Talk:WAMU

message: Wamu should be use for Washington Mutual, since more people would type "wamu" for the bank instead of this small radio station. Also, I think "wamu" is copyrighted by Washington Mutual. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xsp1 (talk • contribs).
:There is an article at Washington Mutual.  The disambiguation link at the top of this article suffices. --Aude (talk) 02:09, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: WAMU is the only name American University's radio station goes by. By redirecting that name exclusively to Washington Mutual, users cannot access the information they want, such as when I went looking for WAMU (the readio station) in Wikipedia. Denying users access to the information they seek does not make finding information any easier. Instead, it goes against Wikipedia's original aim, and any database's aim for that matter. In a Google search, WAMU as a radio station is displayed second, which suggests that at least by the standard of online bibliometrics, American University's radio station is reasonably well searched. At the very least, users should be directed to a page from which to choose their ultimate destination. Destitute 06:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: Washington Mutual is was one of the Fortune 100 companies. This radio is a college radio station. I live in NYC, and I never heard of this radio station's name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.188.132.155 (talk • contribs).
:And I had never heard of Washington Mutual before. Whether either of us has heard of the other is irrelevant. WAMU is not just "a college radio station"; it is one of Washington's public radio stations and producer of two syndicated public radio programs. It deserves an article as much as any other radio station. And as far as names go, WAMU is the official name of the radio station where it is only an abbreviation for the company. Per Wikipedia's naming conventions, articles belong at their official names. We have dab links to handle cases of overlap and this article has the appropriate dab link to Washington Mutual. -- JLaTondre 19:27, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  WAMU is not a college radio station. It is a National Public Radio station. American University's college radio station is WVAU.
===Another Response===
(1) WAMU programs are broadcast nationally on NPR, as well as being on the web.
(2) Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008 and no longer exists, so isn't this point moot? GoetheBehr (talk) 00:10, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: American University Radio is unknown to igno'ant people

message: (1) WAMU programs are broadcast nationally on NPR, as well as being on the web.
(2) Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008 and no longer exists, so isn't this point moot? GoetheBehr (talk) 00:10, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Another Response

message: As a proud American University alumnus, I'm surprised this page makes no reference to the antagonism between WVAU and WAMU.  What I mean by this is that many in the university community, which are host to a very famous communications school, feel slighted that the broadcasting license given to the university benefits NPR and NOT the student "radio" station.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.169.72.124 (talk) 08:34, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: WAMU vs. WVAU