Footyfanatic3000
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I won't revert your rename for now to avoid an edit war, instead we'll continue to discuss this. --[[User:Footyfanatic3000|<font color="Green">'''Footyfanatic'''</font>]][[User talk:Footyfanatic3000|'''<font color="Green">3000</font>''']] 17:50, 3 Bealtaine 2010 (UTC)
* The policy that you have cited does not apply to all Wikipedias. The common name is taken into account on all of the wikis that I'm familiar with but its importance varies. The Italian wikipedia is an example of this. From what I can see, it takes a much more encyclopedic approach to naming articles but will opt for a common or shortened name in exceptional cases. I think that's a reasonable and common sense approach.
* Using the Milan example again, the club's name is Associazone Calcio Milan. That is a fact. A.C. Milan is an abbreviation. Is an abbreviation necessary here? The title isn't too long for Vicipéid, which should rule out the use of an abbreviation, and it isn't ambiguous or misleading. So to use a different name for the club purely because it's more common, or in this case possibly more common, seems wrong to me. If COMMONNAME was really king then the english language wiki would have articles titled ''Man United'' or ''Inter Milan'', which would be absurd in my opinion. I think factual accuracy should be respected in an encyclopedia and common sense used when exceptions arise.
* On the BBC NI example that you provided, I think I've already addressed this. British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland is too long in my and your opinion. Abbreviation would be necessary. Associazone Calcio Milan is nowhere near as long as that or some other titles used on here. It's fine.
* Finally, I'll just go back to your point about "following suit" in terms of other wikis. I'd be very cautious about adopting such an attitude or modus operandi with regard to improving and expanding this encyclopedia but if we are to "follow suit" when it comes to naming articles, then I think we should strongly consider the suit of the subject's "home" i.e. [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associazione_Calcio_Milan]. [[Úsáideoir:Onetonycousins|Onetonycousins]] 05:39, 4 Bealtaine 2010 (UTC)
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