Talk:Master Chief

Halo

more people are looking up the character Master Chief (Halo) than Master Chief Petty Officer. As such, this page should redirect to the article on Halo's Master Chief. --jonasaurus 01:11, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Added dab note to Master Chief (Halo), and redirected Master Chief. FWIW, I don't see the point of having a dab page for only two articles. -- Dave C.^{talk | Esperanza} 05:45, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Redirect or Disamg? If Redirect then which?

I am curious of what the policy is on redirects that both may have merit for. Although I don't know how many users are intending to get to which article, whether it be the military rank or fictional character, I would guess more are looking up the Master Chief the scifi character. Is there any way to get some data on that? I will revert to the disambigous page which directs to both pages instead of a simple redirect since it isn't stated which article has more traffic and therefore more entitled to the redirect. I believe that is a fair compromise until some numbers can be put on it. TheSittingDuck 23:55, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

My vote is on redirect to Master Chief Petty Officer, because halo is become a has-been game, the article about the rank/title already has the game mentioned in the popular culture section. 71.116.91.80 (talk) 22:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Ithink keeping this page as a disambig is better, esp. with the upcoming movie/TV show/ whatever the studios decide on. besides, I think of Halo first, not the military rank. ThuranX (talk) 04:53, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) - Agree with ThuranX. No substantial reason to get rid of the page since there are other uses. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 04:57, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I direct you to nya and nya. So according to google (and yes, I know this is a horrible test, but I have a better one further down), about 80% of web references to Master Chief are probably in reference to Halo. Or let's look at actual page views instead. Master Chief Petty Officer was viewed 9239 times this month [1] Master Chief (Halo) was viewed 55160 times [2]. It stands to reason, then, that Halo's Master Chief is at least on the same order of notability as the pre-existing one, so redirecting Master Chief to that is simply rediculous. That you'd call Halo a has-been is also pretty shocking. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

It should remain a disambiguation page as is. The notability is the kicker for me, but it's also logical as the title refers to two popular entities. It's a little bewildering that part of the motivation for turning this into a redirect is because a user believes the game Halo is old. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 05:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree that it should stay a disambiguation page. While Master Chief (Halo) may be more notable to us computer-savy people, it's not going to be to everyone, and it seems that Master Chief Petty Officer is also a commonly used term. Since it's not clear, it seems that it should stay a disambiguation page. -- Natalya 12:04, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Keep the dab page. "Master Chief" in regards to a video game is a only well-known meaning to a certain group of people (I'm not one) and there's no reason to fight over notability and primary usage - just disambiguate them. SlackerMom (talk) 13:10, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Yup, leave it be. There's no substantial problem to solve here. --AndrewHowse (talk) 15:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)