Talk:Tuxedo (disambiguation)

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Computer Disambiguation[edit]

I made a disambiguation page because the word "tuxedo" has a meaning in computer science. I thought redirecting to "black tie" was rude. Hope nobody minds. -- lenehey

The reader of Wikipedia who enters "Tuxedo" is probably looking for a middleware platform in computers anyway, don't you suppose... -Wetman 01:21, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've made the page a redirect to Black tie based on the 'what links here' page, which was link after link intending to point to the formal wear. Deltabeignet 01:17, 31 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dont you think that those links should then be changed to "black tie" if that is the intention? Since "tuxedo" has many meanings including: Tuxedo (software), Tuxedo (Manitoba riding), Tuxedo (electoral district), and "Black Tie," I humbly suggest the disambiguation page. If I don't see any responses here within a few weeks from now, I will re-implement the disambiguation. If you like, I'll fix the "what links here" links to "Black Tie" as much as possible. --Lenehey 23:05, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Im a reader of wikipedia i entered tuxedo and guess what? i ahd no idea a tuxedo was a computer progrAm as it is normally used to refer to a suit/pants/tie thing which i dont know ow to describe. Dappled Sage 23:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The current version [1] of this page does not follow Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages), because it contains details about one of the meanings. I think these details should be moved to a new page, e.g. Tuxedo (clothing), with a one-line link from Tuxedo. PrimeHunter 14:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I created Tuxedo (clothing) and moved the details about the clothing there, making Tuxedo a pure disambiguation page. Maybe I should have created Tuxedo (disambiguation) and moved the disambiguations there, making Tuxedo only about the clothing (with an initial reference to the disambiguation article). Tuxedo has many incoming links which appear to be for the clothing. PrimeHunter 17:34, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

British English[edit]

This looks like being another case of an American term pushing out a British one. For example, James Bond tuxedo to go on sale, from BBC News a few days ago. Younger Britons are (in my experience) using the American term primarily now. 86.136.249.138 00:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the correct 'British' English term for it is not "dinner jacket and matching trousers", it is "dinner suit". If no one has any objections I shall alter that. And some of the places I've been would crucify anyone who thought that a cream or white suit was acceptable - no matter how hot the weather! Fluffdragon 19:47, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ghastly[edit]

Tuxedo is one of those words described to me at school many years ago as ghastly. To use it is in the same league as calling a lavatory a 'toilet'. --218.102.23.126 09:13, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Formal v. Semi-Formal[edit]

If a Tuxedo is semi-formal then what is formal? 2605:6000:1900:8AE:8425:D255:2433:5C5E (talk) 19:01, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]