page names


the page names in this site aren't all that logical

and we're not all that worried about it

 

What matters is the content and the links, particularly links from index pages and higher-level tunings hierarchy pages.

 

As the site evolves, we learn. We learn new names for instruments and tunings, and add them.

 

We change our minds about what the best name is for an instrument, or whether or not headings should have capital letters, or lots of other things.

 

Often we split pages. But we almost never rename them. It's just not a priority.

 

Advantages of logical page names

 

 

Disadvantages of logical page names

 

 

Admins at Wikipedia (whose MediaWiki software does page moves really well) spend hours settling this sort of pettiness (or often failing to). Here we don't need to.

 

We do our best

to pick a good name in the first place. We avoid punctuation unless it seems really silly without it. We don't even try to get accents and diacritics right, even in text, let alone in page names.

 

And then we get on with the job

and suggest you do too.

 

If you've found your tuning, and it's accurate, and relevant, and legal, great. That's what we're here for. If you haven't then tell us. We want to improve.

 

If you've found your tuning, and it's accurate, and relevant, and legal, but you think we should do it differently, we're interested. We'd like to do better.

 

But If we find out that by better you mean in a way that promotes your own pet cause against some other, we'll politely suggest you go away and set up your own website, which we'll gladly link to here. From experience, you'll find that suggestion offensive, even with the (genuine and generous) offer of the link. Pettiness is not pretty. So maybe better for us all you just go away without being asked again.