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Alcoholic beverages were invented thousands of years ago, and have since given humankind pleasure and trouble. The customs, costs and laws for drinking vary greatly between countries. While some destinations are better k

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The oddity of a city called Alcoholic Beverages

Imagine a signpost announcing your arrival in a place whose very name invokes a global industry rather than a geographic identity. The quirk lies not in any municipal reality but in Wikipedia’s internal housekeeping: a redirect that channels the plural form of a generic term to its singular counterpart. In practice, no traveller will ever book a stay in “Alcoholic Beverages,” yet the redirect illustrates how digital taxonomy sometimes creates phantom locations. It serves as a reminder that the digital map of knowledge is layered with artefacts that, while invisible on the ground, shape the way we search, link and think about places.

What guidebooks miss: the editorial side‑note

Most travel manuals steer clear of Wikipedia redirects, but the presence of a placeholder like this reveals the constant battle between usability and accuracy in reference works. Editors flag such entries to avoid clutter in printed editions, ensuring that only substantive locations make it onto the page. For the curious traveller, this signals that not every bolded term on a screen corresponds to a real‑world destination. It also underscores the value of cross‑checking with local sources: a name that sounds plausible online may be nothing more than a linguistic convenience inside a database.

When to question a name

If a city name sounds more like a product category than a settlement, treat it as a cue to verify before planning. In the age of algorithmic suggestions, the temptation is to accept the first hit, but a brief glance at the page’s revision history or talk page often reveals its true nature—a redirect, a stub, or a disambiguation. This habit guards against misdirected itineraries and reminds the traveller that the most reliable maps still come from local knowledge, not solely from the convenience of a search engine.

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Redirect to:Alcoholic beverageThis page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect: From an unprintworthy page title: This is a redirect from a title that would not be helpful in a printed or CD/DVD version of Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Printability and Version 1.0 Editorial Team for more information. From the plural form: This is a redirect from a plural noun to its singular form. This redirect link is used for convenience; it is often preferable to add the plural directly after the link (for example, [[link]]s). However, do not replace these redirected links with a simpler link unless the page is updated for another reason (see WP:NOTBROKEN). Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when plural forms are found in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead. When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.