Talk:Datagram Delivery Protocol

This page ought to be a disambiguation page. Although, indeed, DDP is the german acronym, it is very frequently used in English historical works that discuss the party. Also, seeing as I created a new article with a redirect, you oughtn't have entirely removed any reference to the redirect I created. john 01:01, 20 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I updated the total of one reference to this page, what else references here for the party? DDP is if your using the German version is it not? Daniel

DDP is an acronym based on the German name of the party. It is very commonly used by English-language histories of the Weimar Republic. (Certainly more common than "Democratic Party," or "German Democratic Party" or "Democrat" or what not). I don't know what pages reference here for the party, but that should not be important. The fact is that DDP is used very commonly to refer to the political party, and not only in German. As such, the page should be a disambiguation page. john 08:45, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Perhaps add a link at the top simply saying "to the German Democratic Party", DDP is also a common protocol for use on the internet which as we know itself is world-wide. Disambiguation would be needed if there were another two or more common meanings, just add a small blurb about it on the top of the page for now. Daniel

Why should the internet protocol be privileged? DDP is the common name, in English, which is used for a major German political party of the Weimar Republic. Why not have a disambiguation page here, with German Democratic Party and Datagram Delivery Protocol having the individual articles? john 10:08, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Why? Because Germany is subject to this protocol as well, and the DDP is only a German party. Consider the format used on an entry such as Revelation, no disambiguation simply a link to the bible book at the top of the page, do that same sort of link. I don't know why you don't see the importance of this protocol, if people come looking for your party they'll click the link right away, it'll be far more rare for them to visit this page then a technie who wants to know about this protocol. If we had more common acroynms perhaps, but this would work as well as it needs to. After all, there is more internal linking to this page for the protocol than for your party (in which there was only one to begin with). Daniel

There are only five links for your thing. At any rate, you still haven't made the case by anything but assertion that the computer term is more important than the historical one. (A google search on "DDP" doesn't really reveal references to either, I'd note). For "revelation" there's no other obvious place to put an article on revelation in general. There's a perfectly obvious place to put an article on this internet protocol, so why shouldn't it be a disambiguation? It seems to me that a disambiguation should be the default, and that it should be clear why we should have the main article about one meaning of the title rather than the other. The fact that the DDP was a German party existing in the 20s doesn't mean that it's somehow less important than the other meaning. john 06:31, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Look at the page in it's current standing, your link is the first thing that appears, in fact this is a disambiguation page. Daniel

Alright, it looks okay, at this point. john 15:54, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Don't forget about http://www.stankdawg.com or http://www.binrev.com for another usage.