Guard is NOT THE OFFICIAL NAMING BODY in the U.S.   The U.S. Board of Geographic Names is the official body and the USGS officially maps it.  The USGS topo maps consistently show the name "Lighthouse."  Wikipedia is really big on not being too U.S. Centric.  Every other country list calls them lighthouses.  The articles about them call them "lighthouse."  Light is not used anywhere.  There's not even a disambugation on the Light page referring to lighthouses. Americasroof (talk) 16:26, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Other projects notified of move proposal

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Point Reyes Lighthouse (April 2012).jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on December 4, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-12-04. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:35, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
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