Talk:Cornell

Eric Allin Cornell, is a nobel laureaut in Physics. I think his name should also be included here.

"Cornell" redirect/disambig[edit]

copied from talk:Cornell University. 24.63.125.223 19:21, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Given the number of other things called Cornell, not the least of which is another institution of higher education, "Cornell" should lead to the Cornell (disambiguation), in my opinion. 24.63.125.223 16:34, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty confident that the vast, vast majority of people who would search for "Cornell" in wikipedia are looking for Cornell University. JDoorjam 17:05, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That may be true, but I'm sure many people (perhaps even a "vast, vast majority of people") who are not familiar with them would also confuse the two institutions, thinking that Cornell College and Cornell University are related (as Harvard College is the undergraduate division of Harvard University). 24.63.125.223 17:42, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. Only once in my many edits have I found a misdirect of "Cornell" to "Cornell University" when the link should have gone to "Cornell College". --Xtreambar 17:26, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't doubt that, but not all Wikipedia readers are informed editors who know the distinction between the two.24.63.125.223 17:42, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The number of Wiki users who will come to this page seeking Cornell College is simply far too slight to have a link to Cornell College at the top of the CU page. JDoorjam 18:25, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are missing my point. Let me try to explain it another way: the number of Wiki users who visit the Georgetown University page, seeking Georgetown College or the University of Georgetown is probably slight as well. Nonetheless, the clarifications at the top of those articles adds useful information that is relevant to the article, regardless of a user's intended destination. The purpose of an encyclopedia entry is to expand knowledge and such clarifications help in that regard. 24.63.125.223 19:09, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I concur, especially as I think this has become more so true almost 2 decades later. Kirby1016 (talk) 21:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]