Quoting Richard Foley <richard.fo...@rfi.net>:
Looking down our noses and saying "WE don't need to disambiguate because WE
know what we mean", (capitals are mine), is all very well, and I for one
understand that there is no NEED for us to disambiguate Perl the programming
language. However, the question is probably better put as to whether we would
like to explicitly associate "Perl" and "programming language" whenever
Wikipedia and Google and Yahoo and Facebook and blablabla are
searched, perhaps by stupid robots, or even by blissfully ignorant
people.
It's not about what we deem necessary to our usage of what is
clearly the best programming language on the planet, it's about what
we can do to raise Perl's profile "out there", right now, and for
future generations.
I understand all of that. But you're asking Wikipedia to break its own
rules on naming pages in order to suit you. I don't agree with that.
In English, there is one meaning of the word "Perl" that stands head
and shoulders above any others. Therefore, under Wikipedia's rules,
the page about that meaning should simply be called "Perl".
No matter what SEO benefits we might get, the Perl community should
respect Wikipedia's rules on this.
Dave...
