Talk:EPS taps

I'd like to get a consensus on this topic: do we really want/need redirect pages that simply pleuralize existing articles? At its extreme, this would create an extra redirect page for each article based on a noun. I don't think this is necessary... but who am I? :) -- Renegade54 10:44, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, we should move the existing page (this one) to EPS taps, given the information in the Next Generation Technical Manual. The EPS system is often referred to as the "EPS taps," but never by "EPS tap."


 * --Tuvok 07:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)


 * PS
 * Is there any way to call attention to this issue? That way, we can really get a consensus.


 * Personally, I don't think pluralized redirects are necessary. In this case, however, the subject is most commonly referred to as "EPS taps" rather than "EPS tap", so it's most likely some users would like up the plural term. Due to our naming conventions stating page names should be singular, I think the article should remain where it is and "EPS taps" kept as a redirect. I think this should be one of very few exceptions to having a pluralized redirects, though; for example, we don't need a "Transporters" redirect to "Transporter" or a "Holodecks" redirect to "Holodeck". In those cases, people would like search for the singular term of the word. --From Andoria with Love 12:52, 20 May 2006 (UTC)


 * That's fine with me... an exception, where it makes sense, should always be allowable. We shouldn't get so locked into the rules that we become inflexible. It's the more general trend that concerns me, like Shran mentioned, transporters redirecting to transporter. -- Renegade54 13:20, 20 May 2006 (UTC)


 * As I see it, transporters redirecting to transporter makes a lot of sense. The two terms are both used "with a vengeance," so having both in the system makes sense.  Also, what about "phasers" redirecting to phaser?  Since the captain says, "Fire phasers" instead of "Fire phaser", that makes some sense.  Exceptions are good, especially where things such as "How is this mentioned in the series/movies/books?" are concerned.


 * I just hope that making willy-nilly redirects doesn't happen; my change was just in response to personal experience (I put in EPS taps and got an error), adding a popular title as a redirect to the article. And the EPS tap doesn't, I believe, exist in the sense that is described in the article.  The EPS taps is a system that distributes the electro-plasma; the EPS tap is something that has never been seen and might not even exist. --Tuvok 05:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Um, actually, I think a separate "EPS taps" article needs to be created, since the current article is not the same thing. I retract my "redirect needed" claim.  A new article is needed on the subject, "EPS taps". --Tuvok 05:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)