Talk:TNT (disambiguation)

Disambiguation page or redirect?

Should this be a disambiguation page instead of a straight redirect to Trinitrotoluene? There's also Turner Network Television. -- Paul A, 24 Jan 2003 6:55 (UTC)

Done —Mulad, May 29, 2003

The transport logistics company

Anyone know what TNT (the transport logistics company) stands for? I heard a rumour that it was Australian for "Thompson Nationwide Transport", but Google doesn't seem to confirm this. -- SGBailey 21:57, 2005 Feb 6 (UTC)

It does indeed stand for THOMAS NATIONWIDE TRANSPORT LIMITED. Look up the ASIC website to find the history of Australian company names. Dankru 22:45, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

The bomb

Why isn't it listed? I don't get it. TheBlazikenMaster 11:14, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand. If you feel something is missing on the dab page, add an article link. And the first entry links to Trinitrotoluene, an explosive chemical. Do you mean that? – sgeureka ^t•c 10:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, thanks. TheBlazikenMaster 12:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Proposed name change

I notice that TNT (TV channel) is used for the US channel and TNT (TV station) for the Australian one. While I've added a dab line to both these, isn't it confusing- and bad style- to separate the articles by an arbitrary and non-indicative choice of "station" vs. "channel" (which effectively mean the same thing in this context), rather than (e.g.) "(American TV channel)" vs. "(Australian TV channel)".

Is there a naming convention for TV stations/channels- I couldn't find one, but my gut reaction is that one or the other would be preferred?

Ubcule (talk) 15:18, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose The Australian TNT is a station and not a channel as it broadcasts mostly Channel Seven but also some Channel Ten content. TV stations are the broadcaster of a channel in Australia. Bidgee (talk) 16:10, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
  • Are you opposing *any* name change? I didn't intend it as a strict two-choice yes/no option, but as a discussion. Let's assume that what you say is true and that definition applies to Australia. Even if worldwide readers could be expected to know the Australian meaning, the title in itself doesn't include "Australia" or "Australian", so it's not clear that this definition applies until you read the article anyway(!) On the other hand, if "Australian TV station" and "American TV channel" were included in the title it would be clear anyway. Ubcule (talk) 18:21, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Primary meaning (Disambiguation page or redirect?)

Revisiting this again (see above). I consider Trinitrotoluene the primary topic, I propose TNT is a redirect to it, and this DAB moves to TNT (disambiguation) per WP:MOSDAB. Do others agree with that primary meaning? Widefox; talk 11:19, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

• Agree. I was just noticing last night how awkward the first bit of this page looks, and thought, "Isn't that the primary topic?" And then, Why isn't that the primary topic? Thanks for bringing this up.--NapoliRoma (talk) 18:56, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Cleaned up. Note the categories may be better arranged, by putting the TV channel and logistics company close to the top, I had to rearrange them a bit. Widefox; talk 11:25, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:TNT?

I added WP:TNT because I saw it referenced here [[1]], and it was deleted by Bkonrad here [[2]]. Is there a better way to include this info than the way I did it? It should be somewhere on this page, so people looking it up like I did can find it more easily.Timtempleton (talk) 18:10, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

My take is that in general, mainspace should have as few references to Wikipedia as possible. (Which is pretty much what WP:SELFREF says, although there is no guideline there on linking or not linking to WP: space that I can see.) The vast majority of Wikipedia readers are not active editors, and the vast majority of active editors will not be looking for this particular essay in mainspace.

Adding non-encyclopedic links to disambiguation pages is counter to the principle of brevity; it makes it incrementally harder for people to navigate to the page they're actually looking for.--NapoliRoma (talk) 18:45, 7 January 2017 (UTC)