Talk:Frankish Tower (Acropolis of Athens)

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I would prefer not to get into an edit war. However, firstly, I suggest article titles ought to be based on the articles we have, not those that might be created in future. Secondly, even if articles on other Frankish Towers were to be created, we might well decide that this one was the primary meaning. See WP:PRECISION. PatGallacher (talk) 20:47, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Likewise I am not terribly enthusiastic about editwarring over a disambiguation in an article title, but it would have been better if you had adhered to WP:BRD and discussed before re-reverting. On your second reason, who is "we" and on what basis do you say that they might decide that it is the primary meaning? As the one who researched and wrote (and incidentally gave some thought to naming) this article, I can assure you that it is not the primary meaning. There are several dozen "Frankish Towers" dotted throughout Greece, the name is probably used for Crusader towers throughout the Near East, and to somehow claim that the one on the Acropolis, which is no longer even extant, is the "Frankish Tower" par excellence, is nonsense. Have a look in the article itself and read the titles of Peter Lock's articles: "The Frankish Towers of Central Greece" and "The Frankish Tower on the Acropolis, Athens", so no, it is not the primary topic, and yes, disambiguation is obviously warranted even among scholars of the field. That is also why I am completely in disagreement with your first reason; I always felt the opposite, i.e. that it is better to explicitly make clear from the start that the subject is not the only one with such a name, in order to avoid confusing/misleading people who are not familiar with the topic into believing the opposite. Anyhow, I will go ahead and create a few more articles over the next days, so pedantry can be satisfied. Constantine ✍ 07:19, 2 July 2014 (UTC)