Talk:Zane

message: While the article at Wikipedia:Disambiguation recommends a list of people then places, at the top of the page it is written:  "However, it is not set in stone and should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception."  Because so many of the articles on this page are connected to the Zane family, I think that fact should be noted in some way. -- SwissCelt 12:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Make a "Zane family" article. The page, as I found it, was unnecessarily confusing and seemed to be going 101from a disambiguation page to...something else. This is not an article about one group of people named "Zane" and things supposedly named after them. And, if we're going to include those things,—which might be a bad idea, now that I think of it.—they'll have to go in the proper place. This page is meant for clean and clear disambiguation only. It is not an article in the formal sense and should not be treated as such. Descriptions should stay short, but sweet, and avoid linking to anything, especially another person named Zane. Also, I noticed you simply reverted my edit whole sale rather than, at the very least, including the latest addition in the way of some named Zane. I call that lazy editting. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 16:31, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  And you'll note that Zane now redirects there, which is how it should have been from the start. -- SwissCelt 03:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cute. A biased redirect is hardly "how it should be". I'll be changing that redirect, in fact. This "Zane family" is hardly more notible than the name itself. I'll also be posting a move request. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 03:52, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What in the world are you talking about, ACS?  Originally, all articles with the name "Zane" referred in some way to the Zane family of Ohio.  The article at Zane reflected this fact.  As other articles were added containing the name Zane which weren't related to the family, a disambiguation page developed organically.  Now, since you insist upon whittling this square peg into the round hole of Wikipedia:Disambiguation, it's only right that there be a Zane (disambiguation) article, freeing up Zane for its original intent of chronicling the Zane family.  I have no idea how you can justify saying that the name of a family is more notable than the family itself.  This is an encyclopedia, not a dictionary. -- SwissCelt 04:20, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you prove that this family is the originator? ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 04:32, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Originator of what?  The name Zane?  No, but that shouldn't matter.  Again, this is not a dictionary.  The project does not exist to define names.  The name Zane, however, most commonly refers in some way to the Zane family.  For one example, see Zanesville, Ohio. -- SwissCelt 04:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
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message: Put material about name in English and US society first - almost all the names below are for English-speaking countries, not Arabic. It likely came to be used in English-speaking countries via the Old Testament of the Bible.--Parkwells (talk) 18:16, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
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* Support for main reasons stated above. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 04:01, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
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