[WikiEN-l] Annoying hatnotes

[WJhonson at aol.com]

This is how I do it.  If in "Plankton" we have only one other thing named 
planton, then we shouldn't have a disamg page just for two items.  That seems 
overkill.  So in that case SB_Plankton makes sense.  If however in "Bob 
Jones" we have 15 people, 3 things, and 2 places named "Bob Jones" then it 
makes sense to have a disamg page.

I.E. there's a trade-off in having too many clicks, where it is?  two 
items? or three?

W.J



In a message dated 8/19/2009 7:37:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
carcharothwp at googlemail.com writes:


> If there really is a chance that
> people will search for "plankton" in an attempt to find out about the
> SB character, then the hatnote should be neutral and direct people to
> a disambiguation page ("for other things named plankton, see here").
> And I don't care if that disambiguation page only has two entries.
> That is an acceptable trade-off to having a spongebob squarepants
> character name jarring people's reading experience by being placed at
> the top of an unrelated article.