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Several move proposals have been made concerning the locations of the pages Ford Motor Company and Ford. Before making a new one, please review the relevant page naming guideline and these discussions:
- 2001-Sep-08 03:27 Ford created
- 2001-Sep-10 17:17 Ford moved to Ford Motor Company (DIFF)
- 2001-Sep-10 17:16 Ford (disambiguation) created at the base title
- 2002-Sep-24 09:14 Redirected Ford to Ford Motor Company (changed disambiguation page into redirect, since all links are going to a single subject)
- 2003-Jan-18 14:08 Ford (disambiguation) re-created at the base title
- 2003-Jul-02 15:58 Scope changed to convert the disambiguation to Ford (river)
- 2003-Jul-02 17:20 Ford (disambiguation) created
- 2004-Jun-19 13:58 Ford moved to Ford (river) (DIFF)
- 2004-Jun-19 13:58 Ford redirected to Ford (disambiguation) (DIFF)
- RM, Ford (disambiguation) → Ford, not moved, 26 May 2006, Talk:Ford/Archive 1#Requested move
- RM, Ford Motor Company → Ford, not moved, 7 June 2009, Talk:Ford Motor Company/Archive 3#Requested move
- CFD, Category:Ford → Category:Ford Motor Company, rename, 8 October 2009, Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 October 8#Category:Ford
- RM, Ford Motor Company → Ford, no consensus, 1 August 2016, Talk:Ford Motor Company/Archive 4#Requested move 1 August 2016
- RM, Ford (disambiguation) → Ford, not moved, 26 August 2018, Talk:Ford#Requested move 26 August 2018
- RM, Fords → Fords (disambiguation) (and redirect to the crossing), not moved, 10 May 2019, Talk:Fords#Requested move 10 May 2019
- RFD Ford → Ford Motor Company, procedural close, 9 May 2020, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 9
- RM, Ford Motor Company → Ford, no consensus, 31 August 2020, Talk:Ford Motor Company/Archive 5#Requested move 31 August 2020
- RM, Ford Motor Company → Ford, not moved, 15 August 2021, Talk:Ford Motor Company/Archive 5#Requested move 15 August 2021
- RM, Ford (disambiguation) → Ford, moved, 25 August 2021, Talk:Ford#Requested move 25 August 2021
The current consensus is for the company to be at Ford Motor Company and the disambiguation page to be at Ford.
- The basic debate has been whether the article on the company should be the primary topic, and if so, should it be at Ford or Ford Motor Company.
- Those in favor of it being primary essentially argue that because of its current usage and being a worldwide company the company should be the primary topic.
- Those arguing that the company should be at "Ford" point out its more common while those arguing it should be at "Ford Motor Company" even if its primary for "Ford" alone argue the longer name is common enough.
- Opponents for such a renaming note that under Wikipedia's guidelines, the primary topic is also determined by long-term significance. They argue that because of the long-term significance of the crossing, president and company founder there is no primary topic and therefore Ford should be a disambiguation page.
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