[WikiEN-l] Annoying hatnotes

[Durova]

Actually this looks like the perfect subject for a blog post.  The
Beirut/beer pong diff is a classic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beirut&oldid=21810147

Got more like that?  I'd be glad to blog it, or possibly grant editor ops at
the WikiVoices blog (a group blog).

Thanks very much for the laughter.

-Durova

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Will, simple question: do you accept that trivial disambiguations can
> be unencyclopedic and give the wrong impression, and if so, is having
> a neutral dab hatlink better than a jarring note being sounded at the
> top of a page, the first thing the reader will read after the title?
>
> OK, that was a long simple question...
>
> Carcharoth
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:47 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
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