Talk:Conn (name)

Navigation Conn

Shouldn't there be an article pertaining to the navigation system of a ship as referred to as a conn? I would like to know where the term came from and what exactly it encompasses. Tinman8443 20:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My sentiments exactly, and I can't believe no one had done it yet, so I did. See Conn (nautical) KDS4444^Talk 20:49, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While we are at it, I am somewhat mystified that this article went from a traditional disambig page to an article about people named Conn with other uses of the word given as a link at the top to a disambig page. I see no discussion of this decision (which is pretty major) here either. Did no such discussion take place? Is it archived somewhere? Or was it the singlehanded act of someone who thought they knew better? Because I am very tempted to switch this back to a disambig page and move the names to a separate article space. Unless anyone has any thoughts or suggestions on the matter. KDS4444^Talk 20:49, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have now gone through all of the articles that link to "conn"— every last one of them was an act of carelessness on the part of the editor who made them. Several were for the C.G. Conn instrument manufacturer, a number were for Conn of the Hundred Battles, three were for the nautical concept, and three were for the state of Connecticut which had been abbreviated and given a Wikilink as "Conn". None were meant to link to the surname "Conn", which I am taking as ample evidence that the page for "conn" should be a simple disambig page and not a page about the surname with a disambig link at the top of it. KDS4444^Talk 00:11, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That seems perfectly reasonable to me. Gil Gamesh (talk) 09:33, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now as Conn (people)

On Nov. 12, 2012 I moved the article "Conn" as well as its talk page here to "Conn (people)". The text preceding this comment is from the talk page of "Conn" as it stood prior to 11/12/2012, and is no longer relevant, but I am leaving it here as a record of the discussion and of my actions. KDS4444^Talk 07:12, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]