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I think that
Battery should have the content in
Battery (electricity) with a link at the top of the article to this disambiguation page. It is by far the most common usage. Also, there needs to be a disambiguation page, but some of the terms listed don't need disambiguation from "battery". The Metallica song and the band don't have articles, and Battery Park and battery farming don't have the same name as "battery". The two slang entries aren't as unnecessary, but most common things have a slang meaning, so I wouldn't make a disambiguation for them alone unless they were separate articles. --
Kjkolb08:50, 19 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I agree with all but the last sentence. even though most thisngs have a slang meaning we should still link to it.
Ozone00:12, 5 February 2006 (UTC)reply
I utterly disagree with such a move - the meaning of battery as a crime and a tort of violence has long preceded the current meaning, and is the predominant meaning to a large portion of the population (ask any attorney or police office).
bd2412T00:42, 5 February 2006 (UTC)reply
Most people are not lawyers or policemen. The majority of times the word "battery" is said, it means "electrical storage cell". The meaning "group of
artillery guns" probably came because those guns all together beat (French battre) whatever they are shooting at. Leave the plain word as the disambig page.
Anthony Appleyard (
talk)
05:47, 7 October 2009 (UTC)reply