[WikiEN-l] Annoying hatnotes

[David Gerard]

2009/8/21 Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net>:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, stevertigo wrote:

>> Right. Its not about the number of clicks, or even the presence of
>> alternative linkages - its about the odd and irritating addition of
>> links to trivial topics at the top of substantive articles (hence the
>> term "trivial disambiguation" or "trivial otheruses links").

> Okay, so what should the disambiguation be like for [[Jethro Tull]]?  The band's
> named after the guy, but the band's far more famous.
> This one actually has a two item disambig page, which seems rather odd.


In that case, I'd actually put a note saying "This article is about
the band. For the person the band was named after, see [[Jethro Tull
(person)|]]."


- d.