Talk:Kayung totem pole

A fact from Kayung totem pole appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 December 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the totem pole (pictured) in the Great Court of the British Museum is 39 feet (12 m) high?

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I'm moving this page to "Kayung totem pole" as a WP:BOLD thing; we can discuss it if people object. My issue with the current title is that it's simply ambiguous and inviting conflict with future articles and other subjects: a search for totem pole in their collection records produces 101 results, of which ~20 are totem poles or totem pole models, including this lovely piece which might want an article of its own. Ironholds (talk) 20:41, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see your point of view but I think you are extending the usual practice regarding naming. As I understood it we create just one entry for say "John Smith" and then only add extra to the title when we find a second person called this. However the name you have chosen is just as good although maybe not the common name that people use.... so I will leave it and thank you anyway for the edits you made. cheers Victuallers (talk) 08:45, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, sure, but the one entry you've created is "totem pole (British Museum)". An article on the other nice totem pole would be... "other totem pole (British Museum)"? "Nisga'a totem pole (British Museum)", in which case there's no reason to have this at merely "totem pole (British Museum)"? It's unnecessarily confusing to give this one primacy in title. Ironholds (talk) 18:06, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]