I'm considering changing the name of I Don't Wanna Go to Lake Placid on its page. Would like to hear input before I do, in case there are opposing opinions. Thanks!
I'm considering changing the name of I Don't Wanna Go to Lake Placid on its page. Would like to hear input before I do, in case there are opposing opinions. Thanks!
I definitely agree with changing it to Lake Placid, since that seems to be the final/later title
I asked @Haecandrome a few days back and they said:
The Lake Placid one is more interesting because there are a couple of things we consider when giving a name to an unreleased song. Obviously we would prefer to give the song its registered title, even if the unofficial title is more popular (see Marilyn Monroe) . Our wiki's policy is to go with the most widely used name where there is no registration. Now with this song, I believe the file that leaked from Rick's site was called I Don't Wanna Go, which seems pretty official, but it had been posted to his site with the name "Tonight/Black Leather Moonlight" (or something like that) which is how we got those names. However, we also have insiders which we as a community have decided are reliable, who say that when it was rerecorded, it was called "Lake Placid". As it stands, "I Don't Wanna Go" is probably the name the song is most recognised as (and so should be the page title), but I can definitely see the community adopting "Lake Placid" as time goes on. I suppose it remains to be seen whether "Lake Placid" is taken to be the de facto name for the song as a whole or just as the demo (e.g. White Pontiac Heaven is a demo of Axl Rose Husband, but we all know that WPH refers to a specific demo). Tricky! I honestly think the best bet for this one is to make a discussion post or ask a few other editors and go from there.
What do you think?