Hi Mais oui! I noticed the change of title you recently gave to "National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)" to reflect the fact that it's specifically in England, and that there's a Scottish National Portrait Gallery as well. There's a slight problem with that, because the Gallery's perspective is pan-British (and beyond that, extends to people like Wallis Simpson who have strong ties with British history in some way). One of its founders was the very Scottish Thomas Carlyle. So I think the "England" in parentheses is misleading, although I can see why you might think that "United Kingdom" is contentious. May I suggest either National Portrait Gallery (London) or National Portrait Gallery, London as an alternative?

The option with a comma follows the example of National Gallery, London, but that's because it's the way the National Gallery styles itself on its website to distinguish it from all the other National Galleries. I'm not clear on whether it's correct to use a comma when disambiguating an article title, as with e.g. Strand, London, or the more usual parentheses. Any thoughts? [talk to the] HAM 21:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Either "National Portrait Gallery, London" (not in parentheses, which would to my reading misleadingly suggest that the remit of the collection only extended as far as the boundaries of London, although I don't know what the MoS stance is on this) or, even better, "National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)" which is the most accurate title and, as always, should not have been changed without prior consultation on this page. Badgerpatrol 21:28, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]