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::FYI, tho, "misunderstanding" or no, using the generic name offends me esthetically. "Self-righteous"? I guess so. [[User:Trekphiler|Trekphiler]] ([[User talk:Trekphiler|talk]]) 21:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
:::According to the string of sources that people have taken the trouble to list, that would be, err you. Why would they bother to write "The Flower class corvettes, which were not called the Gladiolus corvettes, were built..." This is called "Proving a negative." And where have you got this concept of a generic name from, which seems to state that a ship class must always officially known by the first ship? An ''official'' source would help your case though somehow I wouldn't be surprised if you failed to provide one. [[User:Benea|Benea]] ([[User talk:Benea|talk]]) 21:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
The article should use the common name for its subject, even if it's wrong (and I don't think Flower class is wrong) - this is the standard Wikipedia naming convention. That's why the article on [[Libya]] isn't titled the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. [[User:Jll|Jll]] ([[User talk:Jll|talk]]) 09:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
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