Talk:Fertility (demography)/Draft

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Do we need to disambiguate this article by including 'demography' in the title. Could it not live at fertility? Derek Harkness 09:04, 27 June 2007 (CDT)

This article is entirely about the demographic aspects of fertility (with zero on biology or medicine or topics like infertility remedies.) Richard Jensen 00:59, 28 June 2007 (CDT)

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This article really should exist at fertility (demography) or else fertility (demographics). The current titling is contrary to policy, idiosyncratic, and completely confusing. --Larry Sanger 18:22, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

Yes, this escaped my attention. Obviously the article is about fertility, so that should be the lead word. With demography in brackets. --Martin Baldwin-Edwards 18:29, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

I think Richard addressed that above. --Matt Innis (Talk) 18:37, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

I don't see how, Matt. He just said that the article concerns the demographic aspects of fertility. Thus the word "demography" or "demographics" (don't ask me which is correct) in parentheses. I agree it shouldn't live at fertility. --Larry Sanger 18:44, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

Demography is a very-well-established field, and fertility is not. It is a topic that is split among many different fields. This article is about how demography (as a branch of sociology/history/economics) uses fertility data and relates it to other kinds of data. The term "demographics" is a specialty term regarding market research ("the demographics indicate the TV show is popular among women age 40-60"), while demography is the general, standard term.Richard Jensen 19:00, 8 October 2007 (CDT)