Talk:The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea

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article is in process of formation and completion.--Drboisclair 03:48, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Article name

The article body and wikisource seem to indicate that the book is named The Pathfinder --OR-- The Inland Sea ... not The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea. If that's the case then the article needs to be moved to The Pathfinder (book). --Hutcher (talk) 04:16, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

I don't have a strong opinion on the subject but cautiously oppose moving it. Generally speaking that novel has been published and cited so many times, that you probably can find either of versions The Pathfinder, The Inland Sea, The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea, The Pathfinder: or The Inland Sea, The Pathfinder or The Inland Sea or The Pathfinder. The Inland Sea can be found if you search long enough. I guess one can see The Pathfinder as the (short) main title and The Inland Sea as a subtitle. All that means while moving the article is not wrong, there is nevertheless no real need to. But probably more importantly scholarly literature (for instance Rans, White's student guide given in the article) seem to use use the long version (The Pathfinder: or The Inland Sea or The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea) where the "or" is considered part of the title.--Kmhkmh (talk) 16:07, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

I to am going to caution against changing it: its fine to include plenty more redirects on the page that focus the reader towards different titles, but the initial publication title was as such, and, as is convention with 19th century works, the "Or" is part of the title, though sometimes gets dropped in the modern publications. The or represents an assessment of the contents of the book and operates as a secondary sales pitch/descriptor. Sadads (talk) 23:42, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

But why is it called the pathfinder...

Is this also the etymological headroots of the word "pathfinder"?...if so, how about the article telling its readership how? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.121.254.236 (talk) 22:35, 16 October 2015 (UTC)