Talk:Database administration

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Database administration[edit]

The article describes database administration. It does not explain "automation". It's unclear to me that it is even appropriate to have these topics (administration and automation) combined under one title. Also, database administration is presumably the things that a database administrator does, so perhaps this article and that one articles should be merged. Leotohill 04:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support merge, as does Joy (talk · contribs), presumably. Klbrain (talk) 00:43, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I think you should have left that date with 2007... we don't have to be so formal about it. Someone noticed this problem way back then, and today's readers are best served by knowing this context. (For example, I raised an eyebrow when I saw this, and had to go to Talk to see that I'm not alone; had I seen it was already a known problem, I would have saved myself a click.) --Joy [shallot] (talk) 13:02, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Right, the current title makes no sense, and I'm surprised that it's lasted this long. You don't automate databases, but you can automate the tasks of database administration: Automation of database administration.

It would be like saying "computer automation" meant "automating computers"... but computers are already "automated" tools for computing!

Oddly enough, there is no article to merge to as Database administration has redirected to Database administrator since July 2006. – wbm1058 (talk) 00:50, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I take that back. Apparently database automation is a thing. Though oddly enough, it's also a red link. wbm1058 (talk) 01:15, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So a database is an organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically from a computer system. But, "generally speaking", you could also view a Rolodex as a type of (non-automated) database. And a "database management system" (DBMS) consisting of computer hardware and software enables "database automation", i.e. automating your Rolodex. LOL. wbm1058 (talk) 01:28, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A one-edit IP removed the merge tag from Database administrator at 16:45, 19 February 2019. I'll take that as a defacto oppose vote. Thus, "no consensus". ;) wbm1058 (talk) 01:56, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At 23:43, 27 June 2004‎ Stormie moved‎ Database Administration to Database administration. I'm going to move it back, to clear the fork out of the page history. – wbm1058 (talk) 01:47, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done – Now I'm moving this page – Database administration and automation – to the less ambiguous and more concise title freed up by that move. wbm1058 (talk) 08:57, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]