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There are MANY hospitals in Baghdad. Should we rename the article to something like "Ibn al-Khatib hospital fire in Baghdad" or "Baghdad Ibn al-Khatib hospital fire"? The media can refer to it in headlines as "Baghdad hospital" without needing extra details because there only one burning hospital in Baghdad right now. 152.130.15.19 (talk) 14:59, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As you said, there's only 1 burning hospital in Baghdad now. If there's another, then we can change it. --Aknell4 (talkcontribs) 15:06, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Aknell4:, though I agree there is only one fire at a hospital, I believe there is value to specifying the name of the hospital within the article. Adding the name of the hospital does not take away from the article and will ensure that the article is differentiated from any further disasters that may befall other hospitals in Baghdad. My other argument is that this particular hospital was specifically dedicated to treatment of COVID patients. This is another reason to include the name of the hospital in the article. Jurisdicta (talk) 03:59, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That would unnecessarily lengthen & complicate the title. The hospital's name isn't known to the vast majority of people. There haven't been any other notable fires at hospitals in Baghdad. The current title doesn't falsely imply that this is Baghdad's only hospital. If another major fire occurs at a hospital in Baghdad, we'll disambiguate them by including the year in their titles. If it happens this year, the year and month. Jim Michael (talk) 06:48, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There was a fire in 2016 that killed 12 children however I do not think that there is much possibility for confusion, may be useful to be aware of anyway HistoricalSimon (talk) 17:53, 27 April 2021 (UTC) [1][reply]
Move this to 2021 Baghdad hospital fire to disambiguate from the 2016 fire? Jim Michael (talk) 18:19, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. --Aknell4 (talkcontribs) 12:44, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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