Talk:Maria Theresa (disambiguation)

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I just reverted making this a redirect. The Austrian Maria Theresa may be more famous, but please leave the redirect page, it is more in line with Wikipedia naming policy. Thanks, -- Infrogmation 16:07, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Could you please point out what specific policy you are referring to? It seems that this is a pretty clear case for a "primary topic" disambiguation, for these reasons:

Maria Theresa of Austria is one of the most well-known and most important rulers in central European history, while Maria Theresa of Spain is an obscure French queen consort (and not even a ruler).
Usually, someone speaking simply of Maria Theresa means Maria Theresa of Austria. An equivalent example would be, say, if there were a somewhat known 20th century author named George Washington (with maybe one or two bestsellers) whom we would have to disambiguate from the historical figure. Surely, in such a case an equal treatment disambiguation would not be warrented.
The sheer number of links to the respective pages, including the links to the disambiguation pages, shows the case in point.

Note that Maria Theresa of Austria now includes a link to Maria Theresa of Spain, which you should have reverted along with reinstating the "equal topic" disambiguation. Martg76 03:45, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Redirect with the disambiguation link at the top of Maria Theresa of Austria is fine by me. -- Infrogmation 16:48, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Martg76; this is a clear-cut case of a primary topic. Maria Theresa should be a redirect to Maria Theresa of Austria. Olessi 17:39, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]