User talk:DavidLevinson/Acts

US Acts

I know that there is something peculiarly American about naming laws after their congressional sponsors, but that strikes me uninformative about the subject matter of the law. For example you have redirected the "Foreign Securities Act" of 1934 to the "Johnson Act". I believe that the opposite would have been more appropriate. --Eclecticology, Monday, June 10, 2002

As a general rule I think Eclecticology is correct, however I think this particular case is an exception. A search for "Foreign Securities Act" 1934 yielded only 3 results and "Johnson Act" 1934 yielded 264. And here in wikiland we try to link the widest use that has a minimum reasonable amount of ambiguity. "Foreign Securities Act" is less ambiguous than "Johnson Act" but three results hardly makes it a valid (Read: widely used but less ambiguous) alternative. A name of Johnson Act of 1934 might still be a bit better -- "Johnson" is a common name and there is bound to be another "Johnson Act" in world, if not American, history. --maveric149